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Lee Jung Jae

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Lee Jung Jae

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Lee Jung-jae (Korean: Jeongjae Lee/plum Jung-jae, Romanized: I Jeong-jae, English: Lee Jung-jae, December 15, 1972 -), a South Korean actor, originally from the Lee family in Jeonju. In 1999, he won the Best Actor at the 20th Blue Dragon Awards for the movie "No Sun" and became the youngest Blue Dragon Best Actor in Korean history. In 2016, he co-founded the agency Artist Company with Zheng Yusheng. In 2022, he was nominated for the Best Actor in a Drama Series at the 79th Golden Globe Awards, and became the first Korean actor to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He was also the first actor to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for a non-English-language work.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
Republic of Korea
Born
1972-12-15
Wikidata
Q491318
Occupations actormovie actortelevision actorfilm director
Aliases I Chong-jaeI Chŏng-jaeI Jeong-jaeJung Jae LeeLee Jeong-jaeLee Jung-jaeLee Jung Jae

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