Lee Byung-hun
Biography
Lee Byung-hun, also written as Byung Hun Lee, is a South Korean actor, singer and model born on July 12, 1970 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He has been credited in 83 screen productions and is known for a wide range of genres. Notable Korean film roles include 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) and The Man Standing Next (2020). His television work includes All In (2003), Iris (2009), Mr. Sunshine (2018) and Our Blues (2022). In the United States he portrayed Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career.
Career overview
Lee Byung-hun, born on July 12 1970 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea, is a South Korean actor, singer and model whose career has encompassed film, television and international productions. He first gained widespread recognition in Korean cinema with the 2000 thriller Joint Security Area, and continued to build a reputation for versatile performances in titles such as A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), I Saw the Devil (2010), Masquerade (2012), Inside Men (2015) and The Man Standing Next (2020). In television, his notable series include All In (2003), the espionage drama Iris (2009), the period epic Mr. Sunshine (2018) and the recent drama Our Blues (2022).
Beyond his domestic work, Lee is known to U.S. audiences for portraying the ninja‑like character Storm Shadow in the Hollywood action films G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). Throughout his career he has amassed a substantial body of work, with more than eighty credited roles, and has received multiple awards and nominations for his performances. He is also credited under alternative spellings such as Byung Hun Lee and the Cyrillic transliteration Бён‑хо.
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- KPop Demon Hunters (2025) as Gwi-Ma (voice)
- No Other Choice (2025) as Man-su
- Squid Game: Making Season 2 (2025) as Self
- Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025) as Self
- The Match (2025) as Cho Hoon-hyun
- New Old Boy : Dir. Park (2025) as Self
- Squid Game in Conversation (2025) as Self
- Hot Ones Versus (2024) as Self
- Squid Game: The Official Podcast (2024) as Self - Guest
- BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey (2024) as Narrator (voice)
- Nattering with Nah (2023)
- Concrete Utopia (2023) as Yeong-tak
- Just an Excuse (2022) as Self
- Our Blues (2022) as Lee Dong-seok
- Emergency Declaration (2022) as Park Jae-hyuk
- Squid Game (2021) as Front Man / Hwang In-ho
- SNL Korea (2021) as Self - Host
- The Game Caterers (2021) as Self
- The Man Standing Next (2020) as Kim Gyu-pyeong
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Ashfall (2019) as Lee Jun-pyeong
- You Quiz on the Block (2018) as Self
- Mr. Sunshine (2018) as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
- Keys to the Heart (2018) as Kim Jo-ha
- The Fortress (2017) as Choe Myeong-gil
- A Single Rider (2017) as Kang Jae-hoon
- Decades Apart (2017) as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) as Billy Rocks
- Misconduct (2016) as The Accountant
- The Age of Shadows (2016) as Jung Chae-san
- Master (2016) as President Jin
- Terminator Genisys (2015) as Cop / T-1000
- Memories of the Sword (2015) as Yu-baek / Duk-gi
- Inside Men (2015) as Ahn Sang-goo
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
- RED 2 (2013) as Han Cho Bai
- IRIS 特务情人 DVD版 (2013)
- 최후의 권력 (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- Baeksang Arts Awards (2012) as Self
- Masquerade (2012) as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
- The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2011) as John（ジョン）
- Share the Vision (2011)
- I Saw the Devil (2010) as Kim Soo-hyeon
- Iris: The Movie (2010) as Kim Hyun-jun
- The Influence (2010) as W/White W
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) as Storm Shadow
- Iris (2009) as Kim Hyeon-Jun
- Mnet Asian Music Awards (2009) as Host
- I Come with the Rain (2009) as Su Dongpo
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) as Park Chang-yi
- Hero (2007) as Kang
- Once in a Summer (2006) as Yun Suk-young
- A Bittersweet Life (2005) as Sun-woo
- Three... Extremes (2004) as Director (segment "Cut")
- Everybody Has Secrets (2004) as Choi Soo-hyun
- All In (2003) as Kim In-ha
- Addicted (2002) as Hwang Dae-jun
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002) as Adult Nam-woo (voice)
- Beautiful Days (2001) as Lee Min-chul
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001) as Seo In-woo
- Joint Security Area (2000) as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
- Happy Together (1999) as Seo Tae-poong
- Love Story (1999) as Tae-sung
- The Harmonium in My Memory (1999) as Kang Soo-ha
- Se-ri is Back (1999) as Café CEO
- White Nights 3.98 (1998) as Min Gyeong-bin
- Beautiful My Lady (1997) as Hwang Joon-ho
- Lament (1997) as Jong-man
- Armageddon (1996) as Haesung
- Kill the Love (1996) as Love
- Asphalt Man (1995) as Kang Dong-joon
- Run Away (1995) as Lee Dong-hee
- Sunset on the Neon Lights (1995)
- Who Drives Me Mad? (1995) as Lee Jong-du
- 사랑의 향기 (1994)
- The Sorrow of the Survivor (1993) as Lee Ja-myung
- Tomorrow Love (1992) as 신범수
- The Koreans
- Here
- Nambeol as Im Eok
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love Producer