Lee Jung-jae
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.
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Movies (42)
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
Squid Game in Conversation
2025 · Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025 · Self
Squid Game: Making Season 2
2025 · Self
Revolver
2024 · Lim Seok-yong
Ground of Honor: Rondo
2023 · Beta
Hunt
2022 · Park Pyong-ho, Writer, Producer, Director
Deliver Us from Evil
2020 · Ray
Trade Your Love
2019 · Lawyer (cameo)
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
2019 · Pastor Park Ung-jae
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018 · King Yeomra
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017 · King Yeomra
Warriors of the Dawn
2017 · Tow
Operation Chromite
2016 · Jang Hak-soo
Tik Tok
2016 · Kang Seung-joon
Assassination
2015 · Yeom Seok-jin
Big Match
2014 · Choi Ik-ho
The Face Reader
2013 · Grand Prince Soo-yang
New World
2013 · Lee Ja-sung
The Thieves
2012 · Popie
El Fin del Mundo
2012 · He
The Housemaid
2010 · Hoon
The Accidental Gangster
2008 · Cheon-doong
Typhoon
2005 · Gang Se-jong
Oh! Brothers
2003 · Oh Sang-woo
Over the Rainbow
2002 · Lee Jin-soo
The Last Witness
2001 · Detective Oh
MOB 2025
2001 · Dust
Last Present
2001 · Jung Yong-gi
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000 · Woo-in
Il Mare
2000 · Han Sung-hyun
Interview
2000 · Eun-seok
The Uprising
1999 · Yi Jae-su
City of the Rising Sun
1999 · Hong-ki
An Affair
1998 · Woo-in
Park vs Park
1997 · Park Su-sok
Firebird
1997 · Young-hoo
Albatross
1996 · Pyeong-san
The Young Man
1994 · Lee Han
Love is Oh Yeah!
1993 · Blackguard 3
Sparrow
Untitled Lee Jung-jae Film
· Director, Writer
TV shows (30)
Nice to Not Meet You
2025 · Lim Hyeon-jun
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
2024 · Self - Guest
Fresh off the Sea
2024 · Self
The Acolyte
2024 · Master Sol
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Self
LEGEND
2023
Salon Drip
2023 · Self
Just an Excuse
2022 · Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Blue Dragon Series Awards
2022 · Self
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
2022 · Self
Squid Game
2021 · Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
Meenoi's Yorizori
2021 · Self
The Game Caterers
2021 · Self
Delayed Justice
2020 · Jang Tae-Jun
Modern Korea
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Chief of Staff
2019 · Jang Tae-Joon
You Quiz on the Block
2018 · Self
Movie Room
2018 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Triple
2009 · Shin Hwal
Air City
2007 · Kim Ji-sung
White Nights 3.98
1998 · Lee Young-jun
Snail
1997 · Dong-cheol
Love is Blue
1995 · Na Jae-sung
Sandglass
1995 · Baek Jae-hee
Feelings
1994 · Joon
공룡선생
1993 · Jung-jae
Ray
· Ray, Producer