ACTOR

Lee Byung-hun

1970 - Today

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Lee Byung-hun (Korean: 이병헌; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the Devil (2010); Masquerade (2012); and the television series Iris (2009) and Mr. Sunshine (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Byung-hun has received more than 9,191,496 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Lee Byung-hun is the 1,213th most popular actor (down from 942nd in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular South Korean Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lee Byung-huns by language

Over the past year Lee Byung-hun has had the most page views in the with 807,533 views, followed by Japanese (217,193), and Korean (213,097). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (1,114.24%), Korean (369.87%), and Cantonese (278.05%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lee Byung-hun ranks 1,213 out of 13,578. Before him are Jennifer Lawrence, Ghassan Massoud, Barbara Carrera, Kemal Sunal, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, and Jean Sorel. After him are Clive Owen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jonathan Frakes, Ellen Barkin, and Farley Granger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Lee Byung-hun ranks 32. Before him are Simon Pegg, Emmanuel Petit, Fred Durst, Alan Shearer, Marco Pantani, and Erik ten Hag. After him are Frank de Boer, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tonya Harding, Andrej Plenković, John Frusciante, and Roberto Di Matteo.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Byung-hun ranks 92 out of 1,128. Before him are Heo Jeong (1896), Kim Bu-sik (1075), Chung Hong-won (1944), Princess Deokhye (1912), Won Gyun (1540), and Kim Jong-pil (1926). After him are Jang Yeong-sil (1400), Soh Jaipil (1864), Jisoo (1995), Lee Jong-wook (1945), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), and David Yonggi Cho (1936).

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Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Lee Byung-hun ranks 4. Before him are Song Hye-rim (1937), Lee Sun-kyun (1975), and Ma Dong-seok (1971). After him are Lee Min-ho (1987), Choi Eun-hee (1926), Lee Young-ae (1971), Choi Min-sik (1962), Song Kang-ho (1967), Kim Hae-sook (1955), Lee Dong-wook (1981), and Kim Hye-ja (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Saw the Devil
Kim Soo-hyeon
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Aug 12o 20107.8 / 10
오징어 게임
Front Man
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games—with high stakes. But, a tempting prize awaits the victor.
7.832 / 10
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Storm Shadow
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
Aug 3o 20095.766 / 10