Not Only Squid Game: 4 Best Movies Starring Lee Jung-jae
The actor's most memorable roles throughout his career.
Lee Jung-jae rose to international fame thanks to his role as Player 456 in Squid Game.
Lee began his acting career in 1994 with the lead role in the drama The Young Man. Since then, he has become a recognizable actor in his home country long before his international success.
1. Deliver Us from Evil, 2020
In-nam, a tattooed man with a background in intelligence, has been working as a mercenary for many years. After eliminating a crime boss, In-nam quits his job and leaves to start his life over.
However, the killer's plans are ruined when his former lover is killed and the woman's young daughter is kidnapped. Despite the risks, the man rushes to find the girl.
Meanwhile, another professional killer begins to hunt for In-nam. He wants to avenge the death of his brother, whom In-nam eliminated on his last mission.
2. The Housemaid, 2010
Eun-yi is a nice and hardworking woman. She was lucky enough to get a job as a housekeeper in the huge house of a rich man, Hoon (Lee Jung-jae). Since he is rarely at home, Eun-yi spends most of her time with his wife, who is expecting twins.
Also living in the house are their smart and polite daughter and an elderly housekeeper who seems perfect on the outside, but in reality hates the owners and secretly drinks. One night, the millionaire returns home and, tormented by boredom, harasses Eun-yi.
3. Revolver, 2024
Ha Soo-young is a former police officer who was wrongly imprisoned for two years. She agreed to take the blame in order to get a suspended sentence, an apartment and money from a company connected to the crime.
But drugs were involved, and in Korea they are severely punished. She also learns that her ex-boyfriend and colleague Lim Seok-yong (Lee Jung-jae) allegedly committed suicide.
Now Soo-yeon is alone: her colleagues have forgotten her, and she never got the apartment and money she was promised.
4. Assassination, 2015
In 1933, Korean patriots fighting for their country's freedom decide to eliminate high-ranking collaborators and officials of the Japanese government.
Resistance leader Yem Sek-jin (Lee Jung-jae) selects three high-ranking soldiers for the task, including sniper Ahn Ok-yun, who must be rescued from a Chinese prison.
After a successful escape, the team heads to Gyeongseong, unaware that there is a traitor among them who is collaborating with the Japanese. This person has hired assassins to deal with the rest of the group.