Acting · Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea · Born July 12, 1970
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).
TVNew Old Boy : Dir. Park
2025
as Self
MovieNo Other Choice
2025
as Man-su
MovieSquid Game in Conversation
2025
as Self
MovieKPop Demon Hunters
2025
as Gwi-Ma (voice)
MovieNetflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
MovieThe Match
2025
as Cho Hoon-hyun
MovieSquid Game: Making Season 2
2025
as Self
TVSquid Game: The Official Podcast
2024
as Self - Guest
MovieBSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVHot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
MovieConcrete Utopia
2023
as Yeong-tak
TVNattering with Nah
2023
TVJust an Excuse
2022
as Self
MovieEmergency Declaration
2022
as Park Jae-hyuk
TVOur Blues
2022
as Lee Dong-seok
TVSquid Game
2021
as Front Man / Hwang In-ho
TVSNL Korea
2021
as Self - Host
TVThe Game Caterers
2021
as Self
MovieThe Man Standing Next
2020
as Kim Gyu-pyeong
MovieAshfall
2019
as Lee Jun-pyeong
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVYou Quiz on the Block
2018
as Self
TVMr. Sunshine
2018
as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
MovieKeys to the Heart
2018
as Kim Jo-ha
MovieThe Fortress
2017
as Choe Myeong-gil
MovieDecades Apart
2017
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
MovieA Single Rider
2017
as Kang Jae-hoon
MovieMaster
2016
as President Jin
MovieThe Magnificent Seven
2016
as Billy Rocks
MovieThe Age of Shadows
2016
as Jung Chae-san
MovieMisconduct
2016
as The Accountant
MovieInside Men
2015
as Ahn Sang-goo
MovieMemories of the Sword
2015
as Yu-baek / Duk-gi
MovieTerminator Genisys
2015
as Cop / T-1000
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
TV최후의 권력
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRED 2
2013
as Han Cho Bai
MovieG.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
TVIRIS 特务情人 DVD版
2013
MovieMasquerade
2012
as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
TVBaeksang Arts Awards
2012
as Self
MovieShare the Vision
2011
TVThe Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
2011
as John（ジョン）
MovieI Saw the Devil
2010
as Kim Soo-hyeon
MovieIris: The Movie
2010
as Kim Hyun-jun
MovieThe Influence
2010
as W/White W
TVMnet Asian Music Awards
2009
as Host
TVIris
2009
as Kim Hyeon-Jun
MovieG.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as Storm Shadow
MovieI Come with the Rain
2009
as Su Dongpo
MovieThe Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008
as Park Chang-yi
MovieHero
2007
as Kang
MovieOnce in a Summer
2006
as Yun Suk-young
MovieA Bittersweet Life
2005
as Sun-woo
MovieThree... Extremes
2004
as Director (segment "Cut")
MovieEverybody Has Secrets
2004
as Choi Soo-hyun
TVAll In
2003
as Kim In-ha
MovieAddicted
2002
as Hwang Dae-jun
MovieMy Beautiful Girl, Mari
2002
as Adult Nam-woo (voice)
TVBeautiful Days
2001
as Lee Min-chul
MovieBungee Jumping of Their Own
2001
as Seo In-woo
MovieJoint Security Area
2000
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
TVLove Story
1999
as Tae-sung
TVSe-ri is Back
1999
as Café CEO
TVHappy Together
1999
as Seo Tae-poong
MovieThe Harmonium in My Memory
1999
as Kang Soo-ha
TVWhite Nights 3.98
1998
as Min Gyeong-bin
TVBeautiful My Lady
1997
as Hwang Joon-ho
MovieLament
1997
as Jong-man
MovieKill the Love
1996
as Love
MovieArmageddon
1996
as Haesung
MovieRun Away
1995
as Lee Dong-hee
MovieWho Drives Me Mad?
1995
as Lee Jong-du
TVAsphalt Man
1995
as Kang Dong-joon
MovieSunset on the Neon Lights
1995
TV사랑의 향기
1994
TVThe Sorrow of the Survivor
1993
as Lee Ja-myung
TVTomorrow Love
1992
as 신범수
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Nambeol
as Im Eok
Here
The Koreans
