Portrait of Lee Byung-joon

Acting

Lee Byung-joon

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, with a break from 1982 to 2002, busiest in 2012 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Backstreet Rookie
Backstreet Rookie
GoodWatch score76/100

Characters

11

The characters Lee Byung-joon played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lee Byung-joon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Nostalgia
    3.0, average 3.8
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Mind Games 2
  • Crime 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Contemporary 2
  • Korean Cinema 2
  • Korean Drama 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Unexpected Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 79
Perfect Crown
Perfect Crown (2026)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Kim Do-yeong

Love Your Enemy
Love Your Enemy (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Seok Gyeong-tae

My Sweet Mobster
My Sweet Mobster (2024)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Mi-ho's father

Welcome to Samdal-ri
Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Dae-young's father

Perfect Marriage Revenge
Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Han Woon-jae

Maestra: Strings of Truth
Maestra: Strings of Truth (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Oh Hyeon-seok

The Glory
The Glory (2022)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Lee Gil-seong

Reborn Rich
Reborn Rich (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Joo Young-il

Hot Singers
Hot Singers (2022)

TV show

Muscle Grandpa
Muscle Grandpa (2021)

as Deok Gyu

Backstreet Rookie
Backstreet Rookie (2020)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Choi Yong-Pil

2010s

38 titles · average score 70
Level Up
Level Up (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Yeon-Hwa's father

Feel Good To Die
Feel Good To Die (2018)

TV show · as Na Cheol-Soo

Memoir of a Murderer
Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

as Poetry Instructor

Love Returns
Love Returns (2017)

TV show

Our Gap Soon
Our Gap Soon (2016)

TV show · as Geum Do-Geum

Salamander Guru and The Shadows
Salamander Guru and The Shadows (2012)

TV show · as Bum-kyu

Mr. XXX-Kisser
Mr. XXX-Kisser (2012)

as President Lee

Jeon Woo Chi
Jeon Woo Chi (2012)

TV show · as Woon-bo

Love Fiction
Love Fiction (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as M

Me too, Flower!
Me too, Flower! (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Team Leader Kim

Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle
Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle (2010)
GoodWatch score 52

as Cho Dong-hee

Man of Vendetta
Man of Vendetta (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

as Detective Koo

2000s

8 titles · average score 57
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Elegance Choi

Eye For An Eye
Eye For An Eye (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Antonio

Mackerel Run
Mackerel Run (2007)

TV show · as Ma Do-shik

Highway Star
Highway Star (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

as Na Tae-song

A Bloody Aria
A Bloody Aria (2006)
GoodWatch score 45

as Young-seon

Between Love and Hate
Between Love and Hate (2006)

as Doo-Il

노란손수건
노란손수건 (2003)

TV show · as 윤지민

Wife
Wife (2003)

TV show · as Min Eun-pyo

1980s

1 title
Popopo
Popopo (1981)

TV show