Lee Jung-jae
Biography
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.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Squid Game
2021
You Quiz on the Block
2018
LEGEND
2023
The Game Caterers
2021
Just an Excuse
2022
Movie Room
2018
Movie Room
2018
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Salon Drip
2023
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self · 2022
Squid Game
as Seong Gi-hun / Player 456 · 2021
You Quiz on the Block
as Self · 2018
LEGEND
· 2023
The Game Caterers
as Self · 2021
Just an Excuse
as Self · 2022
Movie Room
as Self · 2018
Movie Room
· 2018
Hot Ones Versus
as Self · 2024
Salon Drip
as Self · 2023
The Acolyte
as Master Sol · 2024
Nice to Not Meet You
as Lim Hyeon-jun · 2025
Fresh off the Sea
as Self · 2024
Chief of Staff
as Jang Tae-Joon · 2019
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
as King Yeomra · 2017
Delayed Justice
as Jang Tae-Jun · 2020
New World
as Lee Ja-sung · 2013
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
as King Yeomra · 2018
공룡선생
as Jung-jae · 1993
Squid Game: Making Season 2
as Self · 2025
Hunt
as Park Pyong-ho · 2022
Blue Dragon Series Awards
as Self · 2022
The Thieves
as Popie · 2012
Air City
as Kim Ji-sung · 2007
Sandglass
as Baek Jae-hee · 1995
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Operation Chromite
as Jang Hak-soo · 2016
Meenoi's Yorizori
as Self · 2021
The Housemaid
as Hoon · 2010
White Nights 3.98
as Lee Young-jun · 1998
Deliver Us from Evil
as Ray · 2020
Assassination
as Yeom Seok-jin · 2015
Triple
as Shin Hwal · 2009
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
as Self · 2022
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
as Pastor Park Ung-jae · 2019
An Affair
as Woo-in · 1998
Snail
as Dong-cheol · 1997
The Face Reader
as Grand Prince Soo-yang · 2013
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
as Self - Guest · 2024
Revolver
as Lim Seok-yong · 2024
Love is Blue
as Na Jae-sung · 1995
Big Match
as Choi Ik-ho · 2014
Feelings
as Joon · 1994
Il Mare
as Han Sung-hyun · 2000
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self · 2025
Warriors of the Dawn
as Tow · 2017
Tik Tok
as Kang Seung-joon · 2016
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
as Self · 2026
The Uprising
as Yi Jae-su · 1999
City of the Rising Sun
as Hong-ki · 1999
Trade Your Love
as Lawyer (cameo) · 2019
Typhoon
as Gang Se-jong · 2005
Over the Rainbow
as Lee Jin-soo · 2002
Ground of Honor: Rondo
as Beta · 2023
Squid Game in Conversation
as Self · 2025
Firebird
as Young-hoo · 1997
Ray
as Ray
MOB 2025
as Dust · 2001
The Young Man
as Lee Han · 1994
The Accidental Gangster
as Cheon-doong · 2008
Interview
as Eun-seok · 2000
Last Present
as Jung Yong-gi · 2001
Albatross
as Pyeong-san · 1996
Love is Oh Yeah!
as Blackguard 3 · 1993
Oh! Brothers
as Oh Sang-woo · 2003
Park vs Park
as Park Su-sok · 1997
The Last Witness
as Detective Oh · 2001
Asako in Ruby Shoes
as Woo-in · 2000
El Fin del Mundo
as He · 2012