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Byung-hun Lee

Byung-hun Lee is a South Korean actor.
He was born on 12th July 1970 in Seoul (South Korea).
He made his debut in 1991, starring in the television drama "Asphalt My Hometown". Lee's later movie, Joint Security Area, was a smash hit, surpassing the box office smash records set by Shiri.

After Lee's role in Bungee Jumping of Their Own, his acting talent gathered widespread recognition.
Lee has recently played a part in the movie Everybody Has Secrets with Choi Ji Woo, Chu Sang Mi and Kim Hyo Jin, a movie about three sisters who fall in love with Lee Soo-hyon. Soo-hyon falls in love with one of the sisters, leaving the other two heartbroken. The movie has reached a very high bid of US$5.5 million in Japan.[citation needed] However, the box-office profit of his movie was low in Japan. A Bittersweet Life, released in 2005, was well received by critics.
In 2005, Lee released his biographies Limited, Brave and Human during his visit to Singapore, a 3-DVD collection in which he talked about his life and acting career.

His likeness was used for the main character in the Capcom video game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition which was released on January 12, 2007.

In December 2007, it was confirmed that Lee was cast as the villain Storm Shadow in the upcoming live-action G.I. Joe film. This will become his Hollywood debut film. He also released a self-album in 2008, one of the songs called Itsuka (one day) that he sang in Japanese ranked 3rd in Korea.

Lee is fluent in English and able to speak French and Mandarin, in addition to his native Korean

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Byung-hun Lee - what members say

Addicted review by nealmc from Birmingham

Another great Korean film 29 January 2007
...Another great Byung-hun Lee film. This seems to be a fairly ho-hum love story, nicely played but nothing special in the vein of 'Ghost' (kind of) until everything changes i... Read customer review

I Saw the Devil review by Underworld from

I Saw The Devil 21 July 2011
...poignancy. Brilliant story line and well acted, especially great performance by Byung-hun Lee. Not for the faint hearted!!... Read customer review

Byung-hun Lee - filmography

G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - Blu-ray (2012)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Jon M. Chu
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Dance film-directing veteran Jon Chu takes a crack at G.I. JOE in this sequel to Stephen Sommers' blockbuster 2009 film. Dwayne Johnson stars as Roadblock in the film, with Channing Tatum returning as Duke, the leader of the Joes, and Ray Park joining them as mute ninja Snake Eyes. Bruce Willis, ..read more »

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I Saw the Devil - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Chun Ho-Jin, Oh San-Ha, Choi Moo-Seong
Director: Ji-woon Kim, Kim Jee-Woon
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Censored upon its original release in Korea due to scenes of extreme violence, director Kim Jee-Woon's uncompromising meditation on the morality of revenge tells the story of a special agent who sets out to give the serial killer who murdered his wife a taste of his own medicine. Lee Byung-hun (THE ..read more »

75% from 1,955 member

I Saw the Devil on DVD (2010)
Starring: Chun Ho-Jin, Oh San-Ha, Choi Moo-Seong
Director: Ji-woon Kim, Kim Jee-Woon
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A psychotic serial killer is on the loose, committing some of the most diabolical crimes the police have ever witnessed. No one is safe as the body count rises and the killer continues his evil odyssey of sadistic butchery. But when the fiancée of an elite special agent becomes one of his victims, ..read more »

72% from 3,671 members

G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller
Director: Stephen Sommers
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The 'Real American Hero' or 'Action Man', as he is known to British audiences, goes international with this big-screen action film. Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING) directs this live-action adventure featuring a huge cast of stars, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, ..read more »

60% from 8,516 members

G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra on DVD (2009)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller
Director: Stephen Sommers
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The 'Real American Hero' or 'Action Man', as he is known to British audiences, goes international with this big-screen action film. Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING) directs this live-action adventure featuring a huge cast of stars, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, ..read more »

61% from 28,425 members

I Come With The Rain on DVD (2008)
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Byung-hun Lee, Elias Koteas
Director: Anh Hung Tran
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Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye travels to Hong Kong in search of the missing son of a billionaire.

42% from 380 members

The Good, the Bad, the Weird on DVD (2008)
Starring: Woo-sung Jung, Byung-hun Lee, Song Kang-ho
Director: Ji-woon Kim
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Set in the 1930’s Manchurian desert where lawlessness rules, three Korean men fatefully meet each other on a train. Do-Won (Jung Woo-sung - The Warrior) is a bounty hunter who tracks down dangerous criminals. Chang- yi (Lee Byung-hun - GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra) is the leader of a group of tough-as-..read more »

67% from 5,674 members

I Come With The Rain - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Byung-hun Lee, Elias Koteas
Director: Anh Hung Tran
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Former Los Angeles cop Kline (Josh Hartnett) accepts a job searching for the son of a prominent businessman in the Philippines after gunning down a serial killer in the line of duty, and finding it impossible to put the incident behind him. Following his leads to Hong Kong, Kline discovers that the ..read more »

39% from 374 members

The Good, the Bad, the Weird - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Woo-sung Jung, Byung-hun Lee, Song Kang-ho
Director: Ji-woon Kim
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The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits.

68% from 2,061 members

Addicted on DVD (2002)
Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Mi-yeon Lee, Eol Lee
Director: Young-hoon Park
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Two brothers, Ho-jin and Dae-jin, were the only family they had. The older brother Ho-jin married Eun-soo, extending their family to three, and they all lived happy, tranquil days together. But one day, in spite of Ho-jin's objection, Dae-jin takes part in a car race finals. At the exact same time ..read more »

63% from 253 members

Byung-hun Lee facts

5 most recent films

G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - Blu-ray - 3 stars
I Saw the Devil - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
I Saw the Devil - 3.5 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

I Saw the Devil - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
I Saw the Devil - 3.5 stars
The Good, the Bad, the Weird - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Good, the Bad, the Weird - 3.5 stars
Addicted - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - Blu-ray - 3 stars
I Come With The Rain - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
I Come With The Rain - 2.0 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Channing Tatum - 5 times - show films
Jonathan Pryce - 5 times - show films
Ray Park - 5 times - show films
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 4 times - show films
Song Kang-ho - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ji-woon Kim - 6 times - show films
Stephen Sommers - 4 times - show films
Kim Jee-Woon - 3 times - show films
Park Chan-Wook - 2 times - show films
Anh Hung Tran - 2 times - show films