Lee Sung-jae

{{Infobox person

| name = Lee Sung-jae

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|08|23}}

| birth_place = Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=12593|title=이성재|website=Cinefox (씨네폭스)|access-date=2024-03-26|language=ko|archive-date=2024-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326183648/https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=12593|url-status=live}}

| other_names =

| image = MJK 09357 Lee Sung-Jae (Human, Space, Time and Human, Berlinale 2018).jpg

| education = Dongguk University - Theater and Film

| occupation = Actor

| agent = IOK Company

| years_active = 1995–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Kim Jin-sook|1996}}

| children = 2

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 이성재

| hanja = {{linktext|李|誠|宰}}

| rr = I Seong-jae

| mr = I Sŏngjae

}}

Lee Sung-jae ({{Korean|hangul=이성재}}; born August 23, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Among his notable works include the films Art Museum by the Zoo (1998), Attack the Gas Station (1999), Kick the Moon (2001), and Public Enemy (2002), as well as the television series Gu Family Book (2013).

Career

Lee in a short period rose to become one of the more versatile and popular actors in Korean cinema. After working for a time on TV (his debut was the MBC drama The Love of Two Women), he launched his film career with the romantic comedy Art Museum by the Zoo opposite superstar Shim Eun-ha. The success of this movie gave him considerable attention and led to him being offered many more roles.{{cite web|title=Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Lee Sung-jae|url=http://koreanfilm.org/actors.html#leesj|website=Koreanfilm.org|access-date=2012-11-10|archive-date=2018-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912144604/http://www.koreanfilm.org/actors.html#leesj|url-status=live}}

After starring in Ghost in Love opposite Kim Hee-sun, Lee rose to prominence as the leader of a small group of thugs in one of the biggest box-office hits of the late 1990s, Kim Sang-jin's smash comedy Attack the Gas Station. Shortly thereafter he took a role in a very different kind of film, the accomplished black comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite, and his portrayal of a dog-hating lecturer who desperately wants to become a professor received good reviews.

In 2001, Lee acted opposite Ko So-young in A Day, a drama about a young married couple who wish to have a baby; he then appeared alongside Cha Seung-won and Kim Hye-soo{{cite web|title=Actress Kim best in kissing scene|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2010/08/139_66669.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2012-11-19|date=28 May 2010|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035111/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2010/08/139_66669.html|url-status=live}} in Kick the Moon, another wildly popular comedy by Kim Sang-jin. Lee also had a memorable turn as the villain in Public Enemy, a hugely successful film by hit director and Cinema Service founder Kang Woo-suk.

In 2004, Lee portrayed a mountain climber in the big-budget adventure/melodrama Ice Rain, which was shot in the Canadian Rockies, then played a ballroom dancer in Dance with the Wind, Park Jung-woo's directorial debut (Park wrote the screenplay for many of Kim Sang-jin's films). Other notable roles include real-life fugitive Ji Kang-hun in 2006's Holiday,{{cite web|title=홀리데이 (Holiday) Teaser Trailer Released|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2005/12/holiday-teaser-trailer-released.html|work=Twitch Film|access-date=2012-11-19|date=1 December 2005|archive-date=2014-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154618/http://twitchfilm.com/2005/12/holiday-teaser-trailer-released.html|url-status=live}} and a sculptor in 2010 3D erotic film Natalie.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyo-won|title=Expensive 3D effects for cheap melodrama|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/10/141_75096.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2012-11-19|date=24 October 2010|archive-date=2013-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128094747/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/10/141_75096.html|url-status=live}}

Among the television series he's starred in include 2008 romantic comedy Lawyers of the Great Republic of Korea,{{cite web|title=Interview: LOVE & LAW main characters, Lee Sung-jae and Lee Soo-kyung|url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/interview/1704874_56322.html|work=MBC Global Media|access-date=2012-11-19|date=29 July 2008|archive-date=2014-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712232556/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/interview/1704874_56322.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Lawyers vie for top spot in drama line-up|url=http://www.hancinema.net/lawyers-vie-for-top-spot-in-drama-line-up-14440.html|work=The Korea Herald via Hancinema|access-date=2013-04-20|date=9 July 2008|archive-date=2014-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125152/http://www.hancinema.net/lawyers-vie-for-top-spot-in-drama-line-up-14440.html|url-status=live}} and 2012 hit cable drama How Long I've Kissed.{{Cite web|url=https://news.nate.com/view/20190717n00474|title=배우 이성재, 49세 할아버지 된다…23세 장녀, 올해 출산|access-date=2019-07-17|archive-date=2019-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717053850/https://news.nate.com/view/20190717n00474|url-status=live}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \|Year ! scope="col" \|Title ! scope="col" \|Role ! scope="col" \|Notes ! class="unsortable" scope="col" \|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" \|1998 \|Art Museum by the Zoo \|Chul-su \| \| style="text-align:center" \|
rowspan="2" scope="row" \|1999 \|Ghost in Love \|Kantorates \| \| style="text-align:center" \|
Attack the Gas Station \|No Mark \| \|
scope="row" \|2000 \|Barking Dogs Never Bite \|Go Yoon-joo \| \| style="text-align:center" \|
rowspan="2" scope="row" \|2001 \|A Day \|Seok-yoon \| \| style="text-align:center" \|
Kick the Moon \|Park Young-jun \| \|
scope="row" \|2002 \|Public Enemy \|Jo Kyu-hwan \| \| style="text-align:center" \|
rowspan="3" scope="row" \|2004 \|Ice Rain \|Kang Joong-hyun \| \|
Dance with the Wind \|Park Pung-shik \| \|
Shinsukki Blues \|Shin Suk-ki \| \|
scope="row" \|2005 \|Holiday \|Ji Kang-heon \| \|
scope="row" \|2006 \|Daisy \|Jeong Woo \| \|
scope="row" \|2007 \|The Mafia, The Salesman \|Gye Doo-Sik \| \|
rowspan="2" scope="row" \|2010 \|Dreams Come True \|1st Squad Leader \| \|
Natalie \|Hwang Jun-Hyuk \| \|
scope="row" \|2011 \|Song of Dreams \|U-Reuk \| \|
scope="row" \|2018 \|Human, Space, Time and Human \|Politician \|
scope="row" \|2022 \|Carter \|Kim Jong-hyuk \|Netflix Film \| style="text-align:center" \|{{Cite news\|author=Kang Min-kyung\|date=May 4, 2021\|title=이성재, 넷플릭스 '카터' 출연 확정..주원과 호흡 [공식]\|language=ko\|trans-title=Lee Seong-jae confirmed to appear in Netflix's 'Carter'... Breathing with Joo-won [Official]\|work=Starnews\|publisher=Naver\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/movie/now/read?oid=108&aid=0002954719\|access-date=May 4, 2021\|archive-date=February 6, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206073834/https://entertain.naver.com/movie/now/read?oid=108&aid=0002954719\|url-status=live}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! scope="col" |Notes

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" |1998

|Art Museum by the Zoo

|Chul-su

| style="text-align:center" |

rowspan="2" scope="row" |1999

|Ghost in Love

|Kantorates

| style="text-align:center" |

Attack the Gas Station

|No Mark

scope="row" |2000

|Barking Dogs Never Bite

|Go Yoon-joo

| style="text-align:center" |

rowspan="2" scope="row" |2001

|A Day

|Seok-yoon

| style="text-align:center" |

Kick the Moon

|Park Young-jun

scope="row" |2002

|Public Enemy

|Jo Kyu-hwan

| style="text-align:center" |

rowspan="3" scope="row" |2004

|Ice Rain

|Kang Joong-hyun

Dance with the Wind

|Park Pung-shik

Shinsukki Blues

|Shin Suk-ki

scope="row" |2005

|Holiday

|Ji Kang-heon

scope="row" |2006

|Daisy

|Jeong Woo

scope="row" |2007

|The Mafia, The Salesman

|Gye Doo-Sik

rowspan="2" scope="row" |2010

|Dreams Come True

|1st Squad Leader

Natalie

|Hwang Jun-Hyuk

scope="row" |2011

|Song of Dreams

|U-Reuk

scope="row" |2018

|Human, Space, Time and Human

|Politician

scope="row" |2022

|Carter

|Kim Jong-hyuk

|Netflix Film

| style="text-align:center" |{{Cite news|author=Kang Min-kyung|date=May 4, 2021|title=이성재, 넷플릭스 '카터' 출연 확정..주원과 호흡 [공식]|language=ko|trans-title=Lee Seong-jae confirmed to appear in Netflix's 'Carter'... Breathing with Joo-won [Official]|work=Starnews|publisher=Naver|url=https://entertain.naver.com/movie/now/read?oid=108&aid=0002954719|access-date=May 4, 2021|archive-date=February 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206073834/https://entertain.naver.com/movie/now/read?oid=108&aid=0002954719|url-status=live}}

= Television =

Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
class="wikitable"
1995 \| The Love of Two Women \| \|
1997 \| Yesterday \| Yoon Min-soo \|
rowspan=2\|1998 \| Beyond the Horizon \| \|
Lie \| Suh Joon-hee \|
2006 \| Stranger than Paradise \| No Yoon-jae \|
2008 \| Lawyers of the Great Republic of Korea \| Han Min Gook \|
2011 \| Poseidon \| Kwon Jung-ryool \|
rowspan=2\|2012 \| How Long I've Kissed \| Kim Tae-oh \|
The Sons \| Yoo Hyun-ki \|
rowspan=2\|2013 \| Gu Family Book \| Jo Gwan-woong \|
The Suspicious Housekeeper \| Eun Sang-chul \|
2014 \| The King's Face \| King Seonjo \|
2015 \| Warm and Cozy \| Song Jung-geun \|
2016	Secret Healer	Choi Hyun-seo
2016	Don't Dare to Dream	Kim Rak
2018	Goodbye to Goodbye	Han Sang-jin	{{cite web\|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1483395\|title='이별이 떠났다' 이성재, 1년 9개월 만에 안방극장 복귀 '파일럿 변신'\|date=May 2, 2018\|website=10Asia\|language=ko\|access-date=June 7, 2018\|archive-date=May 23, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523005851/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1483395\|url-status=dead}}
rowspan=2\|2019	Abyss	Oh Yeong-cheol
Diary of a Prosecutor	Jo Min-ho
2021–2022 \| Show Window: The Queen's House \| Shin Myung-seob \| {{Cite news \|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003768870 \|author=Moon Ji-yeon \|title=[공식] 송윤아·이성재·전소민·황찬성 '쇼윈도:여왕의 집' 출연 확 \|trans-title=[Official] Song Yoon-ah, Lee Seong-jae, Jeon So-min, Hwang Chan-seong confirmed to appear in 'Show Window: The Queen's House' \|work=Sports Chosun \|publisher=Naver \|date=August 20, 2021 \|access-date=August 20, 2021 \|language=ko \|archive-date=August 20, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820014344/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003768870 \|url-status=live }}
2022–2023 \| Red Balloon \| Ji Nam-cheol \|{{cite web\|last=Hwang\|first=So-young\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000311228\|title=서지혜·이성재·홍수현·이상우, 문영남作 '빨간풍선' 출연확정\|trans-title=Seo Ji-hye, Lee Seong-jae, Hong Su-hyeon, Lee Sang-woo, and Moon Young-nam's 'Red Balloon' confirmed\|publisher=JTBC\|via=Naver\|date=August 25, 2022\|access-date=August 28, 2022\|language=ko\|archive-date=October 18, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018204406/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000311228\|url-status=live}}

= Variety shows =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \|Year ! scope="col" \|Title ! scope="col" \|Role ! scope="col" \|Notes
scope="row" \|2013 \|I Live Alone \| rowspan="3" \|Cast member \|Ep. 1-37
scope="row" \|2015 \|Law of the Jungle in Indochina \|
scope="row" \|2016 \|Flower Crew \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! scope="col" |Notes

scope="row" |2013

|I Live Alone

| rowspan="3" |Cast member

|Ep. 1-37

scope="row" |2015

|Law of the Jungle in Indochina

scope="row" |2016

|Flower Crew

Awards

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \|Year !Award ceremony ! scope="col" \|Category ! scope="col" \|Nominee(s) / Work(s) ! scope="col" \|Result
scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \|1999 \|35th Baeksang Arts Award \| rowspan="5" \|Best New Actor \| rowspan="5" \|Art Museum by the Zoo \| {{won}}
19th Korean Association of Film Critics Award \| {{won}}
7th Chunsa Film Art Awards \| {{won}}
36th Grand Bell Awards \| {{won}}
20th Blue Dragon Film Awards \| {{won}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center" \|2000 \|36th Baeksang Arts Awards \|Popularity Award \|Attack the Gas Station \|{{won}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" |Year

!Award ceremony

! scope="col" |Category

! scope="col" |Nominee(s) / Work(s)

! scope="col" |Result

scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |1999

|35th Baeksang Arts Award

| rowspan="5" |Best New Actor

| rowspan="5" |Art Museum by the Zoo

| {{won}}

19th Korean Association of Film Critics Award

| {{won}}

7th Chunsa Film Art Awards

| {{won}}

36th Grand Bell Awards

| {{won}}

20th Blue Dragon Film Awards

| {{won}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center" |2000

|36th Baeksang Arts Awards

|Popularity Award

|Attack the Gas Station

|{{won}}

References

External links

[http://kooment.cafe24.com/koom/actors_view.php?b_idx=38 Lee Sung-jae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061058/http://kooment.cafe24.com/koom/actors_view.php?b_idx=38 |date=2016-03-04 }} at Koom Entertainment
{{KMDb person|00004080|Lee Sung-jae}}
{{IMDb name|1018373|Lee Sung-jae}}
{{HanCinema person | name=Lee Seong-jae}}

Category:South Korean male film actors

Category:South Korean male television actors

Category:Dongguk University alumni

Category:Male actors from Seoul

Category:People from Yongsan District

Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:Best New Actor Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners

Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
class="wikitable"
1995 \| The Love of Two Women \| \|
1997 \| Yesterday \| Yoon Min-soo \|
rowspan=2\|1998 \| Beyond the Horizon \| \|
Lie \| Suh Joon-hee \|
2006 \| Stranger than Paradise \| No Yoon-jae \|
2008 \| Lawyers of the Great Republic of Korea \| Han Min Gook \|
2011 \| Poseidon \| Kwon Jung-ryool \|
rowspan=2\|2012 \| How Long I've Kissed \| Kim Tae-oh \|
The Sons \| Yoo Hyun-ki \|
rowspan=2\|2013 \| Gu Family Book \| Jo Gwan-woong \|
The Suspicious Housekeeper \| Eun Sang-chul \|
2014 \| The King's Face \| King Seonjo \|
2015 \| Warm and Cozy \| Song Jung-geun \|
2016	Secret Healer	Choi Hyun-seo
2016	Don't Dare to Dream	Kim Rak
2018	Goodbye to Goodbye	Han Sang-jin	{{cite web\|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1483395\|title='이별이 떠났다' 이성재, 1년 9개월 만에 안방극장 복귀 '파일럿 변신'\|date=May 2, 2018\|website=10Asia\|language=ko\|access-date=June 7, 2018\|archive-date=May 23, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523005851/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1483395\|url-status=dead}}
rowspan=2\|2019	Abyss	Oh Yeong-cheol
Diary of a Prosecutor	Jo Min-ho
2021–2022 \| Show Window: The Queen's House \| Shin Myung-seob \| {{Cite news \|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003768870 \|author=Moon Ji-yeon \|title=[공식] 송윤아·이성재·전소민·황찬성 '쇼윈도:여왕의 집' 출연 확 \|trans-title=[Official] Song Yoon-ah, Lee Seong-jae, Jeon So-min, Hwang Chan-seong confirmed to appear in 'Show Window: The Queen's House' \|work=Sports Chosun \|publisher=Naver \|date=August 20, 2021 \|access-date=August 20, 2021 \|language=ko \|archive-date=August 20, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820014344/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003768870 \|url-status=live }}
2022–2023 \| Red Balloon \| Ji Nam-cheol \|{{cite web\|last=Hwang\|first=So-young\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000311228\|title=서지혜·이성재·홍수현·이상우, 문영남作 '빨간풍선' 출연확정\|trans-title=Seo Ji-hye, Lee Seong-jae, Hong Su-hyeon, Lee Sang-woo, and Moon Young-nam's 'Red Balloon' confirmed\|publisher=JTBC\|via=Naver\|date=August 25, 2022\|access-date=August 28, 2022\|language=ko\|archive-date=October 18, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018204406/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000311228\|url-status=live}}