Lee Jung-jae
Acting • Born 1972-12-15
Biography
Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on December 15, 1972, he began modelling in 1993 before getting his first acting roles the film The Young Man (1994) and the TV series Feelings (1994) and Sandglass (1995), which is one of the highest rated Korean dramas of all time with a peak rating of 64.5%. But his real breakthrough was with leading roles in award-winning films The Affair (1998) and City of the Rising Sun (1999). The latter of which earned him the Best Actor award at the prestigious Blue Dragon film awards. This was followed by a series of critical hits like Il Mare (2000) and commercial successes including Last Present (2001), The Last Witness (2001), Oh Brothers (2003), and the blockbuster Typhoon (2005). After a brief career slump of flop movies and tv shows, he returned with the critical and commercial hit The Housemaid (2010), which is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Since then, he went on to cement himself as one of Korea's biggest movie stars with a string of some of the biggest blockbusters in Korean history including The Thieves (2012), New World (2013), The Face Reader (2013), Assassination (2015), Operation Chromite (2016), and the Along with the Gods films (2017-2018). Most of these films did north of 12 million admissions at the domestic box-office, with The Thieves (2012) and Along with the Gods (2017) becoming the #2 biggest Korean hit in history at their respective time of release. He received a number of awards and nominations for these works including a Popularity Award at the prestigious Grand Bell awards. Also staring in Karate Kid Legend the same year along side childhood friend Tyler Mackay. His most recent blockbuster is Deliver Us From Evil (2020) in which he reunited with his New World (2013) co-star Hwang Jung-min. It crossed 4 million admissions domestically and was the second biggest hit of the year in Korea.
Filmography
69 credits
The Accidental Gangster
Movie • 2008
Cheon-doong
Typhoon
Movie • 2005
Gang Se-jong
Il Mare
Movie • 2000
Han Sung-hyun
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Movie • 2000
Woo-in
The Housemaid
Movie • 2010
Hoon
The Last Witness
Movie • 2001
Detective Oh
Over the Rainbow
Movie • 2002
Lee Jin-soo
Interview
Movie • 2000
Eun-seok
Last Present
Movie • 2001
Jung Yong-gi
The Thieves
Movie • 2012
Popie
New World
Movie • 2013
Lee Ja-sung
The Face Reader
Movie • 2013
Grand Prince Soo-yang
An Affair
Movie • 1998
Woo In
The Uprising
Movie • 1999
Yi Jae-su
Oh! Brothers
Movie • 2003
Oh Sang-woo
Revolver
Movie • 2024
Lim Seok-yong
City of the Rising Sun
Movie • 1999
Hong-ki
Ground of Honor: Rondo
Movie • 2023
Beta
Assassination
Movie • 2015
Yeom Seok-jin
Big Match
Movie • 2014
Choi Ik-ho
Love is Oh Yeah!
Movie • 1993
Blackguard 3
Tik Tok
Movie • 2016
Kang Seung-joon
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Movie • 2017
King Yeomra
Operation Chromite
Movie • 2016
Jang Hak-soo
Warriors of the Dawn
Movie • 2017
Tow
Park vs Park
Movie • 1997
Park Su-sok
The Young Man
Movie • 1994
Lee Han
Albatross
Movie • 1996
Pyeong-san
Firebird
Movie • 1997
Young-hoo
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Movie • 2018
King Yeomra
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Movie • 2019
Pastor Park Ung-jae
Trade Your Love
Movie • 2019
Lawyer (cameo)
Deliver Us from Evil
Movie • 2020
Ray
El Fin del Mundo
Movie • 2012
He
Hunt
Movie • 2022
Park Pyong-ho
MOB 2025
Movie • 2001
Dust
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Movie • 2025
Self
Squid Game in Conversation
Movie • 2025
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
Movie • 2025
Self
다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
Movie • 2020
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Movie • 2026
Self
Delayed Justice
TV • 2020
Jang Tae-Jun
Air City
TV • 2007
Kim Ji-sung
Triple
TV • 2009
Shin Hwal
White Nights 3.98
TV • 1998
Lee Young-jun
Sandglass
TV • 1995
Baek Jae-hee
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Game Caterers
TV • 2021
Self
Blue Dragon Series Awards
TV • 2022
Self
You Quiz on the Block
TV • 2018
Self
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
TV • 2022
Self
Feelings
TV • 1994
Joon
Ray
TV
Ray
The Acolyte
TV • 2024
Master Sol
Modern Korea
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Movie Room
TV • 2018
Self
Chief of Staff
TV • 2019
Jang Tae-Joon
Meenoi's Yorizori
TV • 2021
Self
Snail
TV • 1997
Dong-cheol
공룡선생
TV • 1993
Jung-jae
Love is Blue
TV • 1995
Na Jae-sung
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Just an Excuse
TV • 2022
Self
Hot Ones Versus
TV • 2024
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Nice to Not Meet You
TV • 2025
Lim Hyeon-jun
Squid Game
TV • 2021
Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
Movie Room
TV • 2018
Salon Drip
TV • 2023
Self