Lee Jung-jae
Lee Jung-jae
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. 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.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 53.51
Birthday 1972-12-15
Place of Birth Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Also Known As Lee Jeong-Jae, Jung-Jae Lee, イ・ジョンジェ, И Жон-жэ, 李政宰,
The Accidental Gangster
2008

The Accidental Gangster

Typhoon
2005

Typhoon

Il Mare
2000

Il Mare

Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000

Asako in Ruby Shoes

The Housemaid
2010

The Housemaid

The Last Witness
2001

The Last Witness

Over the Rainbow
2002

Over the Rainbow

Interview
2000

Interview

Last Present
2001

Last Present

New World
2013

New World

The Face Reader
2013

The Face Reader

The Thieves
2012

The Thieves

An Affair
1998

An Affair

The Uprising
1999

The Uprising

Oh! Brothers
2003

Oh! Brothers

Revolver
2024

Revolver

City of the Rising Sun
1999

City of the Rising Sun

Ground of Honor: Rondo
2023

Ground of Honor: Rondo

Assassination
2015

Assassination

Big Match
2014

Big Match

Love is Oh Yeah!
1993

Love is Oh Yeah!

Tik Tok
2016

Tik Tok

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

Operation Chromite
2016

Operation Chromite

Warriors of the Dawn
2017

Warriors of the Dawn

Park vs Park
1997

Park vs Park

The Young Man
1994

The Young Man

Albatross
1996

Albatross

Firebird
1997

Firebird

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

Svaha: The Sixth Finger
2019

Svaha: The Sixth Finger

Trade Your Love
2019

Trade Your Love

Deliver Us from Evil
2020

Deliver Us from Evil

El Fin del Mundo
2012

El Fin del Mundo

Hunt
2022

Hunt

MOB 2025
2001

MOB 2025

Squid Game: Making Season 2
2025

Squid Game: Making Season 2