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Known for Acting
Born 1970-07-12 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
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).
No Other Choice (2025) — Man-su
The Match (2025) — Cho Hoon-hyun
Squid Game: Making Season 2 (2025) — Self
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) — Gwi-Ma (voice)
Squid Game in Conversation (2025) — Self
Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025) — Self
New Old Boy : Dir. Park (2025) — Self · 2 episodes
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey (2024) — Narrator (voice)
Hot Ones Versus (2024) — Self · 1 episode
Squid Game: The Official Podcast (2024) — Self - Guest · 1 episode
Concrete Utopia (2023) — Yeong-tak
Nattering with Nah (2023) · 1 episode
Emergency Declaration (2022) — Park Jae-hyuk
Our Blues (2022) — Lee Dong-seok · 20 episodes
Just an Excuse (2022) — Self · 2 episodes
SNL Korea (2021) — Self - Host · 1 episode
Squid Game (2021) — Front Man / Hwang In-ho · 15 episodes
The Game Caterers (2021) — Self · 2 episodes
The Man Standing Next (2020) — Kim Gyu-pyeong
Ashfall (2019) — Lee Jun-pyeong
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self · 1 episode
Keys to the Heart (2018) — Kim Jo-ha
Mr. Sunshine (2018) — Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin · 24 episodes
You Quiz on the Block (2018) — Self · 2 episodes
A Single Rider (2017) — Kang Jae-hoon
The Fortress (2017) — Choe Myeong-gil
Decades Apart (2017) — Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
The Magnificent Seven (2016) — Billy Rocks
Misconduct (2016) — The Accountant
Master (2016) — President Jin
The Age of Shadows (2016) — Jung Chae-san
Terminator Genisys (2015) — Cop / T-1000
Inside Men (2015) — Ahn Sang-goo
Memories of the Sword (2015) — Yu-baek / Duk-gi
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest · 1 episode
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self - Guest · 1 episode
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) — Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
RED 2 (2013) — Han Cho Bai
최후의 권력 (2013) — Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes
IRIS 特务情人 DVD版 (2013) · 10 episodes
Masquerade (2012) — King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
Baeksang Arts Awards (2012) — Self · 2 episodes
Share the Vision (2011)
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2011) — John（ジョン） · 10 episodes
Iris: The Movie (2010) — Kim Hyun-jun
I Saw the Devil (2010) — Kim Soo-hyeon
The Influence (2010) — W/White W
I Come with the Rain (2009) — Su Dongpo
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) — Storm Shadow
Iris (2009) — Kim Hyeon-Jun · 20 episodes
Mnet Asian Music Awards (2009) — Host · 2 episodes
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) — Park Chang-yi
Hero (2007) — Kang
Once in a Summer (2006) — Yun Suk-young
A Bittersweet Life (2005) — Sun-woo
Everybody Has Secrets (2004) — Choi Soo-hyun
Three... Extremes (2004) — Director (segment "Cut")
All In (2003) — Kim In-ha · 24 episodes
Addicted (2002) — Hwang Dae-jun
My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002) — Adult Nam-woo (voice)
Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001) — Seo In-woo
Beautiful Days (2001) — Lee Min-chul · 24 episodes
Joint Security Area (2000) — Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
The Harmonium in My Memory (1999) — Kang Soo-ha
Happy Together (1999) — Seo Tae-poong · 16 episodes
Love Story (1999) — Tae-sung · 2 episodes
Se-ri is Back (1999) — Café CEO · 1 episode
White Nights 3.98 (1998) — Min Gyeong-bin · 20 episodes
Lament (1997) — Jong-man
Beautiful My Lady (1997) — Hwang Joon-ho · 16 episodes
Kill the Love (1996) — Love
Armageddon (1996) — Haesung
Run Away (1995) — Lee Dong-hee
Who Drives Me Mad? (1995) — Lee Jong-du
Sunset on the Neon Lights (1995)
Asphalt Man (1995) — Kang Dong-joon · 16 episodes
사랑의 향기 (1994) · 14 episodes
The Sorrow of the Survivor (1993) — Lee Ja-myung · 16 episodes
Tomorrow Love (1992) — 신범수 · 103 episodes
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Nambeol — Im Eok
K.O. Club
Here · 1 episode
The Koreans · 1 episode