Byung-hun Lee

Biography

Lee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor. He was born on July 12, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. [edit] Acting career Lee made his debut in 1991, starring in the television drama "Asphalt My Hometown". Lee's later movie, Joint Security Area, was a smash hit, surpassing the box office benchmark set by Shiri. After Lee's role in Bungee Jumping of Their Own, his acting talent gathered widespread recognition. Lee has recently played a part in the movie Everybody Has Secrets with Choi Ji Woo, Chu Sang Mi and Kim Hyo Jin, a movie about three sisters who fall in love with Lee Soo-hyon. Soo-hyon falls in love with one of the sisters, leaving the other two heartbroken. The movie has reached a very high bid of US$5.5 million in Japan. A Bittersweet Life, released in 2005, was well received by critics. In 2005, Lee released his biographies Limited, Brave and Human during his visit to Singapore, a 3-DVD collection in which he talked about his life and acting career. His likeness was used for the main character in the Capcom video game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition which was released on January 12, 2007. [edit] Personal information Lee was shooting Harmonium in My Memory in 1997 when his father, Lee In-chul, died. Lee's younger sister, Lee Eun-Hee is eight years his junior. She was the runner-up in the 1996 Miss Korea beauty contest. He was also once romantically linked to actress Song Hye Kyo (Song Hae Gyo) who was the lead actress in the drama All In. Lee is fluent in English and able to speak French and Mandarin, in addition to his native Korean. He also has a Westernised name, Brian.