Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Birthday: 1970-07-12

Place of Birth: Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea

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).

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Joint Security Area
Joint Security Area

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an ...

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A Bittersweet Life
A Bittersweet Life

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who...

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Everybody Has Secrets
Everybody Has Secrets

Mi-young shows her boyfriend, Soo-hyun, to her two sisters. However, the sisters feel weird after th...

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I Come with the Rain
I Come with the Rain

Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmace...

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Once in a Summer
Once in a Summer

An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former profe...

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest i...

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The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and C...

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Addicted
Addicted

Two brothers get into a sudden tragic accident and they both fall into a coma at the same time. A ye...

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This f...

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Iris: The Movie
Iris: The Movie

Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by t...

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Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Bungee Jumping of Their Own

A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins un...

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My Beautiful Girl, Mari
My Beautiful Girl, Mari

Two boys find a beautiful world of magic and wonder when they find a magic marble in an old lighthou...

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The Harmonium in My Memory
The Harmonium in My Memory

Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a hands...

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RED 2
RED 2

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest t...

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I Saw the Devil
I Saw the Devil

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides ...

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Masquerade
Masquerade

Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisone...

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Terminator Genisys
Terminator Genisys

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At t...

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Run Away
Run Away

Video game producer Lee Dong-ho and freelance artist Choi Mi-ran are both young, ambitious people wh...

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Hero
Hero

After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tok...

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Inside Men
Inside Men

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential ca...

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The Influence
The Influence

To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises throughout ti...

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The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town...

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Memories of the Sword
Memories of the Sword

While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. ...

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No Other Choice
No Other Choice

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends ...

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Misconduct
Misconduct

An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical execut...

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Master
Master

Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lu...

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Who Drives Me Mad?
Who Drives Me Mad?

Lee Jong-du, a salesman who believes that luck will change when he becomes a famous writer. However ...

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The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a grou...

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Three... Extremes
Three... Extremes

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled e...

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A Single Rider
A Single Rider

Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt....

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Keys to the Heart
Keys to the Heart

An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disabil...

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The Fortress
The Fortress

Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Min...

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Kill the Love
Kill the Love

A man named Love joins the criminal underworld in America and falls In love with a woman, sparking t...

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Lament
Lament

Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family h...

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Decades Apart
Decades Apart

For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exh...

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Armageddon
Armageddon

The year is 2157. An alien organization with ultra-high technology, 'Eed', invades the Earth. As the...

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The Man Standing Next
The Man Standing Next

When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows e...

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Ashfall
Ashfall

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erup...

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Emergency Declaration
Emergency Declaration

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a ...

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Concrete Utopia
Concrete Utopia

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far th...

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The Match
The Match

When a legendary Go master loses his title to a one-time friend and protégé, he sets out to reclaim ...

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Share the Vision
Share the Vision

A 4D music film about a guy named Hyeon-min who sets out to find a new vision after meeting a mentor...

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Sunset on the Neon Lights
Sunset on the Neon Lights

Sang-min faces sexual discrimination at her advertising job and her lover's publishing company goes ...

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I Believe In A Thing Called Love
I Believe In A Thing Called Love

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BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey

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Squid Game: Making Season 2
Squid Game: Making Season 2

From set designs to character arcs, get exclusive cast and director interviews on how Season 2 of th...

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KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters

When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret po...

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Squid Game in Conversation
Squid Game in Conversation

Take a seat with the director and cast of Squid Game. Discover key moments, hear untold stories and ...

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Netflix Tudum 2025
Netflix Tudum 2025

Celebrate your favorite shows and movies at this star-studded, live global fan event with special pe...

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