# Lee Jae-yong (actor)

Lee Jae-yong (born March 21, 1963) is a South Korean actor. Best known as a character actor, Lee has played supporting roles in film and television, notably as a dogged ex-detective in Jang Joon-hwan's Save the Green Planet! (2003) and an embezzling Joseon politician in Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow (2011).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1997 | 3PM Paradise Bath House | Manhwabang owner |
| 1997 | Wind Echoing in My Being | Cho Sang-hwa |
| 1999 | Dr. K | Mental hospital patient |
| 2001 | Friend | "Blade scar" |
| 2002 | The Bird Who Stops in the Air | Professor Lee |
| 2002 | No Comment | Cafe clerk |
| 2002 | Dig or Die | Bong-chang |
| 2002 | Birth of a Man | Mr. Choi |
| 2002 | Baby Alone | Dong-chul |
| 2003 | Save the Green Planet! | Detective Choo |
| 2003 | A Man Who Went to Mars | Lee Seung-jae's father (cameo) |
| 2006 | Love Phobia | Ari's uncle, a monk |
| 2006 | Monopoly | (cameo) |
| 2006 | Fly, Daddy, Fly | |
| 2006 | Dasepo Naughty Girls | Teacher |
| 2007 | Who's That Knocking at My Door? | Street vendor 2 |
| 2007 | Matjjang | Prosecutor Jeon |
| 2008 | Heartbreak Library | Chairman Song (cameo) |
| 2008 | 4 Days | Ko Kyeong-tae |
| 2010 | The Quiz Show Scandal | Academic 2 |
| 2011 | Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow | Minister Im |
| 2012 | Chubby Revolution | Fortune-teller (cameo) |
| 2013 | My Paparotti | Gang boss |
| 2015 | Empire of Lust | Jeong Do-jeon |
| 2015 | The Classified File | Fortuneteller Baek |
| 2017 | Steel Rain | Park Kwang-dong |
| 2019 | Black Money | CEO (cameo) |
| 2020 | Pawn | Head of brothers |
| 2024 | About Family | Venerable Jeokjeong |
| TBA | Stay | Dong Su |
| TBA | The Mujeogang | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Piano | Dok-sa | |
| 2002 | Rustic Period | Miwa | |
| 2003 | Go, Mom, Go! | | |
| 2004 | Into the Storm | Kim Ki-ho | |
| 2004 | Emperor of the Sea | Jo Sang-gil | |
| 2005 | 5th Republic | Lee Hak-bong | |
| 2006 | Jumong | Bu Deuk-bul | |
| 2006 | 90 Days, Time to Love | Hyun Ji-seok's father | |
| 2007 | War of Money | Oh Jae-bong | |
| 2007 | Lee San, Wind of the Palace | Jang Tae-woo | |
| 2007 | Lobbyist | Jang Tae-sung | |
| 2008 | Love Marriage | Cash King | |
| 2008 | Tazza | Stanley Hwang | |
| 2009 | Friend, Our Legend | Sang-gon | |
| 2009 | Swallow the Sun | Hyun Ki-sang | |
| 2009 | Hot Blood | Song Man-deuk | |
| 2009 | Detective Mr. Lee | | |
| 2010 | A Man Called God | Hwang Dal-soo | |
| 2010 | Dong Yi | Jang Ik-heon | Cameo |
| 2010 | Sungkyunkwan Scandal | Ha Woo-kyu | |
| 2010 | Big Thing | Gong Sung-jo | |
| 2010 | Athena: Goddess of War | Kim Ho-bin | |
| 2011 | Romance Town | Kang Tae-won | |
| 2011 | Deep Rooted Tree | Jo Mal-saeng | |
| 2011 | Vampire Prosecutor | Paint shop owner | Cameo (episode 8) |
| 2011 | Bolder By the Day | Lee Jae-yong | |
| 2012 | My Husband Got a Family | Chun Jae-yong's father | Cameo |
| 2012 | Man from the Equator | Choi Kwang-chun | |
| 2012 | Lovers of Haeundae | Lee Soon-shin | |
| 2012 | Can We Get Married? | Dong-bi's father | |
| 2012 | Jeon Woo-chi | So-chil | |
| 2013 | Hur Jun, The Original Story | Kim Min-se | |
| 2013 | The Fugitive of Joseon | Chun-bong | |
| 2013 | Master's Sun | Lee Yong-jae | Cameo (episode 11) |
| 2013 | Empress Ki | Wang Go | |
| 2014 | Three Days | Choi Ji-hoon | |
| 2014 | My Dear Cat | Yeom Byung-soo | |
| 2014 | Diary of a Night Watchman | Park Soo-jong | |
| 2015 | The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War | Yi San-hae | |
| 2015 | KBS Drama Special – "Looking for Argenta" | Nam Ki-seok | |
| 2016 | KBS TV Novel – "That Sun in the Sky" | Nam Tae-joon | |
| 2016 | Night Light | Park Moo-sam | |
| 2017 | Stranger | Kim Nam-jin | |
| 2018 | Children of a Lesser God | Kook Han-joo | |
| 2021 | Bossam: Steal the Fate | Lee Yi-cheom | |
| 2022 | The Law Cafe | Choi Yeo-hwan | Cameo (episode 13) |

### Variety show

| Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | Contestant as "Trail of Memories Taffy Peddler" | (episode 67) |
| 2021 | Legendary Actors | KBS2 | Main Cast | Chuseok special program |
| 2022 | People of the Health Office | MBN | Host | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | 16th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | 모범연예인상 | | Won |
| 2010 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Special | Daemul | Won |
| 2012 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Man from the Equator, Jeon Woo-chi | Nominated |