Lee Jung-jae

Also known as I Jeong-jae, I Chŏng-jae, I Chong-jae, Jung Jae Lee, Lee Jeong-jae

South Korean actor and businessman (born 1972)

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Lee Jung-jae is a South Korean actor and film director. He was born in Seoul on December 15, 1972, and began his work period in 1993. He is educated at Dongguk University and speaks Korean. His native name is 이정재.

He has received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He is represented by Artist Company and Creative Artists Agency, and his employer is Artist Company.

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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…

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Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — Self2026
Squid Game: Making Season 2 — Self2025
Squid Game in Conversation — Self2025
Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self2025
Nice to Not Meet You — Lim Hyeon-jun2025
Revolver — Lim Seok-yong2024
The Acolyte — Master Sol2024
Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
Fresh off the Sea — Self2024
Squid Game: The Official Podcast — Self - Guest2024

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Key facts

Born: ( 1972-12-15 ) December 15, 1972 (age 53) , Seoul , South Korea
Education: Dongguk University ( MA )
Occupations: Actor film director producer screenwriter
Years active: 1993–present
Agents: Artist Company Creative Artists Agency
Awards: Full list
Honours: Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit (2022)
Hangul: 이정재
Hanja: 李政宰
Rr: I Jeongjae
Mr: I Chŏngjae

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Instance of: human
Family name: Lee
Gender: male
Citizenship: South Korea
Place of birth: Seoul
Occupation: film director
Employer: Artist Company
Languages spoken: Korean
Native language: Korean
Image: 240305 Lee Jung-jae (cropped).jpg
Represented by: Creative Artists Agency

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Commons category: Lee Jung-jae
date of birth: 1972-12-15
start of work period: 1993-00-00
name in native language: 이정재

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Encyclopedic overview

Lee Jung-jae (Korean: 이정재; born December 15, 1972) is a South Korean actor, filmmaker, and businessman. Considered one of South Korea's most successful actors, he has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, six Baeksang Arts Awards, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Gotham Award. Lee is also a businessman who has launched a restaurant chain in Seoul and founded several companies, including the development firm Seorim C&D, some of which he co-owns with Jung Woo-sung.

Lee started his career as a fashion model, and gained popularity for his role in television drama Sandglass (1995). After his breakthrough in An Affair (1998), Lee's film career took off. He has starred in dramas such as City of the Rising Sun (1999), romantic films Il Mare (2000) and Last Present (2001), comedies such as Oh! Brothers (2003), action films Typhoon (2005) and Deliver Us from Evil (2020), thrillers The Housemaid (2010) and New World (2013), heist film The Thieves (2012), and espionage films Assassination (2015), Operation Chromite (2016) and Hunt (2022). He won Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards for his role in The Face Reader (2013).

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