Cast & creator
Lee Byung-hun
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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).
Also known as: Byung Hun Lee, Бён-хон Ли, Бёнхон Ли, Lee Byeong-heon
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film credits
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television credits
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1992–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (85)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Squid Game
Front Man / Hwang In-ho
2021
You Quiz on the Block
Self
2018
KPop Demon Hunters
Gwi-Ma (voice)
2025
Mr. Sunshine
Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
2018
SNL Korea
Self - Host
2021
Just an Excuse
Self
2022
Terminator Genisys
Cop / T-1000
2015
The Game Caterers
Self
2021
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
The Magnificent Seven
Billy Rocks
2016
Iris
Kim Hyeon-Jun
2009
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
2013
Nattering with Nah
2023
No Other Choice
Man-su
2025
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Storm Shadow
2009
Our Blues
Lee Dong-seok
2022
RED 2
Han Cho Bai
2013
I Saw the Devil
Kim Soo-hyeon
2010
Baeksang Arts Awards
Self
2012
Beautiful Days
Lee Min-chul
2001
Tomorrow Love
신범수
1992
Joint Security Area
Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
2000
Mnet Asian Music Awards
Host
2009
Ashfall
Lee Jun-pyeong
2019
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Self
2025
All In
Kim In-ha
2003
Emergency Declaration
Park Jae-hyuk
2022
Concrete Utopia
Yeong-tak
2023
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Park Chang-yi
2008
Masquerade
King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
2012
The Age of Shadows
Jung Chae-san
2016
A Bittersweet Life
Sun-woo
2005
Love Story
Tae-sung
1999
Misconduct
The Accountant
2016
White Nights 3.98
Min Gyeong-bin
1998
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
John（ジョン）
2011
Three... Extremes
Director (segment "Cut")
2004The Koreans
Happy Together
Seo Tae-poong
1999
The Match
Cho Hoon-hyun
2025
The Man Standing Next
Kim Gyu-pyeong
2020
The Fortress
Choe Myeong-gil
2017
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
Self
2025
Asphalt Man
Kang Dong-joon
1995
Master
President Jin
2016
Memories of the Sword
Yu-baek / Duk-gi
2015
I Come with the Rain
Su Dongpo
2009
IRIS 特务情人 DVD版
2013
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
Self - Guest
2024
The Sorrow of the Survivor
Lee Ja-myung
1993
Inside Men
Ahn Sang-goo
2015
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
2025
Addicted
Hwang Dae-jun
2002
최후의 권력
Narrator (voice)
2013
Keys to the Heart
Kim Jo-ha
2018Nambeol
Im Eok
Beautiful My Lady
Hwang Joon-ho
1997
Hero
Kang
2007
Iris: The Movie
Kim Hyun-jun
2010
A Single Rider
Kang Jae-hoon
2017
사랑의 향기
1994
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Seo In-woo
2001
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Adult Nam-woo (voice)
2002
Everybody Has Secrets
Choi Soo-hyun
2004Here
Once in a Summer
Yun Suk-young
2006
Se-ri is Back
Café CEO
1999
The Harmonium in My Memory
Kang Soo-ha
1999
Squid Game in Conversation
Self
2025K.O. Club
Armageddon
Haesung
1996
The Influence
W/White W
2010
Decades Apart
Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
2017
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
Narrator (voice)
2024
Lament
Jong-man
1997I Believe in a Thing Called Love
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Producer
Run Away
Lee Dong-hee
1995
Kill the Love
Love
1996
Sunset on the Neon Lights
1995
Who Drives Me Mad?
Lee Jong-du
1995