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Lee Byung-hun’s career goes beyond Squid Game and is packed with standout roles across both Hollywood and Korean cinema, making him one of the most versatile actors of his time. His haunting performance as the masked Front Man garnered worldwide attention, particularly with Squid Game season 2's Player 001 twist.

Though Squid Game hid the Front Man’s identity for much of the first season, Lee’s intense presence shone through. For those intrigued by his complex and mysterious character, there are plenty of movies and TV shows to watch to explore the actor's incredible talent. As we wait for Squid Game season 3, Lee's other works offer a deeper look into why he’s a master at bringing unforgettable characters to life.

Ashfall (2019) Directed by Kim Byung-seo & Lee Hae-jun

Ashfall is an action-disaster movie where Lee Byung-hun plays a key role as Lee Joon-Pyeong, a North Korean spy who possesses...

It’s rather strange how human relationships are governed by a number of dialectical ideas—despite being social creatures, we must also accept that we are fundamentally alone. We need others for our emotional well-being and quantify their connection with us but remain unmindful whether their comfort rests with ours. We are too eager to seek validation but too stubborn to reflect on our shortcomings. When you take these issues into consideration, the premise of Kim Kyu-tae’s romantic-thriller series, The Trunk, doesn’t seem that far-fetched, which takes the notion of ‘marriage is a social contract’ to a whole new level.

The Trunk is not the first to introduce the concept of conjugal relationships being treated as purely transactional, but the way it goes to great lengths to explore the inevitable emotional dependency by creating an entanglement of ‘real’ and ‘fake’ relations is unique. While the chemistry between the...

The Trunk has a stellar cast that features renowned South Korean actors led by Gong Yoo and See Hyeon-jin. Based on The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong, the Netflix K-drama follows Han Jeong-won, a music producer who gets intertwined in a one-year marriage contract orchestrated by a company called New Marriage (Nm). As the two characters get to know each other, they come across a trunk which helps them discover that the marriage agency has some dark secrets.

The Trunk explores the complexities of marriage, and the actors are perfectly suited to bring director Kim Kyu-tae’s vision to life. Goblin’s Gong Yoo, who plays the male lead in the series, carefully chooses his roles. So the fact that he is part of The Trunk’s cast shows that the Netflix miniseries has something special. The series features other renowned K-drama actors, including Seo Hyun-jin, Jung Yun-ha, and Hong Woo-jin.

A music producer with everything money can buy drowns his sorrows in sleeping pills after his wife leaves him for another man. But there’s a catch. She fully intends to get back with him — after they each spend a year being married to someone else. The K-drama The Trunk follows Jeong-won, who reluctantly agrees to marry In-ji, a wife-for-hire. While Jeong-won fights against his jealousy towards his ex’s new husband, he slowly forges a bond with In-ji, who struggles with shadowy figures from her past. Based on the book of the same name by Kim Ryeo-ryeong, the series was directed by Kim Kyu-tae (Our Blues) and stars Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun-jin.

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Jeong-won (Gong) is still heartbroken and bitter about his ex-wife, Seo-yeon (Jung), who’s left him for another man. So when he meets In-ji...