Lee Joong-hyun

Acting

Biography

Lee Joong‑hyun (Korean: 이중현) is a South Korean actor standing 183 cm, with a clear, low‑pitched voice. He graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts (Acting Department). He can perform in multiple Korean dialects—Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, Gangwon-do, and Yanbian—and has skills in various sports including table tennis, billiards, golf, basketball, jokgu, boxing, kendo, and horseback riding, as well as mime.

Born: September 30, 1983

Place of Birth: South Korea

Known For

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The Judge Returns

The return of corrupt judge Lee Han-young, who was a slave to a large law firm, to the past 10 years ago. He makes new choices to punish evil and implement justice.

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Queen of Tears

The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again.

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Surely Tomorrow

In their twenties, Lee Kyeong-do and Seo Ji-woo part ways after two passionate relationships. A decade later, they meet again as a reporter who covers an adultery scandal and the wife of the man at the center of that scandal. Reuniting in their late thirties, their youth has passed, but their love remains vivid. Kyeong-do now strives to prove to her and to himself that he still loves her.

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Nice to Not Meet You

A hateful romance between a professional detective actor who wants to become a melodrama master and a female reporter who was demoted from a political reporter who won the Reporter of the Year award to the entertainment department.

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The Good Detective

A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his feelings with others due to pain he experienced when he was young. He is not swayed by money and power, even with the huge wealth he inherited from his uncle.

Filmography

2026

The Judge Returns

2025

Surely Tomorrow

as Ma Seong-cheol

2025

Nice to Not Meet You

as Cha Bum-sik

2024

Queen of Tears

as Police officer

2020

The Good Detective

as Wedding criminal