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Lee Yang-hee
Actor

Lee Yang-hee

3 Jan 1965Born
61Age

Biography

After graduating Seoul Institute of the Arts, Yang Hee has performed in plays, musicals, TV shows, and films for over a span of 30 years. As a veteran actor in the Korean entertainment industry, his most recent notable projects include Kingdom (2019-2020) and Cicada (2020), the latter of which he has received critical acclaim for playing the leading role. Over the years, Yang Hee has come to be regarded as a highly skilled actor people recognize by face but not by name, as he has appeared as a supporting actor in the works of many prominent directors such as Lee Chang-dong and Lee Choong-Ryul.

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With a deep love of independent cinema, Yang Hee still finds time to appear in many indie features and short films. In fact, he has appeared in over 400 short films in just the past decade alone.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2026BloodlineFilm
  2. 2026The Observer's ShellFilm: Man-soo
  3. 2026Living Through the Same SeasonFilm
  4. 2025Playing With Fire in WaterFilm: Young-hoon
  5. 2024HiveFilm: Hyung-chul
  6. 2024A Slice RoomFilm
  7. 2024GalloperFilm: senior policeman
  8. 2024Regardless of UsFilm
  9. 2024Citizen of a KindFilm: Lawyer
  10. 2023Strong Girl Nam-soonSeries: Heritage Club member (1 episode)
  11. 2023CobwebFilm: Critic
  12. 2023Well-dyingFilm: Father
  13. 2023CourtroomFilm
  14. 2022Big BetSeries: Teacher Mok Gong-Cheol (1 episode)
  15. 2022The Apartment with Two WomenFilm: Kyung-seok
  16. 2022StrangeFilm: Monster
  17. 2022Seoul VibeFilm: CEO Lee
  18. 2022Teatime with Mr.ParkFilm: Young-gil
  19. 2022Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic AreaSeries: Rio's father (2 episodes)
  20. 2022InsiderSeries: [Sinseondong elder] (16 episodes)
  21. 2022Take Care of My MomFilm: Yoo-Jin's father
  22. 2022CicadaFilm: Duk-bae
  23. 2021Endless RainFilm: Father
  24. 2021GeorgiaFilm: Father
  25. 2020DisillusionedFilm: mystery man
  26. 2020The Man Standing NextFilm: Congressman Kim
  27. 2018DefaultFilm: Customer
  28. 2018PepperFilm: Noah's Father
  29. 2018Who Was The WhaleFilm: Father
  30. 2017Steel RainFilm: Prime Minister
  31. 2017House of the DisappearedFilm: General Watabe
  32. 2016Legend Hero SamgugjeonSeries: Liu Biao (2 episodes)
  33. 2015Perfect ProposalFilm: Lawyer
  34. 2013Red FamilyFilm: Factory Worker
  35. 2013Empress KiSeries: Bang Jin (51 episodes)
  36. 2013Man on the EdgeFilm: Boss
  37. 2012MasqueradeFilm: Minister of Land
  38. 2012Haeundae LoversSeries: Prosecutor Kim (16 episodes)
  39. 2011My Secret PartnerFilm: Manager Kim
  40. 2009Tokyo TaxiFilm: Guitar
  41. 2006A Dirty CarnivalFilm: Detective Na
  42. 2003Double AgentFilm
  43. 2002OasisFilm: Detective Ga
  44. 1999Phantom: The SubmarineFilm: 771

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