Lee Je-hoon

Acting

Lee Je-hoon

Born 1984-07-04 · Seoul, South Korea

Lee Je-hoon (born July 4, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He started his career in indie films. After his breakthrough in acclaimed independent film Bleak Night (2011), he went on to appear in commercial films like The Front Line (2011), Architecture 101 (2012), My Paparotti (2013), I Can Speak (2017), Time to Hunt (2020), and television series Fashion King (2012), Secret Door (2014), Signal (2016), Tomorrow, With You (2017), Where Stars Land (2018), Taxi Driver (2021–2023), and Move to Heaven (2021).

Acting credits

The Servant poster
5.7

A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.

The Servant

2010

Escape poster
7.3

After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.

Escape

2024

Earth: One Amazing Day poster
7.7

An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles.

Earth: One Amazing Day

2017

Time to Hunt poster
7.1

Four young men want to leave their dystopian world behind and go to a distant paradise to execute a money robbery, a daring act that will have unexpected consequences.

Time to Hunt

2020

Noryang: Deadly Sea poster
6.4

The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdrawal following the deathbed orders of their leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Determined to destroy the enemy once and for all, Admiral Yi leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to mount a blockade and annihilate the Wa army. However, once Ming commander Chen Lin is bribed into lifting the blockade, Wa lord Shimazu Yoshihiro and his Satsuma army sail to the Wa army's rescue at Noryang Strait.

Noryang: Deadly Sea

2023

The Front Line poster
7.2

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

The Front Line

2011

Phantom Detective poster
6.9

Hong Gil-dong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.

Phantom Detective

2016

Just Friends? poster
5.9

A sweet reunion turns heavy when Min-soo's fear forces him to hide his love with two words: "just friends."

Just Friends?

2009

Boys On Film: Bad Romance poster
6.4

Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; Christoph Scheermann's "Cake and Sand" starring Bartholomew Sammut and Jan Andreesen; Michael Rozanov's "Watch Over Me" starring Guy Kapulnik and Davidi Hoffman; Joachim Back's "The New Tenants" starring David Rakoff and Jamie Harrold; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Just Friends?" starring Lee Je-hoon and Yeon Woo-jin; Étienne Desrosiers's "Mirrors" starring Xavier Dolan, Stéphane Demers, and Julie Beauchemin; Christopher Banks's "Communication" starring Rudi Vodanovich and Alexander Campbell; Tomer Velkoff's "The Traitor" co-starring Shmulik Goldstein; Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein's "The Strange Ones" starring David Call, Tobias Campbell, and Merritt Wever; and Tamer Ruggli's "Cappuccino" starring Benjamin Décosterd and Manuela Biedermann.

Boys On Film: Bad Romance

2011

Architecture 101 poster
7.3

When Seung-min was on his first year at the Academy of Architecture, he met Seo-yeon. She was a musician student, and Seung-min totally fell in love with her. Years have passed, and now he meets Seo-yeon again - she asks him to rebuild her father's old house.

Architecture 101

2012

I Can Speak poster
7.9

A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.

I Can Speak

2017

Big Deal poster
6.4

In 1997, when the Asian financial crisis hit Korea, Gukbo, the number one Soju company is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the high-stakes market of M&A, In-beom, a young ambitious associate at global investment firm Solquin, heads back home to take Gukbo as his first target. Hiding his greediness, In-beom approaches Jong-rok, an executive loyal to Gukbo, as an innocent consultant aiming to rehabilitate Gukbo. While In-beom digs deeper into Gukbo, he finds this may lead to an unlikely outcome.

Big Deal

2025

Finding Mr. Destiny poster
6.7

A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.

Finding Mr. Destiny

2010

The Pit and the Pendulum poster
5.0

At the funeral of their mutual friend, mourners share stories about him that cross into fantasy.

The Pit and the Pendulum

2009

Collectors poster
7.2

To acquire ancient artifacts for a private collector, a cunning grave robber and his band of ingenious thieves carry out a series of risky heists.

Collectors

2020

Maldives Express poster
NR

A young couple in search of their missing child receives a disturbing text message.

Maldives Express

2010

My Paparotti poster
7.0

This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer.

My Paparotti

2013

Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company poster
7.5

A cinematic special for the Infinite Challenge skit, Muhan Company.

Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company

2016

Anarchist from Colony poster
7.3

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

Anarchist from Colony

2017

Ghost Sweepers poster
6.1

Chan-young, a young journalist, is sent to investigate a village which has supposedly been possessed by demons. The incidents taking place have been so strange and terrifying that local shamans and other religious leaders have simply given up, abandoning the town. But upon her arrival, Chan-young discovers that an all-star team of supernaturally-inclined heroes has assembled to rid the village of evil. This team includes Mr. PARK the exorcist, Shi-min the monk, Wol-gwang the clairvoyant, Seung-hee the tarot master, and Seok-hyeon, an engineer. Chan-young follows the heroes as they prepare for an epic battle against the village’s evil forces.

Ghost Sweepers

2012

Another Record: Into the Daydream poster
NR

Follow LEE Je-hoon, an actor who continuously strives to make breakthroughs in his performance, as he ventures his past, potential and future visions.

Another Record: Into the Daydream

2022

Bleak Night poster
7.4

The suicide of a former high-school bully puts the boy's father on a quest for answers.

Bleak Night

2011

Be with Me poster
5.5

Seo-hee, Nam-hee and Lan. These three girls happen to read their tarot cards. Tarot cards tell them once-in-a-life-time opportunities will be coming to each of them simply by holding tarot cards and chanting magic spells. And the magic spells are nothing but their own names! Once their names are said, very special events begin to unfold.

Be with Me

2010

An Ethics Lesson poster
6.0

A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.

An Ethics Lesson

2013