Lee Byung-hun
Acting
Born: July 12, 1970 (age 56) · Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Squid Game
2021
Terminator Genisys
2015
The Magnificent Seven
2016
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
RED 2
2013
I Saw the Devil
2010
KPop Demon Hunters
2025
No Other Choice
2025
A Bittersweet Life
2005
Joint Security Area
2000
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008
Photos (5)
Movies (45)
KPop Demon Hunters
Gwi-Ma (voice)
Terminator Genisys
Cop / T-1000
The Magnificent Seven
Billy Rocks
No Other Choice
Man-su
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Storm Shadow
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
RED 2
Han Cho Bai
I Saw the Devil
Kim Soo-hyeon
Joint Security Area
Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
Emergency Declaration
Park Jae-hyuk
Ashfall
Lee Jun-pyeong
A Bittersweet Life
Sun-woo
Misconduct
The Accountant
Concrete Utopia
Yeong-tak
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Park Chang-yi
The Man Standing Next
Kim Gyu-pyeong
The Age of Shadows
Jung Chae-san
Masquerade
King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
The Fortress
Choe Myeong-gil
I Come with the Rain
Su Dongpo
Three... Extremes
Director (segment "Cut")
Armageddon
Haesung
The Match
Cho Hoon-hyun
Memories of the Sword
Yu-baek / Duk-gi
Inside Men
Ahn Sang-goo
Hero
Kang
Keys to the Heart
Kim Jo-ha
Addicted
Hwang Dae-jun
Master
President Jin
Everybody Has Secrets
Choi Soo-hyun
A Single Rider
Kang Jae-hoon
Iris: The Movie
Kim Hyun-jun
The Harmonium in My Memory
Kang Soo-ha
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Seo In-woo
Once in a Summer
Yun Suk-young
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Adult Nam-woo (voice)
Lament
Jong-man
Sunset on the Neon Lights
1995
The Influence
W/White W
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
Narrator (voice)
Decades Apart
Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
Kill the Love
Love
Run Away
Lee Dong-hee
Who Drives Me Mad?
Lee Jong-du
Share the Vision
2011
TV Shows (20)
Squid Game
Front Man / Hwang In-ho · 15 eps
Nattering with Nah
1 eps
Mr. Sunshine
Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin · 24 eps
Our Blues
Lee Dong-seok · 20 eps
Iris
Kim Hyeon-Jun · 20 eps
Tomorrow Love
신범수 · 103 eps
Mnet Asian Music Awards
Host · 2 eps
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
John（ジョン） · 10 eps
White Nights 3.98
Min Gyeong-bin · 20 eps
All In
Kim In-ha · 24 eps
Happy Together
Seo Tae-poong · 16 eps
Love Story
Tae-sung · 2 eps
Beautiful Days
Lee Min-chul · 24 eps
Beautiful My Lady
Hwang Joon-ho · 16 eps
The Sorrow of the Survivor
Lee Ja-myung · 16 eps
Asphalt Man
Kang Dong-joon · 16 eps
사랑의 향기
14 eps
IRIS 特务情人 DVD版
10 eps
Se-ri is Back
Café CEO · 1 eps
최후의 권력
Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
You Quiz on the Block
Self · 2 eps
SNL Korea
Self - Host · 1 eps
Just an Excuse
Self · 2 eps
Hot Ones Versus
Self · 1 eps
The Game Caterers
Self · 2 eps
Baeksang Arts Awards
Self · 2 eps
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
Self · 2 eps
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Squid Game in Conversation
Self