Lee Jung-jae
Known For
Acting
Born
1972-12-15 in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Biography
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.
Most Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Squid Game
as Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
You Quiz on the Block
as Self
The Game Caterers
as Self
The Acolyte
as Master Sol
Movie Room
as Self
Movie Room
Just an Excuse
as Self
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
New World
as Lee Ja-sung
Nice to Not Meet You
as Lim Hyeon-jun
Chief of Staff
as Jang Tae-Joon
Salon Drip
as Self
Squid Game: Making Season 2
as Self
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
as King Yeomra
The Housemaid
as Hoon
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
as King Yeomra
MOB 2025
as Dust