Lee Byung-hun
Known For
Acting
Born
1970-07-12 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
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).
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Squid Game
as Front Man / Hwang In-ho
KPop Demon Hunters
as Gwi-Ma (voice)
No Other Choice
as Yoo Man-su
You Quiz on the Block
as Self
The Game Caterers
as Self
SNL Korea
as Self - Host
Mr. Sunshine
as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
Terminator Genisys
as Cop / T-1000
Just an Excuse
as Self
The Magnificent Seven
as Billy Rocks
I Saw the Devil
as Kim Soo-hyeon
Our Blues
as Lee Dong-seok
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
Iris
as Kim Hyeon-Jun
RED 2
as Han Cho Bai
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Storm Shadow