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).
Filmography (83)
No Other Choice
2025
The Match
2025
Squid Game: Making Season 2
2025
KPop Demon Hunters
2025
Squid Game in Conversation
2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
2025
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
2024
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
2024
Concrete Utopia
2023
Nattering with Nah
2023
Emergency Declaration
2022
Our Blues
2022
Just an Excuse
2022
SNL Korea
2021
Squid Game
2021
The Game Caterers
2021
The Man Standing Next
2020
Ashfall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Keys to the Heart
2018
Mr. Sunshine
2018
You Quiz on the Block
2018
A Single Rider
2017
The Fortress
2017
Decades Apart
2017
The Magnificent Seven
2016
Misconduct
2016
Master
2016
The Age of Shadows
2016
Terminator Genisys
2015
Inside Men
2015
Memories of the Sword
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
RED 2
2013
최후의 권력
2013
IRIS 特务情人 DVD版
2013
Masquerade
2012
Baeksang Arts Awards
2012
Share the Vision
2011
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
2011
Iris: The Movie
2010
I Saw the Devil
2010
The Influence
2010
I Come with the Rain
2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
Iris
2009
Mnet Asian Music Awards
2009
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008
Hero
2007
Once in a Summer
2006
A Bittersweet Life
2005
Everybody Has Secrets
2004
Three... Extremes
2004
All In
2003
Addicted
2002
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
2002
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
2001
Beautiful Days
2001
Joint Security Area
2000
The Harmonium in My Memory
1999
Happy Together
1999
Love Story
1999
Se-ri is Back
1999
White Nights 3.98
1998
Lament
1997
Beautiful My Lady
1997
Kill the Love
1996
Armageddon
1996
Run Away
1995
Who Drives Me Mad?
1995
Sunset on the Neon Lights
1995
Asphalt Man
1995
사랑의 향기
1994
The Sorrow of the Survivor
1993
Tomorrow Love
1992
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
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