What Is Lee Jung-jae's Net Worth and Salary?
Lee Jung-jae is a South Korean actor and previous fashion who has a net worth of $12 million. Born on December 15, 1972, in Seoul, South Korea, Lee won world fame for his role as Seong Gi-hun on the Netflix sequence "Squid Game" (2021-present). Jung-jae has greater than Forty acting credit to his identify, together with the movies "Il Mare" (2000), "The Housemaid" (2010), "New World" (2013), and "Deliver Us from Evil" (2020) and the television collection "Sandglass" (1995) and "Chief of Staff" (2019).
He also opened a sequence of Italian eating places in Seoul referred to as Il Mare, and he designed the eating places' interiors. In 2008, Lee based Seorim C&D, a real estate construction company, and he has owned a number of companies with his friend and "City of the Rising Sun" co-star Jung Woo-sung. In 2016, the 2 co-founded the leisure label the Artist Company. In 2001, Jung-jae won a Prime Minister's Commendation.
Career
While working at an Apgujeong café, Lee was came upon by way of a dressmaker named Ha Yong-soo. He spent a number of years modeling, then he shot to stardom after making his appearing debut on the tv series "Dinosaur Teacher" in 1993. In 1994, he performed Han Joon on the TV series "Feelings" and appeared in his first movie, "The Young Man." Jung-jae played Baek Jae-hee at the SBS series "Sandglass" in 1995, then he appeared within the motion pictures "Albatross" (1996), "Fire Bird" (1997), "Father vs. Son" (1997), "An Affair" (1998), "City of the Rising Sun" (1999), and "The Uprising" (1999) and the television series "Snail" (1997) and "White Nights 3.98" (1998). In 2000, Lee starred in "Il Mare," a time-travel romance that used to be remade as "The Lake House" (starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock) in 2006. He appeared in 2000's "Interview" and "Asako in Ruby Shoes," and in 2001, he played Jung Yong-ki in "Last Present" and Detective Oh in "The Last Witness." After starring in 2002's "Over the Rainbow," Jung-jae co-starred with Lee Beom-soo in one in all his most commercially a success films, 2003's "Oh! Brothers." In 2005, Lee starred as Kang Se-jong in the motion film "Typhoon," which brought within the an identical of $26 million at the box place of job.
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Jung-jae played Kim Ji-sung on the MBC series "Air City" in 2007, then he seemed within the 2008 movie "The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan" and the 2009 MBC collection "Triple." In 2010, he starred in "The Housemaid," an erotic thriller that used to be proven on the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2012, he gave the impression in "The Thieves," the 6th highest-grossing Korean film in historical past (grossing the equivalent of $86 million). In 2013, Lee narrated the tv documentary "Contemporary Art, Bury the Boundary" and appeared within the films "New World" and "The Face Reader." He starred in the films "Big Match" (2014), "Assassination" (2015), "Tik Tok" (2016), "Operation Chromite" (2016), and "Warriors of the Dawn" (2017), and he played the God of Death (King Yeomra) in "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds" (2017) and "Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days" (2018). In 2019, Jung-jae starred as Jang Tae-joon on the JTBC series "Chief of Staff," and he reprised the function in a cameo on "Delayed Justice" in 2021. He appeared in 2019's "Svaha: The Sixth Finger" and 2020's "Deliver Us from Evil."
Lee used to be named an international ambassador for Gucci in November 2021.
Squid Game
In 2021, Lee Jung-jae started starring as Seong Gi-hun on the Netflix hit "Squid Game." Within a few months of its liberate, "Squid Game" was once the most-watched collection within the history of Netflix having been considered via extra 142 million households since it premiered in mid-September.
Personal Life
In 1999, Jung-jae hit a car within the lane subsequent to him while driving his BMW and was once charged with DUI after it was once came upon that his blood alcohol level was 0.222%. He was charged with DUI again in 2002. In 2008, Lee earned a master's degree in theatre and picture from Dongguk University's Graduate School of Cultural Arts, and a few months later, he seemed in his first play, "Hamlet in Water," at Lee Hae-rang Theater. In 2015, Jung-jae revealed that he used to be in a relationship with Im Se-ryung, the manager director of the Daesang Group. The couple met in 2005, and Lee has mentioned of the relationship, "As an entertainer, I think that getting attention from the public is a part of my job and I have to endure it to some extent. But Im Se-ryung is just a normal person and especially a mother of two children, so I want to prevent Im Se-ryung and her family from being hurt or their privacy being violated."
Awards and Nominations
In 1994, Lee earned a Best New Actor nomination for "Feelings" on the KBS Drama Awards. In 1995, he gained a lot of awards: Best New Actor for "Sandglass" at the SBS Drama Awards, Best New Actor (TV) for "Sandglass" and Best New Actor (Film) for "The Young Man" on the Baeksang Arts Awards in addition to Best New Actor for "The Young Man" at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Grand Bell Awards, and Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. The Baeksang Arts Awards named Jung-jae Most Popular Actor for "Firebird" in 1997 and for "City of the Rising Sun" in 1999, and "City of the Rising Sun" also earned him a Best Actor award on the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and a Best Leading Actor award on the Blue Dragon Film Awards. He received Best Actor awards for "Asako in Ruby Shoes" at the 2002 Verona Love Screens Film Festival, "Typhoon" at the 2006 Golden Cinematography Awards, and "The Housemaid" on the 2011 Fantasporto Director's Week. Lee used to be commemorated with a Style Icon Actor award on the 2008 Style Icon Awards, and he used to be named Most Influential Star on the 2010 Mnet 20's Choice Awards. In 2013, he received a CJ CGV Star Award for "New World" and "The Face Reader" at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, and he won a Popularity Award on the Grand Bell Awards and a Best Supporting Actor award for "The Face Reader" at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
In 2014, "The Face Reader" earned Jung-jae awards from the KOFRA Film Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards, and in 2015, the Baeksang Arts Awards offered him with an InStyle Fashionista Award. That yr he additionally gained a Marie Claire Asia Star Award for Actor of the Year and a Buil Film Award for Best Actor for "Assassination." Lee used to be named Super Icon (Male) on the 2018 Elle Style Awards, and "Deliver Us from Evil" received the Grand Prize (Daesang) – Film at the 2020 Asia Artist Awards. For "Squid Game," he won the Fabulous Award – Actor, Actor of the Year (Daesang) award, and the Hot Trend Award at the 2021 Asia Artist Awards. Jung-jae has also earned nominations for "An Affair" (Blue Dragon Film Awards), "Last Present" (Grand Bell Awards), "Tik Tok" (Golden Lotus Awards), and "Chief of Staff" (Korea Drama Awards).
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