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Lee Jung-jae

Acting · Born December 15, 1972 · Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

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.

Movies with Lee Jung-jae

• New World (2013) — Lee Ja-sung
• Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018) — King Yeomra
• Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) — King Yeomra
• Squid Game: Making Season 2 (2025) — Self
• Hunt (2022) — Park Pyong-ho
• The Thieves (2012) — Popie
• Operation Chromite (2016) — Jang Hak-soo
• Deliver Us from Evil (2020) — Ray
• The Housemaid (2010) — Hoon
• Assassination (2015) — Yeom Seok-jin
• Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019) — Pastor Park Ung-jae
• An Affair (1998) — Woo-in

TV shows with Lee Jung-jae

• Squid Game (2021) — Seong Gi-hun / Player 456
• The Acolyte (2024) — Master Sol
• Nice to Not Meet You (2025) — Lim Hyeon-jun
• 공룡선생 (1993) — Jung-jae
• Chief of Staff (2019) — Jang Tae-Joon
• Sandglass (1995) — Baek Jae-hee
• Air City (2007) — Kim Ji-sung
• White Nights 3.98 (1998) — Lee Young-jun