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Lee Jung-jae

Lee Jung-jae

Actor · Born 1972-12-15 · Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

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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 w…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Squid Game (2021) — Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
  2. Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) — King Yeomra
  3. The Acolyte (2024) — Master Sol
  4. Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018) — King Yeomra
  5. New World (2013) — Lee Ja-sung
  6. Squid Game: Making Season 2 (2025) — Self
  7. The Housemaid (2010) — Hoon
  8. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
  9. The Thieves (2012) — Popie
  10. Assassination (2015) — Yeom Seok-jin
  11. Deliver Us from Evil (2020) — Ray
  12. Operation Chromite (2016) — Jang Hak-soo
  13. Hunt (2022) — Park Pyong-ho
  14. Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019) — Pastor Park Ung-jae
  15. Il Mare (2000) — Han Sung-hyun
  16. The Face Reader (2013) — Grand Prince Soo-yang
  17. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
  18. Typhoon (2005) — Gang Se-jong
  19. Revolver (2024) — Lim Seok-yong
  20. Big Match (2014) — Choi Ik-ho
  21. Tik Tok (2016) — Kang Seung-joon
  22. Warriors of the Dawn (2017) — Tow
  23. Chief of Staff (2019) — Jang Tae-Joon
  24. Nice to Not Meet You (2025) — Lim Hyeon-jun
  25. The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) — Self
  26. Squid Game in Conversation (2025) — Self
  27. City of the Rising Sun (1999) — Hong-ki
  28. The Last Witness (2001) — Detective Oh
  29. An Affair (1998) — Woo-in
  30. Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025) — Self
  31. Last Present (2001) — Jung Yong-gi
  32. Over the Rainbow (2002) — Lee Jin-soo
  33. Asako in Ruby Shoes (2000) — Woo-in
  34. Delayed Justice (2020) — Jang Tae-Jun
  35. Interview (2000) — Eun-seok
  36. The Game Caterers (2021) — Self
  37. The Accidental Gangster (2008) — Cheon-doong
  38. Oh! Brothers (2003) — Oh Sang-woo
  39. Trade Your Love (2019) — Lawyer (cameo)
  40. Sandglass (1995) — Baek Jae-hee

Directed

  1. Hunt (2022) — Director
  2. Untitled Lee Jung-jae Film — Director