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