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Lee Byung-hun

ActorKorean Cinema17 credits
87Star power

8th of 192 in Korean Cinema

8 films led, $268M in reported gross.

Gross led
92
Consistency
71
Body of work
97
Momentum
96
Audience rating
52
The biggest Korean Cinema names
Born
12 July 1970
Birthplace
Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Nationality
South Korea
Industry
Korean Cinema
In their own file

Lee Byung-hun (이병헌; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the Devil (2010); Masquerade (2012); Inside Men (2015); The Man Standing Next (2020); and the television series All In (2003), Iris (2009), Mr. Sunshine (2018), and Our Blues (2022). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career. In the United States, he is known for portraying Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). His other notable Hollywood films include Red 2 (2013), Terminator Genisys (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). He also appeared as the Front Man in Netflix hit survival series Squid Game (2021–2025).

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9 of 17 credits have a verdict, together taking $537M. The biggest was The Magnificent Seven at $162M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.