Lee Jung-jae
Acting
Born: Dec 15, 1972
From: Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revolver | Lim Seok-yong | 2024 | 5.674 |
| Ground of Honor: Rondo | Beta | 2023 | 7.5 |
| Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days | King Yeomra | 2018 | 8.034 |
| Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | King Yeomra | 2017 | 8.032 |
| Warriors of the Dawn | Tow | 2017 | 6.882 |
| Tik Tok | Kang Seung-joon | 2016 | 5.773 |
| Operation Chromite | Jang Hak-soo | 2016 | 5.808 |
| Assassination | Yeom Seok-jin | 2015 | 7.308 |
| Big Match | Choi Ik-ho | 2014 | 6.9 |
| New World | Lee Ja-sung | 2013 | 7.422 |
| The Face Reader | Grand Prince Soo-yang | 2013 | 6.962 |
| The Thieves | Popie | 2012 | 6.717 |
| The Housemaid | Hoon | 2010 | 6.345 |
| The Accidental Gangster | Cheon-doong | 2008 | 5.2 |
| Typhoon | Gang Se-jong | 2005 | 6.031 |
| Oh! Brothers | Oh Sang-woo | 2003 | 6.5 |
| Over the Rainbow | Lee Jin-soo | 2002 | 6.423 |
| The Last Witness | Detective Oh | 2001 | 5.971 |
| Last Present | Jung Yong-gi | 2001 | 6.714 |
| Il Mare | Han Sung-hyun | 2000 | 7.35 |
| Asako in Ruby Shoes | Woo-in | 2000 | 7.091 |
| Interview | Eun-seok | 2000 | 5.389 |
| The Uprising | Yi Jae-su | 1999 | 5.0 |
| City of the Rising Sun | Hong-ki | 1999 | 7.225 |
| An Affair | Woo In | 1998 | 6.118 |
| Park vs Park | Park Su-sok | 1997 | 5.0 |
| Firebird | Young-hoo | 1997 | 7.667 |
| Albatross | Pyeong-san | 1996 | 5.667 |
| The Young Man | Lee Han | 1994 | 6.333 |
| Love is Oh Yeah! | Blackguard 3 | 1993 | 6.5 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1972 |
| From | Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South … |