- Born
- Height1.81 m
- Apart from being a top star in film and TV, Jung-Jae Lee also works as a highly successful fashion model. One year after his debut on television in 1993, Lee was cast in his first film, a feature by Bae Chang-ho. His breakthrough came in late 1998 in the award-winning film An Affair by E-J Yong. This was followed up by another success, City of the Rising Sun, for which he received a Best Actor award at the domestic Chungryong Awards ceremony.
After starring in the Korean-Japanese coproduction Asako in Ruby Shoes, released in December 2000, Lee found considerable popular success in a melodrama titled Last Present, where he was cast opposite Lee Young-ae, and in the action/mystery/drama The Last Witness directed by Bae Chang-ho. He is also scheduled to appear in an international coproduction to be shot in Korea and directed by Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- ParentsLee Chul-seong
- Owns a chain of upscale Italian restaurants named after his 2000 hit film, Siworae (2000). He also owns a real estate development company called Seorim C&D, and founded the entertainment label, Artist Company, together with actor Jung Woo-sung.
- When he was offered the role of Master Sol in the Acolyte, Lee Jung-jae, never spoke a word of English in his life, so he set out to learn it in only 4 months.
- Became the first Korean to win a Emmy.
- Although he grew up in a wealthy family, he started working from a young age at a local cafe in Apgujeong, Seoul, where a designer named Ha Yong-soo saw him and launched him into a brief fashion model career, after which he made his acting debut in the 1993 Korean TV drama Dinosaur Teacher.
- A former model.
- The real world can actually be more cruel than the TV version.
- [on the success of Squid Game (2021) First, i would like to share my sincere gratitude. It is a tremendous honor to be nominated together with these brilliant actors. I would like to share this honor with the Squid Game fans around the world, who showed us endless love and support, and the Squid Game team, who worked very hard to make everything possible.
- [Recalling the casting stage of 'Hunt', 2017] I've expressed my desire to meet Ko Yoon-Jung during the casting stage through our production company then had a meeting. Seeing her come up with ideas after reading the scenario and my interpretation, I believed that she was a flexible actress.
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