{"id":107,"date":"2025-06-04T22:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kdramakopi.com\/?post_type=acteur&#038;p=107"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:40:47","slug":"lee-jung-jae","status":"publish","type":"acteur","link":"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/en\/acteur\/lee-jung-jae\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Jung-jae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born on December 15, 1972, in Seoul, Lee Jung-jae is one of the most renowned South Korean actors of his generation. Before becoming an international star, he began his career as a model in the 1990s before branching out into acting with the drama <em>Dinosaur Teacher<\/em> (1993) and the movie <em>The Young Man<\/em> (1994), which quickly earned him several awards for best newcomer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After winning with <em>Sandglass<\/em> (1995), he cemented his reputation as a talented film actor with memorable works such as <em>An Affair<\/em> (1998), <em>City of the Rising Sun<\/em> (1998) or the cult romantic film <em>Il Mare<\/em> (2000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 2010s, Lee Jung-jae enjoyed a second rise to fame with several major hits in Korean cinema: <em>The Housemaid<\/em> (2010), <em>The Thieves<\/em> (2012), <em>New World<\/em> (2013), <em>The Face Reader<\/em> (2013), <em>Assassination<\/em> (2015) or the fantasy saga <em>Along With the Gods<\/em> (2017\u20132018). In 2022, he also stepped behind the camera with <em>Hunt<\/em>, his first film as a director and screenwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His career took on a global dimension in 2021 thanks to Netflix and the phenomenon <em>Squid Game<\/em>. His portrayal of Seong Gi-hun (Player 456) earned him historic recognition: he became the first Asian actor to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reprises this iconic role in <em>Squid Game 2<\/em> (2024) and then <em>Squid Game 3<\/em> (2025). At the same time, he joined the universe <em>Star Wars<\/em> with <em>The Acolyte<\/em> (2024) and returns to K-dramas with <em>Nice to Not Meet You<\/em> (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2026, Lee Jung-jae remains a living legend of Hallyu, a symbol of a career that blends arthouse films, blockbusters, and global success.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5171,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":""},"class_list":["post-107","acteur","type-acteur","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lee Jung-jae : biographie, s\u00e9ries, actualit\u00e9s - Kdrama Kopi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/en\/actor\/lee-jung-jae\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lee Jung-jae : biographie, s\u00e9ries, actualit\u00e9s - 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