Biography
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).
Filmography
Cast Credits
New Oldboy Park Chanwook
Character: Self
TV • 2025
No Other Choice
Character: Yoo Man-soo
MOVIE • 2025
Squid Game in Conversation
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
KPop Demon Hunters
Character: Gwi-Ma (voice)
MOVIE • 2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
The Match
Character: Cho Hoon-hyun
MOVIE • 2025
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Hot Ones Versus
Character: Self
TV • 2024
Concrete Utopia
Character: Yeong-tak
MOVIE • 2023
Nattering with Nah
Character:
TV • 2023
Just an Excuse
Character: Self
TV • 2022
Emergency Declaration
Character: Park Jae-hyuk
MOVIE • 2022
Our Blues
Character: Lee Dong-seok
TV • 2022
Squid Game
Character: Front Man / Hwang In-ho
TV • 2021
SNL Korea
Character: Self - Host
TV • 2021
The Game Caterers
Character: Self
TV • 2021
The Man Standing Next
Character: Kim Gyu-pyeong
MOVIE • 2020
Ashfall
Character: Lee Jun-pyeong
MOVIE • 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
TV • 2019
Crew