Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun is, to my mind, one of the most complete actors working anywhere. The range he showed across Joint Security Area, A Bittersweet Life, and I Saw the Devil would define most careers; for him it was just the first act. What sets him apart is micro-expression — he can shift a scene's entire temperature with his eyes alone. While many stars treated Hollywood as a destination, he treated it as a side project and kept doing his best work at home, from Masquerade to Mr. Sunshine. Decades in, he is still adding to his peak rather than coasting on it, and that hunger is what I admire most.

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Name (English)

Lee Byung-hun

Name (Japanese)

イ・ビョンホン

Reading

い・びょんほん

Born

July 12, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Height

177 cm

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / singer / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

High school

Joongdong High School

University

Hanyang University

Awards & achievements

• Asian Film Award for Best Actor
• Grand Bell Awards
• Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor

• Official sitehttp://www.leebyunghun.kr/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/byunghun0712/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Byung-hun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380121

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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