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- 1971-03-01
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Acting · Seoul, South Korea
Ma Dong-seok (마동석) or Don Lee is a South Korean actor. Born Lee Dong-seok on 1st March 1971, he is best known for his supporting roles in The Neighbor, Nameless Gangster, and The Unjust. He also played leading roles in Norigae, Murderer and One on One. Under his Westernized real name Don Lee and before he turned to acting, he was once the personal trainer of mixed martial artists Mark Coleman…
Known for
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema — Self2026
- Holy Night: Demon Hunters — Ba Woo2025
- Twelve — Tae-san2025
- I AM BOXER — Master2025
- Badland Hunters — Nam-san2024
- The Roundup: Punishment — Ma Seok-do2024
- Moonlight Madness — Xiong Dali2024
- PSY Summer Swag 2022 — Self2023
- The Roundup: No Way Out — Ma Seok-do2023
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals — Self - Gilgamesh2022
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Lee Dong-seok (Korean: 이동석; born March 1, 1971), better known by the stage names Ma Dong-seok (마동석) and Don Lee, is a South Korean and American actor and film producer based in South Korea. He gained early recognition for his supporting roles in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012) and The Neighbor (2012).
Ma rose to prominence with his breakout performance in Train to Busan (2016), where he played a tough yet compassionate survivor, earning widespread acclaim. He cemented his status as a leading action star with The Outlaws (2017), in which he portrayed the relentless detective Ma Seok-do, a role he reprised in the highly successful The Roundup film series. His subsequent leading roles include Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018), The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019), The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos (2019), Start-Up (2019), and Ashfall (2019).