Lee Jae-yong (actor)

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Jae-yong (born March 21, 1963) is a South Korean actor. Best known as a character actor, Lee has played supporting roles in film and television, notably as a dogged ex-detective in Jang Joon-hwan's Save the Green Planet! (2003) and an embezzling Joseon politician in Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow (2011).^[1][2][3]

Lee Jae-yong
Born	(1963-03-21) March 21, 1963 (age 62) Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Education	Pusan National University - Philosophy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987-present
Agent	Dell Media
Spouse	Kim Hyeon-ah
Korean name
Hangul	이재용
Hanja	李在龍
Revised Romanization	I Jae-yong
McCune–Reischauer	I Chaeyong

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1997	3PM Paradise Bath House	Manhwabang owner
	Wind Echoing in My Being	Cho Sang-hwa
1999	Dr. K	Mental hospital patient
2001	Friend	"Blade scar"
2002	The Bird Who Stops in the Air	Professor Lee
	No Comment	Cafe clerk
	Dig or Die	Bong-chang
	Birth of a Man	Mr. Choi
	Baby Alone	Dong-chul
2003	Save the Green Planet!	Detective Choo
	A Man Who Went to Mars	Lee Seung-jae's father (cameo)
2006	Love Phobia	Ari's uncle, a monk
	Monopoly	(cameo)
	Fly, Daddy, Fly
	Dasepo Naughty Girls[4]	Teacher
2007	Who's That Knocking at My Door?	Street vendor 2
	Matjjang	Prosecutor Jeon
2008	Heartbreak Library	Chairman Song (cameo)
	4 Days	Ko Kyeong-tae
2010	The Quiz Show Scandal	Academic 2
2011	Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow	Minister Im
2012	Chubby Revolution	Fortune-teller (cameo)
2013	My Paparotti	Gang boss
2015	Empire of Lust	Jeong Do-jeon
	The Classified File	Fortuneteller Baek
2017	Steel Rain	Park Kwang-dong
2019	Black Money	CEO (cameo)
2020	Pawn	Head of brothers
2024	About Family	Venerable Jeokjeong
TBA	Stay	Dong Su [5]
	The Mujeogang	[6]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Piano	Dok-sa
2002	Rustic Period	Miwa
2003	Go, Mom, Go!
2004	Into the Storm	Kim Ki-ho
	Emperor of the Sea	Jo Sang-gil
2005	5th Republic	Lee Hak-bong
2006	Jumong	Bu Deuk-bul
	90 Days, Time to Love	Hyun Ji-seok's father
2007	War of Money	Oh Jae-bong
	Lee San, Wind of the Palace	Jang Tae-woo
	Lobbyist	Jang Tae-sung
2008	Love Marriage	Cash King
	Tazza	Stanley Hwang
2009	Friend, Our Legend	Sang-gon
	Swallow the Sun	Hyun Ki-sang
	Hot Blood	Song Man-deuk
	Detective Mr. Lee
2010	A Man Called God	Hwang Dal-soo
	Dong Yi	Jang Ik-heon	Cameo
	Sungkyunkwan Scandal	Ha Woo-kyu
	Big Thing	Gong Sung-jo
	Athena: Goddess of War	Kim Ho-bin
2011	Romance Town	Kang Tae-won	[7]
	Deep Rooted Tree	Jo Mal-saeng
	Vampire Prosecutor	Paint shop owner	Cameo (episode 8)
	Bolder By the Day	Lee Jae-yong
2012	My Husband Got a Family	Chun Jae-yong's father	Cameo
	Man from the Equator	Choi Kwang-chun
	Lovers of Haeundae	Lee Soon-shin
	Can We Get Married?	Dong-bi's father
	Jeon Woo-chi	So-chil	[8]
2013	Hur Jun, The Original Story	Kim Min-se
	The Fugitive of Joseon	Chun-bong
	Master's Sun	Lee Yong-jae	Cameo (episode 11)[9]
	Empress Ki	Wang Go
2014	Three Days	Choi Ji-hoon
	My Dear Cat	Yeom Byung-soo
	Diary of a Night Watchman	Park Soo-jong	[10]
2015	The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War	Yi San-hae	[11]
	KBS Drama Special – "Looking for Argenta"	Nam Ki-seok
2016	KBS TV Novel – "That Sun in the Sky"	Nam Tae-joon
	Night Light	Park Moo-sam
2017	Stranger	Kim Nam-jin
2018	Children of a Lesser God	Kook Han-joo	[12]
2021	Bossam: Steal the Fate	Lee Yi-cheom
2022	The Law Cafe	Choi Yeo-hwan	Cameo (episode 13)[13]

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Role	Notes
2016	King of Mask Singer	MBC	Contestant as "Trail of Memories Taffy Peddler"	(episode 67)
2021	Legendary Actors	KBS2	Main Cast	Chuseok special program [14]
2022	People of the Health Office	MBN	Host	[15]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	16th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	모범연예인상		Won
2010	SBS Drama Awards[16]	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Special	Daemul	Won
2012	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Man from the Equator, Jeon Woo-chi	Nominated