Lee Byung-hun
Lee Byung-hun was born in Seoul, South Korea on July 12th, 1970 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 54, Lee Byung-hun biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Career
Lee's career began in 1991 after a KBS talent audition and his debut in the television drama Asphalt My Hometown. In My Memory, Lee drew notice with the action thriller Asphalt Man and romantic film The Harmonium, but it was only in 2000 that he made his breakthrough with Park Chan-wook's Joint Security Area that he made his breakthrough. The film debuted at the box office and became the highest grossing Korean film at the time. The Busan Film Critics Awards have given Lee's Best Actor award.
When he appeared in melodramas Beautiful Days and Bungee Jumping of Their Own in 2001, his fame began to rise. He was named Grand Prize at the SBS Drama Awards and Best Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards in 2003 for his role in the poker drama All In. Lee's film and television work earned him a surge in adulation in Asia, particularly Japan.
He concentrated on film from 2005, receiving critical acclaim for his role in Kim Jee-woon's film A Bittersweet Life, which was screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Lee was nominated for Best Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Grand Bell Awards, and he was rewarded at the Chunsa Film Art Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards, and the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.
In the "kimchi western" The Good, the Bad, the Weird's first villain role, he reunited with director Kim Jee-woon. The film was not in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Lee's dazzling role in the film earned him more worldwide attention. This resulted in Lee's debut in Hollywood, where he portrayed Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, starring Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller.
He appeared in I Come with the Rain opposite American actor Josh Hartnett and Japanese actor Takuya Kimura.
In late 2009, Lee returned to television as a spiespionage action thriller Iris as a covert agent embroiled in a global conspiracy. According to reports, he earned over 100 million dollars per episode for his role, the third highest in the country's drama history. Iris was one of Asia's most expensive shows ever produced, and it was a smash hit. Lee's success earned him the Grand Prize at the KBS Drama Awards and Best Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards.
Lee starred in I Saw the Devil with Choi Min-sik, his third collaboration with Kim Jee-woon, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. At the Baeksang Arts Awards, his portrayal of the intelligence agent received him the Grand Prize.
Lee has been praised for his portrayal of two characters in Masquerade's lavish period drama. The film was a box office hit, becoming the seventh film in Korean history to surpass ten million admissions. Lee was named Best Actor at the Grand Bell Awards for his appearance. Lee and Ahn Sung-ki became the first Korean actors to leave their hand and foot prints on Grauman's Chinese Theatre's forecourt in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 23, 2012. He was recognized as a rising star in Hollywood for his role in the role of Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
In 2013, Lee resurfaced as Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: Retribution. Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich appeared in the American film RED 2, the follow-up to the 2010 action-comedy, as co-star John Malkovich.
Lee starred in Memories of the Sword in 2015 after his sex-chat scandal. The film was shot in late 2013 and was supposed to be released in 2014, but it was postponed due to Lee's scandal. He received accolades for his scene-stealing work as a young and aspiring warrior with a low profile, but the film didn't do well, and was chastised for its tumultuous plot. Lee played T-1000 in Terminator Genisys opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger the same year. He appeared in Inside Men, Woo Min-ho's political crime drama that became the top grossing R-rated film of all time at the Korean Box Office. Lee, who was described as the film's "star," received critical acclaim and swept Best Actor awards at various film festival shows.
Lee appeared in the American crime thriller Misconduct in 2016. Lee received the "Best Foreign Language Film" award with actress Sofia Vergara on February 28, 2016. He was the first Korean actor to receive an award at the Oscars. Billy Rocks, a knife-wielding gunman, appeared in The Magnificent Seven with Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke last year.
Lee starred in the crime drama Master and then in the mystery drama Single Rider, returning to Korea.
Lee began working with the United Talent Agency, a major Hollywood company. In the Hollywood action film Radiance, he was cast. Patrick Lussier, who worked with Lee in Terminator Genisys, is the film's producer. Lee performed in The Fortress' historical epic and the comedic drama Keys to the Heart.
Mr. Sunshine, a historical war drama written by Kim Eun-sook, made his television debut in 2018. The series was a commercial and critical success, and Lee won the Grand Prize at the 6th APAN Star Awards.
Lee appeared in the action film Ashfall in 2019. Lee appeared in the political drama The Man Standing Next in 2020. Both films were box office hits, and Lee's brand, as a lead actor, was a success. Lee is supposed to appear in Emergency Declaration, a political thriller aviation disaster film.
He appeared on Netflix's survival drama Squid Game as the Front Man in September 2021. In the 15th Asian Film Awards, he was named with the Asia Film Excellence Award. He is the first Korean actor to be nominated for the award, which is given for outstanding achievements in Asian cinema and culture.
Lee appeared in the tvN television series Our Blues, written by Noh Hee-kyung in 2022. Concrete Utopia, Um Tae-hwa's tragedy thriller film, will also stars Park Bo-young and Park Seo-joon.