
Lee Byung-hun
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 12, 1970
- Birthplace
- Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
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
- K.O. Club
K.O. Club TBA
Actor
- Nambeol
Nambeol TBA
as Im Eok
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love
I Believe in a Thing Called Love TBA
Actor, Producer

No Other Choice 2025
as Man-su

Squid Game in Conversation 2025
as Self

KPop Demon Hunters 2025
as Gwi-Ma (voice)

Netflix Tudum 2025 2025
as Self

The Match 2025
as Cho Hoon-hyun

Squid Game: Making Season 2 2025
as Self

BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey 2024
as Narrator (voice)

Concrete Utopia 2023
as Yeong-tak

Emergency Declaration 2022
as Park Jae-hyuk

The Man Standing Next 2020
as Kim Gyu-pyeong

Ashfall 2019
as Lee Jun-pyeong

Keys to the Heart 2018
as Kim Jo-ha

The Fortress 2017
as Choe Myeong-gil

Decades Apart 2017
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck

A Single Rider 2017
as Kang Jae-hoon

Master 2016
as President Jin

The Magnificent Seven 2016
as Billy Rocks

The Age of Shadows 2016
as Jung Chae-san

Misconduct 2016
as The Accountant

Inside Men 2015
as Ahn Sang-goo

Memories of the Sword 2015
as Yu-baek / Duk-gi

Terminator Genisys 2015
as Cop / T-1000

RED 2 2013
as Han Cho Bai

G.I. Joe: Retaliation 2013
as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

Masquerade 2012
as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun

Share the Vision 2011
Actor

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

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

Addicted 2002
as Hwang Dae-jun

My Beautiful Girl, Mari 2002
as Adult Nam-woo (voice)

Bungee Jumping of Their Own 2001
as Seo In-woo

Joint Security Area 2000
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

The Harmonium in My Memory 1999
as Kang Soo-ha

Lament 1997
as Jong-man

Kill the Love 1996
as Love

Armageddon 1996
as Haesung

Run Away 1995
as Lee Dong-hee

Who Drives Me Mad? 1995
as Lee Jong-du

Sunset on the Neon Lights 1995
Actor
Credits from TMDB.