Lee Byung-hun
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Lee Byung-hun

Born 12 July 1970 · Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
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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
Terminator Genisys
The Magnificent Seven
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
RED 2
KPop Demon Hunters
I Saw the Devil
No Other Choice
A Bittersweet Life
Joint Security Area
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
No Other Choice
The Match
KPop Demon Hunters
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
Concrete Utopia
Emergency Declaration
The Man Standing Next
Ashfall
Keys to the Heart
A Single Rider
The Fortress
Decades Apart
The Magnificent Seven
Misconduct
Master
The Age of Shadows
Terminator Genisys
Inside Men
Memories of the Sword
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
RED 2
Masquerade
Share the Vision
Iris: The Movie
I Saw the Devil
The Influence
I Come with the Rain
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Hero
Once in a Summer
A Bittersweet Life
Everybody Has Secrets
Three... Extremes
Addicted
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Joint Security Area
The Harmonium in My Memory
Lament
Kill the Love
Armageddon
Run Away
Who Drives Me Mad?
Sunset on the Neon Lights
Lee Byung-hun · Midrow