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Lee in 2021, photo by Starfrenzy /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Date of Birth: December 15, 1972
Ethnicity: Korean
Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor, model, filmmaker, and businessperson. Known for starring on the show Squid Game , his roles also include the films An Affair (1998), City of the Rising Sun , Interview (2000), Il Mare , Asako in Ruby Shoes , Last Present , The Last Witness (2001), Over the Rainbow , Oh! Brothers (2003), Typhoon (2005), The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan , The Housemaid (2010), The Thieves (2012), New World (2013), The Face Reader , Big Match , Assassination (2015), Tik Tok (2016), Operation Chromite , Warriors of the Dawn , Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds , Svaha: The Sixth Finger , Deliver Us from Evil (2020), and Hunt (2022), the latter of which he also directed and co-wrote; and the series Sandglass , White Nights 3.98 , Air City , Triple , Chief of Staff , and The Acolyte .