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| 2 | Lee Jung-jae (Korean: 이정재; born December 15, 1972) is a South Korean actor, businessman and former model. With an estimated net worth of US$5 million, Lee is one of the most successful South Korean actors. |
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| 4 | Born in Seoul, Lee debuted as a fashion model, then began his acting career on television, notably in the campus series ''Feelings'' (1994) and the drama ''Series/{{Sandglass}}'' (1995). After his acting breakthrough in ''Film/AnAffair'' (1998), Lee's film career took off. He has starred in a variety of film genres, among them romantic films such as ''Film/IlMare'' (2000) (which would later on had an American remake called ''Film/TheLakeHouse'') and ''Film/OverTheRainbow'' (2002), the melodrama ''Film/LastPresent'' (2001), well known comedies such as ''Oh! Brothers'' (2003), action films Film/TheLastWitness (2001) and ''Film/{{Typhoon}}'' (2005), heist film ''Film/TheThieves'' (2012), film noir ''Film/NewWorld'' (2013), and period film ''Film/TheFaceReader'' (2013). He won Best Actor awards at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for ''Film/CityOfTheRisingSun'' (1999), and at the Fantasporto Director's Week for ''Film/TheHousemaid'' (2010). In 2021, Lee gained widespread international stardom and fame for his role as Seong Gi-hun, the main protagonist of Netflix's survival drama ''Series/SquidGame''. In December 2021, he was selected as Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year. |
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| 6 | Aside from his acting career, Lee is also a businessman, having launched a chain of restaurants in Seoul, as well as founding several businesses including the development company Seorim C&D. He owns several of his businesses with fellow actor and close friend Jung Woo-sung. |
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| 8 | !! Filmography: |
| 9 | !!! Film |
| 10 | * ''The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan'' as Cheon-dong |
| 11 | * ''Film/AlongWithTheGodsTheTwoWorlds'' as God of Death (King Yeomra) |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Assassination}}'' as Yeom Seok Jin |
| 13 | * ''Film/BigMatch'' as Choi Ik Ho |
| 14 | * ''City of the Rising Sun'' as Hong-ki |
| 15 | * ''Film/DeliverUsFromEvil2020'' as Ray |
| 16 | * ''Film/TheFaceReader'' as Prince Suyang/King Sejo |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{The Housemaid|2010}}'' as Hoon |
| 18 | * ''Film/IlMare'' as Han Sung Hyun |
| 19 | * ''Film/NewWorld'' as Lee Ja-Sung |
| 20 | * ''Film/OperationChromite'' as Jang Hak-Soo |
| 21 | * ''Over The Rainbow'' as Lee Jin-su |
| 22 | * ''Film/SvahaTheSixthFinger'' as Pastor Park |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheThieves'' as Popie |
| 24 | * ''Film/TikTok'' as Jiang Cheng-un |
| 25 | * ''Film/WarriorsOfTheDawn'' as To-Woo |
| 26 | !!! Live-Action TV |
| 27 | * ''Series/AirCity'' as Kim Ji-Sung |
| 28 | * ''Series/ChiefOfStaff'' as Jang Tae-Joon |
| 29 | * ''Series/{{Sandglass}}'' as Baek Jae-Hee |
| 30 | * ''Series/SquidGame'' as Seong Gi-hun |
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