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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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  • Addicted
  • Addicted review by nealmc from Birmingham
    Rated - 4 stars 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...  

Byung-hun Lee - filmography


  • G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra
  • G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra (2009)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Christopher Eccleston,  Sienna Miller
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 269 members
    Due for release on 7th December 2009
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  • Addicted on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Byung-hun Lee,  Mi-yeon Lee,  Eol Lee
    Director: Young-hoon Park
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 175 members
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