Lee Jung-jae

Lee Jung-jae

Born: March 15, 1973
in Seoul, South Korea
Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on March 15, 1973, he began modeling 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.

Movies for Lee Jung-jae...

Title: The Acolyte
Character: Master Sol
Released: June 4, 2024
Type: TV
An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems.
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Ground of Honor: Rondo
Title: Ground of Honor: Rondo
Character: Beta
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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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Hunt
Title: Hunt
Character: Park Pyong-ho
Released: August 10, 2022
Type: Movie
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 uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.
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Title: Blue Dragon Series Awards
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2022
Type: TV
The Blue Dragon Series Awards (BSA) is a new annual awards ceremony for original streaming content in South Korea.
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Title: Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
Character: Self
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Squid Game
Character: Seong Gi-hun
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: TV
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
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Title: Squid Game
Character: Seong Gi-hun / 'No. 456'
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: TV
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
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Title: Meenoi's Yorizori
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 2021
Type: TV
Meenoi's Yorizori is a cooking show presented by AOMG and hosted by Meenoi. “Yori” comes from the Korean verb for “cooking” while “Zori” means “this and that”. In the show, Meenoi will invite people in the entertainment industry and the goal of the show is for Meenoi to cook for the guests in the “yori time” section before the “zori time”, a (supposed) in-depth interview.
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Title: The Game Caterers
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 2021
Type: TV
A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.
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Title: Delayed Justice
Character: Jang Tae-Jun
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: TV
A reporter and a public defender fight for judicial victims who are falsely accused.
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Deliver Us from Evil
Title: Deliver Us from Evil
Character: Ray
Released: August 5, 2020
Type: Movie
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 come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.
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Title: Modern Korea
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: TV
The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant video clips from news broadcasts, dramas, shows and other documentaries
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Title: Chief of Staff
Character: Jang Tae-Joon
Released: June 14, 2019
Type: TV
As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.
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Trade Your Love
Title: Trade Your Love
Character: Lawyer (cameo)
Released: February 27, 2019
Type: Movie
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 the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.
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Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Title: Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Character: Pastor Park Ung-jae
Released: February 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Pastor Park is head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders. While looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount, he slowly uncovers clues that connect this cult to a series of mysterious cases of missing teenage girls when a body is found inside a damaged tunnel beams. He begins to uncover dark secrets surrounding this cult and its enforcer Na-han.
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Title: You Quiz On The Block
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: TV
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Title: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Character: King Yeomra
Released: August 1, 2018
Type: Movie
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
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Title: Movie Room
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: TV
Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Title: Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Character: King Yeomra
Released: December 20, 2017
Type: Movie
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 he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
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Warriors of the Dawn
Title: Warriors of the Dawn
Character: Tow
Released: May 31, 2017
Type: Movie
A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
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Operation Chromite
Title: Operation Chromite
Character: Jang Hak-soo
Released: July 27, 2016
Type: Movie
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
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Tik Tok
Title: Tik Tok
Character: Kang Seung-joon
Released: July 15, 2016
Type: Movie
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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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.
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Assassination
Title: Assassination
Character: Yeom Seok-jin
Released: July 22, 2015
Type: Movie
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
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Big Match
Title: Big Match
Character: Choi Ik-ho
Released: November 26, 2014
Type: Movie
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 the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother.
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The Face Reader
Title: The Face Reader
Character: Grand Prince Soo-yang
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
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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New World
Title: New World
Character: Lee Ja-sung
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
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The Thieves
Title: The Thieves
Character: Popie
Released: July 25, 2012
Type: Movie
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 close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
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El Fin del Mundo
Title: El Fin del Mundo
Character: He
Released: June 9, 2012
Type: Movie
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 have vanished. Part of the News from Nowhere contemporary art project.
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The Housemaid
Title: The Housemaid
Character: Hoon
Released: May 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Hae-ra and her husband, Hoon, hire Eun-yi to look after their daughter. When Hoon gets Eun-yi pregnant, Hae-ra tries to kill the child. Soon, Eun-yi decides to seek revenge for the betrayal.
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Title: Triple
Character: Shin Hwal
Released: June 11, 2009
Type: TV
In pursuit of her dreams to become a figure skater, Ha-ru goes to Seoul where she is reunited with her stepbrother.
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The Accidental Gangster
Title: The Accidental Gangster
Character: Cheon-doong
Released: December 3, 2008
Type: Movie
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.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest man in the land until she is snatched away by her rightful owner.He vows to get her back, but alone he is no match for Man-deuk.
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Title: Air City
Character: Kim Ji-sung
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: TV
A complicated romance begins when a woman falls in love with a man and gets lost between love and friendship.
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Typhoon
Title: Typhoon
Character: Gang Se-jong
Released: December 14, 2005
Type: Movie
A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.
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Oh! Brothers
Title: Oh! Brothers
Character: Oh Sang-woo
Released: September 5, 2003
Type: Movie
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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Over the Rainbow
Title: Over the Rainbow
Character: Lee Jin-soo
Released: May 17, 2002
Type: Movie
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 unrelenting feelings of loss, Jin sets out to find her. His quest lands him face to face with Yeon-hee, a woman who's trying to forget a man she once loved. What begins as a journey of sadness turns into a triumphant story of love for the pair.
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The Last Witness
Title: The Last Witness
Character: Detective Oh
Released: November 16, 2001
Type: Movie
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 murder of a North Korean. His investigation leads him to a diary, which was written by a nun who - along with her boyfriend - helped lead the escape of North Korean POWs held captive during the Korean War. Detective Oh eventually becomes emotionally involved with the case and pursues the writer of the diary and her long-lost boyfriend, hoping to crack the case and learn more about the story of the POWs.
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MOB 2025
Title: MOB 2025
Character: Dust
Released: April 14, 2001
Type: Movie
In the near future, various factions will wage a secret battle for untold treasure and ultimate power.
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Last Present
Title: Last Present
Character: Jung Yong-gi
Released: March 24, 2001
Type: Movie
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 increasingly suspicious of the wife's coldness towards him. Little does he know that Jung-yun has a terminal disease and is preparing a last present to her beloved husband when her time is sadly running out.
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
Title: Asako in Ruby Shoes
Character: Woo-in
Released: December 9, 2000
Type: Movie
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 globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
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Il Mare
Title: Il Mare
Character: Han Sung-hyun
Released: September 9, 2000
Type: Movie
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 instructions to forward any mail of hers to the new address. In the year 1997, a jaded young architect moves into the same house--and finds the letter. His reply, which he slips into the mailbox, finds its way to her, beginning a parallel-time love story separated by a span of two years.
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Interview
Title: Interview
Character: Eun-seok
Released: April 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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 the objective to the subjective, and from lies to truth.
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The Uprising
Title: The Uprising
Character: Yi Jae-su
Released: April 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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 influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers. The conflict became a religious war that resulted in a rebel Confucian army massacring hundreds of Christians in little more than a matter of days. The Uprising details the events leading up to the assault, focusing on the story of Yi Jae-su, the young man destined to become the leader of the rebel army.
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City of the Rising Sun
Title: City of the Rising Sun
Character: Hong-ki
Released: January 9, 1999
Type: Movie
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 friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite.
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An Affair
Title: An Affair
Character: Woo In
Released: October 3, 1998
Type: Movie
A middle-aged woman has an affair with her much younger sister's fiancé.
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Title: White Nights 3.98
Character: Lee Young-jun
Released: August 31, 1998
Type: TV
White Nights 3.98 is a 1998 South Korean television series based on the novel of the same title by Han Tae-hoon. It aired on SBS.
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Title: 달팽이
Character: Dong-cheol
Released: October 8, 1997
Type: TV
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Park vs Park
Title: Park vs Park
Character: Park Su-sok
Released: April 28, 1997
Type: Movie
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 father. The bad blood between the judge father and the lawyer son come to a volatile but humorous climax in the courtroom when they are on opposing ends of a divorce case.
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Firebird
Title: Firebird
Character: Young-hoo
Released: February 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A man aids his friend by assisting him in disposing of the body of his ex-girlfriend.
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Albatross
Title: Albatross
Character: Pyeong-san
Released: July 13, 1996
Type: Movie
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 guards and of their fellow inmates.
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Title: 사랑은 블루
Character: Na Jae-sung
Released: February 8, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Sandglass
Character: Baek Jae-hee
Released: January 9, 1995
Type: TV
Sandglass is a South Korean television series considered one of the most significant and highest-rated Korean dramas in history. Written by Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, it aired on SBS in 1995 in 24 episodes. A depiction of the tragic relationship among three friends affected by the political and civilian oppression of 1970s and 1980s Korea, the series mixed politics, melodrama, action, and great acting. It recorded a peak rating of 64.5%, the third highest of all time, and launched its leading trio of Choi Min-soo, Go Hyun-jung, and Park Sang-won into stardom. Its reenactment of the Gwangju Massacre remains one of the most realistic, devastatingly powerful, and unforgettable moments in Korean TV history.
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The Young Man
Title: The Young Man
Character: Lee Han
Released: December 17, 1994
Type: Movie
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 can bend anyone to his will, so not even murder is an obstacle to his ambitions.
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Title: Feelings
Character: Joon
Released: July 20, 1994
Type: TV
Three brothers Bin, Hyun and Joon become drawn to the very pretty and sweet Yuri, a family friend. Yuri arrives from France to live with them for the summer while attending classes at their university, causing each brother to be attracted to her in a different way.
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Title: 공룡선생
Character: Jung-jae
Released: October 22, 1993
Type: TV
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Love is Oh Yeah!
Title: Love is Oh Yeah!
Character: Blackguard 3
Released: July 17, 1993
Type: Movie
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Title: Ray
Character: Ray
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A Spin-off series of Korean film "Deliver Us from Evil".
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Revolver
Title: Revolver
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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 day of release. As she discovers that the promised compensation for her time behind bars has vanished, Su-young embarks on a mission to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her.