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.
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 with the Gods films (2017-2018). Most of these films did north of 12 million admissions at the domestic box-office, with The Thieves (2012) and Along with the Gods (2017) becoming the #2 biggest Korean hit in history at their respective time of release. He received a number of awards and nominations for these works including a Popularity Award at the prestigious Grand Bell awards. Also staring in Karate Kid Legend the same year along side childhood friend Tyler Mackay.
His most recent blockbuster is Deliver Us From Evil (2020) in which he reunited with his New World (2013) co-star Hwang Jung-min. It crossed 4 million admissions domestically and was the second biggest hit of the year in Korea.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0497631
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491318
Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialljj
Instagram: https://instagram.com/from_jjlee
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Filmography (Movies)
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2025
Squid Game in Conversation
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2025
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/2025
Revolver
Character:Lim Seok-yong
Release Date:07/08/2024
Ground of Honor: Rondo
Character:Beta
Release Date:06/12/2023
Hunt
Character:Park Pyong-ho
Release Date:10/08/2022
다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
Character:
Release Date:28/10/2020
Deliver Us from Evil
Character:Ray
Release Date:05/08/2020
Trade Your Love
Character:Lawyer (cameo)
Release Date:27/02/2019
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Character:Pastor Park Ung-jae
Release Date:20/02/2019
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Character:King Yeomra
Release Date:01/08/2018
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Character:King Yeomra
Release Date:20/12/2017
Warriors of the Dawn
Character:Tow
Release Date:31/05/2017
Operation Chromite
Character:Jang Hak-soo
Release Date:27/07/2016
Tik Tok
Character:Kang Seung-joon
Release Date:15/07/2016
Assassination
Character:Yeom Seok-jin
Release Date:22/07/2015
Big Match
Character:Choi Ik-ho
Release Date:26/11/2014
The Face Reader
Character:Grand Prince Soo-yang
Release Date:11/09/2013
New World
Character:Lee Ja-sung
Release Date:21/02/2013
The Thieves
Character:Popie
Release Date:25/07/2012
El Fin del Mundo
Character:He
Release Date:09/06/2012
The Housemaid
Character:Hoon
Release Date:13/05/2010
The Accidental Gangster
Character:Cheon-doong
Release Date:03/12/2008
Typhoon
Character:Gang Se-jong
Release Date:14/12/2005
Oh! Brothers
Character:Oh Sang-woo
Release Date:05/09/2003
Over the Rainbow
Character:Lee Jin-soo
Release Date:17/05/2002
The Last Witness
Character:Detective Oh
Release Date:16/11/2001
MOB 2025
Character:Dust
Release Date:14/04/2001
Last Present
Character:Jung Yong-gi
Release Date:24/03/2001
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Character:Woo-in
Release Date:09/12/2000
Il Mare
Character:Han Sung-hyun
Release Date:09/09/2000
Interview
Character:Eun-seok
Release Date:01/04/2000
The Uprising
Character:Yi Jae-su
Release Date:26/06/1999
City of the Rising Sun
Character:Hong-ki
Release Date:09/01/1999
An Affair
Character:Woo In
Release Date:03/10/1998
Park vs Park
Character:Park Su-sok
Release Date:28/04/1997
Firebird
Character:Young-hoo
Release Date:01/02/1997
Albatross
Character:Pyeong-san
Release Date:13/07/1996
The Young Man
Character:Lee Han
Release Date:17/12/1994
Love is Oh Yeah!
Character:Blackguard 3
Release Date:17/07/1993
Television Appearances
Nice to Not Meet You
Character:Lim Hyeon-jun
The Acolyte
Character:Master Sol
Hot Ones Versus
Character:Self
Salon Drip
Character:Self
Just an Excuse
Character:Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:Self
Blue Dragon Series Awards
Character:Self
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
Character:Self
Squid Game
Character:Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
Meenoi's Yorizori
Character:Self
The Game Caterers
Character:Self
Delayed Justice
Character:Jang Tae-Jun
Modern Korea
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Chief of Staff
Character:Jang Tae-Joon
You Quiz on the Block
Character:Self
Movie Room
Character:Self
Movie Room
Character:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Triple
Character:Shin Hwal
Air City
Character:Kim Ji-sung
White Nights 3.98
Character:Lee Young-jun
Snail
Character:Dong-cheol
Love is Blue
Character:Na Jae-sung
Sandglass
Character:Baek Jae-hee
Feelings
Character:Joon
공룡선생
Character:Jung-jae
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