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 |
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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, |
2008
The Accidental Gangster
5.3/7
Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.Wh...
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The Accidental Gangster
2005
Typhoon
5.9/44
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer i...
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Typhoon
2000
Il Mare
7.402/168
In the year 1999, a young woman leaves her quaint seaside house and returns to the city, leaving in the mailbox a card for the next owner, with instru...
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Il Mare
2000
Asako in Ruby Shoes
6.7/9
Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern glo...
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
2010
The Housemaid
6.4/316
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to...
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The Housemaid
2001
The Last Witness
5.8/15
Based on a true story and a legendary Korean novel, this movie follows Detective Oh (superstar Lee Jung Jae) and his investigation into the mysterious...
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The Last Witness
2002
Over the Rainbow
6.2/10
After a tragic road accident, broadcast journalist Jin-soo finds he's lost pockets of his memories, including that of a woman he once loved. Nagged by...
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Over the Rainbow
2000
Interview
5.4/9
A story of a filmmaker who falls in love with a woman he interviews for his film. The film presents the evolution of a relationship which shifts from...
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Interview
2001
Last Present
6.6/12
The relationship of a third-rate comedian, Yong-ki, and his wife, Jung-yun is growing cold after the miscarriage of their baby. Yong-ki becomes increa...
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Last Present
2013
New World
7.417/464
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
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New World
2013
The Face Reader
6.9/98
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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The Face Reader
2012
The Thieves
6.7/291
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops clos...
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The Thieves
1998
An Affair
6.3/12
A middle-aged woman has an affair with her much younger sister's fiancé.
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An Affair
1999
The Uprising
4.7/3
In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influ...
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The Uprising
2003
Oh! Brothers
5.7/3
The story of two brothers, the younger one of whom has a rare disease which causes his body to age rapidly while his mind is still in a pre-teen state...
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Oh! Brothers
2024
Revolver
5/24
Su-young, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Yoon-sun arrives to collect her on her da...
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Revolver
1999
City of the Rising Sun
7.1/16
Do-chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-ki, a small-time crook. They somehow make friend...
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City of the Rising Sun
2023
Ground of Honor: Rondo
7.5/2
A short film in the PUBG universe. Two teams, two leaders. Time to face their destiny in Rondo, where honor, strategy, and sacrifice converge.
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Ground of Honor: Rondo
2015
Assassination
7.3/239
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the...
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Assassination
2014
Big Match
7/39
Choi Ik-Ho is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace is a game planner, who makes a game for...
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Big Match
1993
Love is Oh Yeah!
5/1
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Love is Oh Yeah!
2016
Tik Tok
5.8/38
When a bombing occurs during a soccer match between China and South Korea, the two countries are embroiled in a fierce cat-and-mouse chase.
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Tik Tok
2017
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
8.1/1055
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves...
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2016
Operation Chromite
5.9/209
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
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Operation Chromite
2017
Warriors of the Dawn
6.767/30
A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
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Warriors of the Dawn
1997
Park vs Park
5/1
Judge Park Ki-poong lost his wife on the day his son Su-seok was born. As a result of this tragedy, Ki-poong ignores his son and Su-seok resents his f...
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Park vs Park
1994
The Young Man
5/1
A young male model twists and manipulates people around him in his unending quest for money and pleasure. He is convinced that he is untouchable and c...
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The Young Man
1996
Albatross
5/1
A mixed group of prisoners in a concentration camp in North Korea struggle for survival and dignity as best the can, enduring the cruelty of the guard...
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Albatross
1997
Firebird
7.5/2
A man aids his friend by assisting him in disposing of the body of his ex-girlfriend.
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Firebird
2018
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
8.1/671
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to f...
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2019
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
6.8/179
Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called De...
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Svaha: The Sixth Finger
2019
Trade Your Love
5.8/4
Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under th...
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Trade Your Love
2020
Deliver Us from Evil
6.8/199
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can com...
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Deliver Us from Evil
2012
El Fin del Mundo
0/0
El Fin del Mundo (The End of the World) examines the meaning of art in a future era where, as envisioned by the artists, all social values and order h...
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El Fin del Mundo
2022
Hunt
6.7/170
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with...
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Hunt
2001
MOB 2025
0/0
In the near future, various factions will wage a secret battle for untold treasure and ultimate power.
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MOB 2025
2025
Squid Game: Making Season 2
8.542/48
Get exclusive interviews with actors and directors about how season 2 of the world's most watched series was brought to life, from set design to chara...
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