Lee Byung-hun

Biography

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).

Known For

Squid Game

as Front Man / Hwang In-ho

Terminator Genisys

as Cop / T-1000

The Magnificent Seven

as Billy Rocks

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

as Storm Shadow

RED 2

as Han Cho Bai

I Saw the Devil

as Kim Soo-hyeon

A Bittersweet Life

as Sun-woo

KPop Demon Hunters

as Gwi-Ma (voice)

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

as Park Chang-yi