South Korean - Actor | July 12, 1970 -
Whenever I open a movie, I go secretly to the theater and stand in the back and enjoy the moment. I laugh when people laugh, and when people cry, I laugh.
Lee Byung-hun
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I'm really close to Stephen Sommers. He was a really nice man.
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Some people cheer me on. Some people want me to do more Korean movies or TV series.
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When I was a young kid, my father was a big fan of Hollywood movies. He would make me watch movies with him, and he would explain the story and characters to me.
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I was a fan of westerns growing up. Every boy wanted to ride a horse and be a cowboy.
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Sometimes people know I am an actor but are not really sure what I have been in.
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My dream role would be to play a Korean hero in a Hollywood superhero movie.
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I find myself working out at hotel gyms quite regularly - just so that I can keep up with my training.
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The two moments that I felt the most nervous in my entire life were when I first had reading rehearsal for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and when I was at the Academy Awards ceremony.
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I have a special attachment to 'Bitter Sweet' and feel grateful because it introduced me to people in the film industry overseas and helped me experience Hollywood.
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I do not want to name any individual names, but I felt like when I was working in Hollywood, there were some fellow colleagues of mine who didn't even look me in the eyes because I was Asian.
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It was great to be able to play a hero in 'The Magnificent Seven' in a film industry where Asian actors are often limited to playing a villain.
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