Lee Byung-hun

Known For: Acting
Born: July 12, 1970
Place of Birth: Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Lee Byung-hun

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).

Filmography

New Old Boy : Dir. Park

2025 · Self

No Other Choice

2025 · Man-su

Squid Game in Conversation

2025 · Self

KPop Demon Hunters

2025 · Gwi-Ma (voice)

Netflix Tudum 2025

2025 · Self

The Match

2025 · Cho Hoon-hyun

Squid Game: Making Season 2

2025 · Self

Squid Game: The Official Podcast

2024 · Self - Guest

BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey

2024 · Narrator (voice)

Hot Ones Versus

2024 · Self

Concrete Utopia

2023 · Yeong-tak

Nattering with Nah

2023

Just an Excuse

2022 · Self

Emergency Declaration

2022 · Park Jae-hyuk

Our Blues

2022 · Lee Dong-seok

Squid Game

2021 · Front Man / Hwang In-ho

SNL Korea

2021 · Self - Host

The Game Caterers

2021 · Self

The Man Standing Next

2020 · Kim Gyu-pyeong

Ashfall

2019 · Lee Jun-pyeong

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Self

You Quiz on the Block

2018 · Self

Mr. Sunshine

2018 · Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin

Keys to the Heart

2018 · Kim Jo-ha

The Fortress

2017 · Choe Myeong-gil

Decades Apart

2017 · Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck

A Single Rider

2017 · Kang Jae-hoon

Master

2016 · President Jin

The Magnificent Seven

2016 · Billy Rocks

The Age of Shadows

2016 · Jung Chae-san

Misconduct

2016 · The Accountant

Inside Men

2015 · Ahn Sang-goo

Memories of the Sword

2015 · Yu-baek / Duk-gi

Terminator Genisys

2015 · Cop / T-1000

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

최후의 권력

2013 · Narrator (voice)

RED 2

2013 · Han Cho Bai

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2013 · Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

IRIS 特务情人 DVD版

2013

Masquerade

2012 · King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun

Baeksang Arts Awards

2012 · Self

Share the Vision

2011

The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda

2011 · John（ジョン）

I Saw the Devil

2010 · Kim Soo-hyeon

Iris: The Movie

2010 · Kim Hyun-jun

The Influence

2010 · W/White W

Mnet Asian Music Awards

2009 · Host

Iris

2009 · Kim Hyeon-Jun

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

2009 · Storm Shadow

I Come with the Rain

2009 · Su Dongpo

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

Three... Extremes

2004 · Director (segment "Cut")

Everybody Has Secrets

2004 · Choi Soo-hyun

All In

2003 · Kim In-ha

Addicted

2002 · Hwang Dae-jun

My Beautiful Girl, Mari

2002 · Adult Nam-woo (voice)

Beautiful Days

2001 · Lee Min-chul

Bungee Jumping of Their Own

2001 · Seo In-woo

Joint Security Area

2000 · Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

Love Story

1999 · Tae-sung

Se-ri is Back

1999 · Café CEO

Happy Together

1999 · Seo Tae-poong

The Harmonium in My Memory

1999 · Kang Soo-ha

White Nights 3.98

1998 · Min Gyeong-bin

Beautiful My Lady

1997 · Hwang Joon-ho

Lament

1997 · Jong-man

Kill the Love

1996 · Love

Armageddon

1996 · Haesung

Run Away

1995 · Lee Dong-hee

Who Drives Me Mad?

1995 · Lee Jong-du

Asphalt Man

1995 · Kang Dong-joon

Sunset on the Neon Lights

1995

사랑의 향기

1994

The Sorrow of the Survivor

1993 · Lee Ja-myung

Tomorrow Love

1992 · 신범수

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

— · , Producer

Nambeol

— · Im Eok

Here

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The Koreans

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