Lee Byung-hun
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-07-12 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Lee Byung-hun
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).
Known For
Acting
(2026)
No Other Choice
as Yoo Man-soo
(2025)
KPop Demon Hunters
as Gwi-Ma (voice)
(2025)
Squid Game: Making Season 2
as Self
(2025)
Squid Game in Conversation
as Self
(2025)
The Match
as Cho Hoon-hyun
(2025)
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
(2024)
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(2023)
Concrete Utopia
as Yeong-tak
(2022)
Emergency Declaration
as Park Jae-hyuk
(2020)
The Man Standing Next
as Kim Gyu-pyeong
(2019)
Ashfall
as Lee Jun-pyeong
(2018)
Keys to the Heart
as Kim Jo-ha
(2017)
The Fortress
as Choe Myeong-gil
(2017)
A Single Rider
as Kang Jae-hoon
(2017)
Decades Apart
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
(2016)
The Magnificent Seven
as Billy Rocks
(2016)
Misconduct
as The Accountant
(2016)
The Age of Shadows
as Jung Chae-san
(2016)
Master
as President Jin
(2015)
Terminator Genisys
as Cop / T-1000
(2015)
Inside Men
as Ahn Sang-goo
(2015)
Memories of the Sword
as Yu-baek / Duk-gi
(2013)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
(2013)
RED 2
as Han Cho Bai
(2012)
Masquerade
as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
(2011)
(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)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Storm Shadow
(2009)
I Come with the Rain
as Su Dongpo
(2008)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
as Park Chang-yi
(2007)
Hero
as Kang
(2006)
Once in a Summer
as Yun Suk-young
(2005)
A Bittersweet Life
as Sun-woo
(2004)
Three... Extremes
as Director (segment "Cut")
(2004)
Everybody Has Secrets
as Soo-hyun
(2002)
Addicted
as Hwang Dae-jun
(2002)
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
as Nam-woo (adult)
(2001)
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
as Seo In-woo
(2000)
Joint Security Area
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
(1999)
The Harmonium in My Memory
as Kang Soo-ha
(1997)
Lament
as Jong-man
(1996)
Kill the Love
as Love
(1996)
Armageddon
as Haesung
(1995)
Run Away
as Lee Dong-hee
(1995)
(1995)
Who Drives Me Mad?
as Lee Jong-du
Crew
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Producer