Acting · Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea · Born December 15, 1972
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.
MovieMr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026
as Self
TVNice to Not Meet You
2025
as Lim Hyeon-jun
MovieSquid Game in Conversation
2025
as Self
MovieNetflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
MovieSquid Game: Making Season 2
2025
as Self
TVSquid Game: The Official Podcast
2024
as Self - Guest
MovieRevolver
2024
as Lim Seok-yong
TVFresh off the Sea
2024
as Self
TVThe Acolyte
2024
as Master Sol
TVHot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
MovieGround of Honor: Rondo
2023
as Beta
TVSalon Drip
2023
as Self
TVJust an Excuse
2022
as Self
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
MovieHunt
2022
as Park Pyong-ho
TVBlue Dragon Series Awards
2022
as Self
TVCivilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
2022
as Self
TVSquid Game
2021
as Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
TVMeenoi's Yorizori
2021
as Self
TVThe Game Caterers
2021
as Self
TVDelayed Justice
2020
as Jang Tae-Jun
Movie다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
2020
MovieDeliver Us from Evil
2020
as Ray
TVModern Korea
2019
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVChief of Staff
2019
as Jang Tae-Joon
MovieTrade Your Love
2019
as Lawyer (cameo)
MovieSvaha: The Sixth Finger
2019
as Pastor Park Ung-jae
TVYou Quiz on the Block
2018
as Self
MovieAlong with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018
as King Yeomra
TVMovie Room
2018
as Self
MovieAlong with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017
as King Yeomra
MovieWarriors of the Dawn
2017
as Tow
MovieOperation Chromite
2016
as Jang Hak-soo
MovieTik Tok
2016
as Kang Seung-joon
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieAssassination
2015
as Yeom Seok-jin
MovieBig Match
2014
as Choi Ik-ho
MovieThe Face Reader
2013
as Grand Prince Soo-yang
MovieNew World
2013
as Lee Ja-sung
MovieThe Thieves
2012
as Popie
MovieEl Fin del Mundo
2012
as He
MovieThe Housemaid
2010
as Hoon
TVTriple
2009
as Shin Hwal
MovieThe Accidental Gangster
2008
as Cheon-doong
TVAir City
2007
as Kim Ji-sung
MovieTyphoon
2005
as Gang Se-jong
MovieOh! Brothers
2003
as Oh Sang-woo
MovieOver the Rainbow
2002
as Lee Jin-soo
MovieThe Last Witness
2001
as Detective Oh
MovieMOB 2025
2001
as Dust
MovieLast Present
2001
as Jung Yong-gi
MovieAsako in Ruby Shoes
2000
as Woo-in
MovieIl Mare
2000
as Han Sung-hyun
MovieInterview
2000
as Eun-seok
MovieThe Uprising
1999
as Yi Jae-su
MovieCity of the Rising Sun
1999
as Hong-ki
MovieAn Affair
1998
as Woo-in
TVWhite Nights 3.98
1998
as Lee Young-jun
Snail
1997
as Dong-cheol
MoviePark vs Park
1997
as Park Su-sok
MovieFirebird
1997
as Young-hoo
MovieAlbatross
1996
as Pyeong-san
TVLove is Blue
1995
as Na Jae-sung
TVSandglass
1995
as Baek Jae-hee
MovieThe Young Man
1994
as Lee Han
TVFeelings
1994
as Joon
TV공룡선생
1993
as Jung-jae
MovieLove is Oh Yeah!
1993
as Blackguard 3
Ray
as Ray
