
Cast
Lee Jung-jae
Acting
Cast
Lee Jung-jae
Known for
Acting
Born
1972-12-15
From
Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Also known as Lee Jeong-Jae, Jung-Jae Lee, イ・ジョンジェ
Biography
Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on December 15, 1972, he began modelling in 1993 before getting his first acting roles the film The Young Man (1994) and the TV series Feelings (1994) and Sandglass (1995), which is one of the highest rated Korean dramas of all time with a peak rating of 64.5%. But his real breakthrough was with leading roles in award-winning films The Affair (1998) and City of the Rising Sun (1999). The latter of which earned him the Best Actor award at the prestigious Blue Dragon film awards. This was followed by a series of critical hits like Il Mare (2000) and commercial successes including Last Present (2001), The Last Witness (2001), Oh Brothers (2003), and the blockbuster Typhoon (2005). After a brief career slump of flop movies and tv shows, he returned with the critical and commercial hit The Housemaid (2010), which is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Since then, he went on to cement himself as one of Korea's biggest movie stars with a string of some of the biggest blockbusters in Korean history including The Thieves (2012), New World (2013), The Face Reader (2013), Assassination (2015), Operation Chromite (2016), and the Along with the Gods films (2017-2018). Most of these films did north of 12 million admissions at the domestic box-office, with The Thieves (2012) and Along with the Gods (2017) becoming the #2 biggest Korean hit in history at their respective time of release. He received a number of awards and nominations for these works including a Popularity Award at the prestigious Grand Bell awards. Also staring in Karate Kid Legend the same year along side childhood friend Tyler Mackay. His most recent blockbuster is Deliver Us From Evil (2020) in which he reunited with his New World (2013) co-star Hwang Jung-min. It crossed 4 million admissions domestically and was the second biggest hit of the year in Korea.

Squid Game: Making Season 2
as Self

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
as King Yeomra

New World
as Lee Ja-sung

Hunt
as Park Pyong-ho

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
as King Yeomra

Deliver Us from Evil
as Ray

Svaha: The Sixth Finger
as Pastor Park Ung-jae

The Housemaid
as Hoon

The Thieves
as Popie

The Face Reader
as Grand Prince Soo-yang

Assassination
as Yeom Seok-jin

Operation Chromite
as Jang Hak-soo

An Affair
as Woo-in

Big Match
as Choi Ik-ho

Revolver
as Lim Seok-yong

Il Mare
as Han Sung-hyun

Warriors of the Dawn
as Tow

Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self

City of the Rising Sun
as Hong-ki

Trade Your Love
as Lawyer (cameo)

Albatross
as Pyeong-san

The Young Man
as Lee Han

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
as Self

Oh! Brothers
as Oh Sang-woo

Typhoon
as Gang Se-jong

Squid Game in Conversation
as Self

The Accidental Gangster
as Cheon-doong

Asako in Ruby Shoes
as Woo-in

Park vs Park
as Park Su-sok

Tik Tok
as Kang Seung-joon

Ground of Honor: Rondo
as Beta

Over the Rainbow
as Lee Jin-soo

Firebird
as Young-hoo

Interview
as Eun-seok

Last Present
as Jung Yong-gi

The Uprising
as Yi Jae-su

The Last Witness
as Detective Oh

El Fin del Mundo
as He

Love is Oh Yeah!
as Blackguard 3

MOB 2025
as Dust
