LJ
Lee Jung-jae
Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn December 15, 1972 (52 years)
Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on March 15, 1973, he began modeling 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.
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Revolver · as Lim Seok-Yong |
| 2024 | The Acolyte (TV Series) · as Master Sol |
| 2022 | Hunt · as Park Pyong-Ho |
| 2021 | Squid Game (TV Series) · as Seong Gi-Hun / 'no. 456' |
| 2021 | Blue Birthday (TV Series) · as Detective |
| 2020 | Delayed Justice (TV Series) · as Jang Tae-Jun |
| 2020 | Deliver Us from Evil · as Ray |
| 2019 | 2036 Apocalypse Earth · as Jung-Soo Choi |
| 2019 | Chief of Staff (TV Series) · 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 Yeomra |
| 2018 | Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island · as Kevin |
| 2017 | Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds · as King Yeomra |
| 2017 | Warriors of the Dawn · as Tow |
| 2016 | Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite · as Jang Hak-Soo |
| 2016 | Tik Tok · as Kang Seung-Joon |
| 2015 | Assassination · as Yeom Seok-Jin |
| 2014 | Big Match · as Choi Ik-Ho |
| 2013 | The Face Reader · as Grand Prince Soo-Yang |
| 2013 | New World · as Lee Ja-Sung |
| 2012 | The Thieves · as Popie |
| 2010 | The Housemaid · as Hoon |
| 2009 | Triple (TV Series) · as Shin Hwal |
| 2008 | The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan · as Cheon-Doong |
| 2007 | Air City (TV Series) · 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-Hyun |
| 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 |
| 1997 | Park Dae Park · as Park Su-Sok |
| 1997 | Firebird · as Young-Hoo |
| 1996 | Albatross · as Pyeong-San |
| 1995 | Sandglass (TV Series) · as Baek Jae-Hee |
| 1994 | The Young Man · as Lee Han |
| 1994 | Feelings (TV Series) · as Joon |
| 1993 | 공룡선생 (TV Series) · as Jung-Jae |