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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
  • Addicted review by nealmc from Birmingham
    Rated - 4.0 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...   Read customer review
  • I Saw the Devil
  • I Saw the Devil review by Underworld from
    Rated - 5.0 stars 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


  • I Saw the Devil - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Ho-Jin Jeon,  San-ha Oh,  Choi Moo-Seong
    Director: Kim Jee-Woon,  Ji-woon Kim
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Kim Jee-Woon directs this brutally visceral Korean revenge thriller. When his pregnant fiancee becomes the latest victim of maniacal serial killer Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi), secret agent Dae-hoon (Byung-hun Lee) takes the law into his own hands and sets out on a merciless, bloodthirsty mission to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,438 members
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  • The Good, the Bad, the Weird on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Woo-sung Jung,  Byung-hun Lee,  Song Kang-ho
    Director: Ji-woon Kim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,025 members
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  • Addicted on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Mi-yeon Lee,  Seon-yeong Park,  Eol Lee
    Director: Young-hoon Park
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Korean drama. Married couple Eun-su (Mi-yeon Li) and Ho-jin (Eol Lee) live with Ho-jin's brother Dae-jin (Byung-hun Lee). Life is seemingly perfect and all three live together in harmony until tragedy strikes one fateful day. Two separate car accidents put both brothers into a coma; Dae-jin during ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 267 members
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Byung-hun Lee facts

5 most recent films

G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - 3.5 stars
I Saw the Devil - 3.5 stars
I Saw the Devil - Blu-ray - 4.0 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
G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - 3.5 stars
The Good, the Bad, the Weird - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Good, the Bad, the Weird - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - Blu-ray - 2.5 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

Jonathan Pryce - 6 times - show films
Channing Tatum - 6 times - show films
Arnold Vosloo - 6 times - show films
Ray Park - 6 times - show films
Christopher Eccleston - 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
Jon M. Chu - 2 times - show films
Park Chan-Wook - 2 times - show films