Lee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor. He is most famous for acting in Park Chan-wook’s Joint Security Area and Kim Ji-woon’s A Bittersweet Life. He made his Hollywood debut in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as Storm Shadow.
Lee made his acting debut in 1991, when he starred in the television drama “Asphalt My Hometown”. Lee’s later movie, Joint Security Area, was a smash hit, surpassing the box office benchmark set by Shiri.
After Lee’s role in Bungee Jumping of Their Own, his acting talent gathered widespread recognition.
Lee has recently played a part in the movie Everybody Has Secrets with Choi Ji Woo, Chu Sang Mi and Kim Hyo Jin, a movie about three sisters who fall in love with Lee Soo-hyon. Soo-hyon falls in love with one of the sisters, leaving the other two heartbroken. The movie reached a very high bid of US$5.5 million in Japan. but the box-office profits of the movie were low in Japan. A Bittersweet Life, released in 2005, was well received by critics. An American remake is in the works.
In 2005, Lee released his biographies Limited, Brave and Human during his visit to Singapore, a 3-DVD collection in which he talked about his life and acting career.
His likeness was used for the main character in the Capcom video game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition which was released on January 12, 2007.
In December 2007, it was confirmed that Lee was cast as the villain Storm Shadow in the live-action G.I. Joe film. This film, distributed worldwide on August 7, 2009, marked his Hollywood debut. He also released an album in 2008; one of the songs called Itsuka was sung in Japanese and rose to claim the third slot in Korea’s music charts.
Other Information
- Name: 이병헌 / Lee Byung Hun (Lee Byeong Heon)
- Profession: Actor and singer
- Birthdate: 1970-Jul-12
- Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
- Height: 178cm
- Weight: 68kg
- Star sign: Cancer
- Blood type: O
- Family: Mother and a younger sister
- Talent agency: Tube Entertainment, Creative Artist Agency (U.S.)
Television
- IRIS (2009)
- All In (SBS, 2003)
- Beautiful Days (SBS, 2001)
- Road (SBS, 2001)
- Sally is Back (SBS, 1999)
- Sunflower (MBC, 1999)
- Happy Together (SBS, 1999)
- White Nights 3.98 (SBS, 1998)
- White Sand (KBS, 1997)
- I Do (SBS, 1997)
- Beautiful Lady (SBS, 1997)
- Son of Wind (KBS, 1995)
- Asphalt Man (SBS, 1995)
- Fragrance of Love (SBS, 1994)
- Police (KBS, 1993)
- The Sorrow of the Survivor (KBS, 1992)
- Tomorrow Love (KBS, 1992)
- Dawn (KBS, 1992)
- Days of Sunshine (KBS, 1992)
- Wild Sunflower (KBS, 1992)
- Flower That Never Wilt (KBS, 1991)
- Family (KBS, 1991)
- Asphalt My Hometown, Asphalt (KBS, 1991)
Movies
- G.I. Joe (2009)
- I Come with the Rain (2008)
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
- Hero (2007)
- Once in a Summer / Summer Story (2006)
- A Bittersweet Life (2005)
- Three… Extremes (segment “Cut”) (2004)
- Everybody Has Secrets (2004)
- Addicted / The Poisoning (2002)
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001)
- Joint Security Area (2000)
- Organ of My Heart (1998)
- Ji sang man ga (1997)
- Kill the Love (1996)
- Run Away (1995)
- Who Drives Me Mad? (1995)
Awards
- 42nd Baek-sang Arts Award: Best Leading Actor for “Once in a Summer” (2006)
- 2005 Busan Cinema Critics Award: Best Leading Actor
- 39th Baek-sang Arts Award: Best Performing Actor for All In (2003)
- 38th Baek-sang Arts Award: Best Performing Actor (2002)
- 2001 SBS Drama Awards: Best Performing Actor
- 2001 Blue Dragon Awards: Most Popular Actor
- 2000 Busan Cinema Critics Award: Best Leading Actor
- 1996 KBS Drama Awards: Best Performing Actor
- 1995 KBS Drama Awards: Best Performing Actor
- 1993 KBS Drama Awards: Best Performing Actor
- 1992 KBS Drama Awards: Best Performing Actor
Discography
- leebyunghun – To Me (1999, South Korea) – Album
- “Someday” (Japanese: “いつか”, Korean: “언젠가”) (2008, Japan) – Single
Links
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- leebyunghun - To Me (1999 South Korea)
Alexander
Lapit (Album)
On My Own (Album)