Lee Jung-jae
Actor, Director, Productor, Escritor
15 de diciembre de 1972 (53 años)
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.
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.
Películas y series en Plex
Filmography
| 2025 | Nice to Not Meet You · as Lim Hyeon-Jun |
| 2024 | Revolver · as Lim Seok-YongEn Plex |
| 2024 | The Acolyte · as Master Sol |
| 2022 | Hunt · as Park Pyong-Ho |
| 2021 | Squid Game · as Seong Gi-Hun / Player 456 |
| 2021 | Blue Birthday (2021) · as Detective |
| 2020 | Delayed Justice · as Jang Tae-Jun |
| 2020 | Deliver Us from Evil · as RayEn Plex |
| 2019 | 2036 Apocalypse Earth · as Choi Jeong-Soo |
| 2019 | Chief of Staff · as Jang Tae-Joon |
| 2019 | Trade Your Love · as Lawyer (cameo) |
| 2019 | Svaha: The Sixth Finger · as Pastor Park Ung-Jae |
| 2018 | Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days · as King YeomraEn Plex |
| 2018 | Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island · as Kevin |
| 2017 | Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds · as King YeomraEn Plex |
| 2017 | Warriors of the Dawn · as Tow |
| 2016 | Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite · as Jang Hak-Soo |
| 2016 | Tik Tok · as Kang Seung-Joon |
| 2016 | Dramaworld · as Lee Jung Jae |
| 2015 | Assassination · as Yeom Seok-JinEn Plex |
| 2014 | Big Match · as Choi Ik-Ho |
| 2013 | The Face Reader · as Grand Prince Soo-YangEn Plex |
| 2013 | New World · as Lee Ja-Sung |
| 2012 | The Thieves · as PopieEn Plex |
| 2010 | The Housemaid · as Hoon |
| 2009 | Triple · as Shin Hwal |
| 2008 | The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan · as Cheon-DoongEn Plex |
| 2007 | Air City · as Kim Ji-Sung |
| 2005 | Typhoon · as Gang Se-Jong |
| 2004 | Blade of the Phantom Master · as Jyun |
| 2003 | Oh! Brothers · as Oh Sang-Woo |
| 2002 | Over the Rainbow · as Lee Jin-Soo |
| 2001 | The Last Witness · as Detective Oh |
| 2001 | Last Present · as Jung Yong-Gi |
| 2000 | Asako in Ruby Shoes · as Woo-In |
| 2000 | Il Mare · as Han Sung-HyunEn Plex |
| 2000 | Interview · as Eun-Seok |
| 1999 | The Uprising · as Yi Jae-Su |
| 1998 | City of the Rising Sun · as Hong-Ki |
| 1998 | An Affair · as Woo In |
| 1998 | White Night: 3.98 · as Lee Young-Joon |
| 1997 | Park Dae Park · as Park Su-Sok |
| 1997 | Firebird · as Young-Hoo |
| 1996 | Albatross · as Pyeong-San |
| 1995 | The Sandglass · as Baek Jae-Hee |
| 1994 | The Young Man · as Lee Han |
| 1994 | Feelings · as Joon |
| 2025 | Squid Game in Conversation · as Self |
| 2025 | Netflix Tudum 2025 · as Self |
| 2025 | Squid Game: Making Season 2 · as Self |
| 2024 | Hot Ones Versus · as Self |
| 2022 | Just an Excuse · as Self |
| 2022 | The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show · as Self |
| 2022 | Blue Dragon Series Awards · as Self |
| 2022 | The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2021 | Fifteen Nights on a Business Trip · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show · as Self |
| 2018 | You Quiz On The Block · as Self |
| 2018 | Movie Room · as Self |
| 2018 | MMTG · as Self |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Self |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | MAMA Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1981 | Journal de 20h de France 2 · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self - Guest |
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