Portrait of Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Acting

Biography

Lee Byung-hun (이병헌; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the Devil (2010); Masquerade (2012); Inside Men (2015); The Man Standing Next (2020); and the television series All In (2003), Iris (2009), Mr. Sunshine (2018), and Our Blues (2022). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career. In the United States, he is known for portraying Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). His other notable Hollywood films include Red 2 (2013), Terminator Genisys (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). He also appeared as the Front Man in Netflix hit survival series Squid Game (2021–2025).

Born: July 12, 1970

Place of Birth: Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Filmography

2025
No Other Choice

as Yoo Man-soo

2025
KPop Demon Hunters

as Gwi-Ma (voice)

2025
The Match

as Cho Hoon-hyun

2024
2023
Concrete Utopia

as Yeong-tak

2022
2022
Emergency Declaration

as Park Jae-hyuk

2022
Our Blues

as Lee Dong-seok

2021
Squid Game

as Front Man / Hwang In-ho

2021
SNL Korea

as Self - Host

2020
The Man Standing Next

as Kim Gyu-pyeong

2019
Ashfall

as Lee Jun-pyeong

2018
Mr. Sunshine

as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin

2018
Keys to the Heart

as Kim Jo-ha

2017
The Fortress

as Choe Myeong-gil

2017
Decades Apart

as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck

2017
A Single Rider

as Kang Jae-hoon

2016
Master

as President Jin

2016
The Magnificent Seven

as Billy Rocks

2016
The Age of Shadows

as Jung Chae-san

2016
Misconduct

as The Accountant

2015
Inside Men

as Ahn Sang-goo

2015
Memories of the Sword

as Yu-baek / Duk-gi

2015
Terminator Genisys

as Cop / T-1000

2013
최후의 권력

as Narrator (voice)

2013
RED 2

as Han Cho Bai

2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

2012
Masquerade

as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun

2011
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda

as John(ジョン)

2010
I Saw the Devil

as Kim Soo-hyeon

2010
Iris: The Movie

as Kim Hyun-jun

2010
The Influence

as W/White W

2009
Iris

as Kim Hyeon-Jun

2009
2009
2008
2007
Hero

as Kang

2006
Once in a Summer

as Yun Suk-young

2005
2004
Three... Extremes

as Director (segment "Cut")

2004
Everybody Has Secrets

as Choi Soo-hyun

2003
All In

as Kim In-ha

2002
Addicted

as Hwang Dae-jun

2002
My Beautiful Girl, Mari

as Adult Nam-woo (voice)

2001
Beautiful Days

as Lee Min-chul

2000
Joint Security Area

as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

1999
Love Story

as Tae-sung

1999
Se-ri is Back

as Café CEO

1999
Happy Together

as Seo Tae-poong

1999
1998
White Nights 3.98

as Min Gyeong-bin

1997
Beautiful My Lady

as Hwang Joon-ho

1997
Lament

as Jong-man

1996
1996
Armageddon

as Haesung

1995
Run Away

as Lee Dong-hee

1995
Who Drives Me Mad?

as Lee Jong-du

1995
Asphalt Man

as Kang Dong-joon

1993
1992
Tomorrow Love

as 신범수