List of awards and nominations received by Lee Byung-hun

This is a list of awards and nominations received by South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun.

Lee at the 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2013

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
A-Awards	2012	Style Award	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[1]
	2022	A-Awards – Impression	Our Blues	Won	[2]
APAN Star Awards	2016	Hallyu Global Star Award	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[3]
	2018	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Mr. Sunshine	Won	[4]
		K-Star Award		Nominated	[5]
Asia Artist Awards	2018	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Won	[6]
		Artist of the Year	Lee Byung-hun	Won
		Korea Tourism Appreciation Award		Won
		Fabulous Award		Won
Asian Film Awards	2008	Best Supporting Actor	The Good, the Bad, the Weird	Nominated
	2016	Best Actor	Inside Men	Won	[7]
	2020		The Man Standing Next	Won	[8]
	2021	Asian Film Excellence Award	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[9]
Asia Model Awards	2010	Asia Star Award		Won	[10]
Asia-Pacific Producers' Network Awards	2010	APN Award		Won	[11]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards	2013	Best Actor	Masquerade	Won	[12][13]
Asia Society Game Changer	2021	Entertainment Game Changer Award	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[14]
Baeksang Arts Awards	1993	Best New Actor – Television	Tomorrow Love	Nominated
	1996	Best Actor – Television	Son Of Wind	Won
		Best New Actor – Film	Runaway	Nominated
	2001	Best Actor – Film	Bungee Jumping of Their Own	Nominated
	2002	Best Actor – Television	Beautiful Days	Nominated
	2003		All In	Won
	2006	Best Actor – Film	A Bittersweet Life	Won
	2010	Best Actor – Television	Iris	Won	[15]
	2011	Grand Prize (Daesang) for Film	I Saw the Devil	Won	[16]
		Best Actor – Film		Nominated
	2013		Masquerade	Nominated
	2016		Inside Men	Won	[17]
	2017		Master	Nominated
	2019	Best Actor – Television	Mr. Sunshine	Won	[18]
	2020	Best Actor – Film	The Man Standing Next	Won	[19]
	2023	Best Actor – Television	Our Blues	Nominated	[20]
	2024	Best Actor – Film	Concrete Utopia	Nominated	[21][22]
	2025		The Match	Nominated	[23]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2000	Best Actor	Joint Security Area	Nominated
	2001		Bungee Jumping of Their Own	Nominated
		Popular Star Award		Won
	2002	Best Actor	Addicted	Nominated
	2005		A Bittersweet Life	Nominated
	2008		The Good, the Bad, the Weird	Nominated
	2009	Popular Star Award	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Won
	2010	Best Actor	I Saw the Devil	Nominated
	2012		Masquerade	Nominated
	2013	Popular Star Award	G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Red 2	Won	[24]
	2016	Best Actor	Inside Men	Won	[25]
	2017		The Fortress	Nominated	[26]
	2021	Best Leading Actor	The Man Standing Next	Nominated	[27][28][29]
	2022	Best Actor	Emergency Declaration	Nominated	[30]
	2023	Best Leading Actor	Concrete Utopia	Won	[31]
Blue Dragon Series Awards	2025	Best Actor	Squid Game 2	Nominated	[32]
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival	2013	Producers’ Choice Award	Masquerade	Won	[33]
Buil Film Awards	2011	Best Actor	I Saw the Devil	Nominated
	2013		Masquerade	Nominated
	2016		Inside Men	Won	[34]
	2020		The Man Standing Next	Won	[35]
	2023		Concrete Utopia	Won	[36]
	2025		The Match	Pending
Busan Film Critics Awards	2000		Joint Security Area	Won
	2012		Masquerade	Won
CineAsia Awards	2012	Star of the Year	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[37]
China Music Awards and Asian Influential Awards	2010	Best Asian Influential International Actor		Won	[38]
Chunsa Film Art Awards	1995	Best New Actor	Who Drives Me Crazy	Won
	2005	Best Actor	A Bittersweet Life	Won
	2006	Korean Cultural Award	Lee Byung-hun	Won
	2007	Best Actor	Once in a Summer	Nominated
	2016		Inside Men	Nominated
	2018		The Fortress	Nominated	[39]
	2020		The Man Standing Next	Won	[40]
Director's Cut Awards	2016		Inside Men	Won	[41]
	2022	Best Actor in film	The Man Standing Next	Won	[42]
	2024		Concrete Utopia	Won	[43]
	2025		The Match	Won	[44]
Golden Cinematography Awards	1996	Best New Actor	Runaway	Won
	2001	Most Popular Actor	Joint Security Area	Won
	2018	Acting Grand Prize	Keys to the Heart	Won	[45]
Green Planet Movie Awards	2012	10 Best International Actors of the Decade (Asia)	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[46]
Grand Bell Awards	1996	Best New Actor	Runaway	Won
	2000	Best Actor	The Harmonium in My Memory	Nominated
	2001	Netizen's Popularity Award	Joint Security Area, Bungee Jumping of Their Own	Won
		Best Actor	Bungee Jumping of Their Own	Nominated
	2005	Best Actor	A Bittersweet Life	Nominated
	2011	Best Actor	I Saw the Devil	Nominated
	2012		Masquerade	Won	[47][48][49]
		Popularity Award		Won
	2016	Best Actor	Inside Men	Won	[50][51]
	2018		The Fortress	Nominated	[52]
	2020		Ashfall	Won	[53]
	2022		Emergency Declaration	Nominated	[54]
	2023		Concrete Utopia	Won	[55]
Huading Awards	2013	Best Foreign Actor	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[56]
Japan Jewelry Wearer Awards	2010	Special Award		Won	[57]
KBS Drama Awards	1992	Best New Actor	Day of Sunshine	Won
	1993	Excellence Award, Actor	Tomorrow Love	Won
	1995	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Son Of Wind	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor		Won
	2009	Grand Prize (Daesang)[58]	Iris	Won	[59]
		Top Excellence Award, Actor		Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama		Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actor		Won
		Best Couple Award with Kim Tae-hee		Won	[58]
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	2005	Best Actor	A Bittersweet Life	Won
	2012	Achievement Award	Lee Byung-hun	Won	[60]
	2016	Best Actor	Inside Men	Won	[61]
	2020		The Man Standing Next	Won	[62]
Korea Broadcasting Association Awards	2003	Best Actor	All In	Won
Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	1995	Best Actor in TV	Son Of Wind	Won
Korea Drama Awards	2010	Best Actor	Iris	Nominated
	2018	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Mr. Sunshine	Nominated	[63]
Korean Film Producers Association Awards	2016	Best Actor	Inside Men	Won	[64]
Korea Visual Arts Festival	2001	Photo Genic Award in TV	Beautiful Days	Won
Marie Claire Film Festival	2016	Pioneer Award	Inside Men	Won	[65]
Marie Claire Asia Star Awards	2016	Actor of the Year		Won
	2023	Actor of the Year Award	Concrete Utopia	Won	[66]
Max Movie Awards	2016	Best Actor	Inside Men	Nominated
National Assembly by the Mass Culture & Media Research Group	2009	Special Commendation	Iris	Won	[67][68]
New York Asian Film Festival	2016	Star Asia Award	Inside Men	Won	[69]
Republic of Korea Top Star Award	2015	Top Star Award		Won	[70]
SACF Artists of the Year Awards	2020	Outstanding Artist for a Film	The Man Standing Next	Won	[71]
SBS Drama Awards	1994	Popularity Award	The Fragrance of Love	Won
	1999	Top 10 stars Award	Happy Together	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actor		Nominated
	2000	Big Star Award	—	Won
	2001	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Beautiful Days	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special		Nominated
		Top 10 Stars Award		Won
		i-Star Award		Won
	2003	Grand Prize (Daesang)	All In	Won	[72]
		Top Excellence Award, Actor		Nominated
		Top 10 Stars Award		Won	[72]
Seoul Arts & Culture Award	2010	Best TV Actor	Iris	Won	[73]
Seoul International Drama Awards		Outstanding Korean Actor		Won	[74]
Style Icon Awards		Style Icon of the Year	Lee Byung-hun	Won
The Seoul Awards	2018	Best Actor (Film)	The Fortress, Keys to the Heart	Nominated	[75]
		Best Actor (Drama)	Mr. Sunshine	Won	[76]
Tokyo Drama Awards	2010	Best Actor in Asia	Iris	Won	[77][78]
University Film Festival of Korea	2020	Best Actor	The Man Standing Next	Won	[79]

Other accolades

State honors

Name of country, year given, and name of honor

Country	Year	Honor	Ref.
South Korea[a]	2011	Presidential Commendation	[83][84]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	List	Placement	Ref.
Forbes	2010	Korea Power Celebrity	4th	[85]
	2014		16th	[86]
	2016		40th	[87]
	2019		19th	[88]
	2025		13th	[89]

Notes

1. Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.^[80][81] They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.^[82]