Lee Je-hoon

Lee Je-hoon belongs to that special class of Korean actors who built their reputations on craft before charisma. Sweeping the new actor prizes at both the Blue Dragon and Grand Bell awards for an independent film like Bleak Night tells you everything: critics saw the technique early. What I value in his work is restraint — he lets stillness carry the emotion, which is rarer and harder than it looks. Moving fluidly between film, television, and stage, he has avoided being typecast despite his leading-man presence. He is, to my mind, one of the most reliable actors of his generation, the kind directors trust with difficult material.

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Name (English)

Lee Je-hoon

Name (Japanese)

イ・ジェフン

Reading

い・じぇふん

Born

July 4, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / television actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

University

Korea National University of Arts

• Official sitehttp://esaram.co.kr/ko/leejehoon
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/leejehoon_official/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Je-hoon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496314

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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