He was born in South Korea on 15th April 1969. He has had a love of Taekwondo since he was 6 years old and used to watch and imitate Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. He was good at sports, doing mechanical gymnastics in elementary school and was on the Hapkido demonstration team in middle school.

At first, he dreamed of becoming an actor, but since he was good at sports he entered the physical education department at university, while taking a theatre and film class to pursue his dream. When he was in my first year of college, his friend recommended he do an action role as a part-time job, so he became a stunt man.

His first credited film role was in the 9th instalment of the popular "Thunderhawk" series Invincible Fighter Thunderhawk [1993], under the action direction of famed Korean super-kicker Won Jin. He would work on several of Korea's top action films of the 90s, including playing the role of "Dog" in 98's "The Expert" which was a passion project of several of Korea's top stuntmen.

He then had a leading role alongside Jeon Je-hyeok (aka Ricky Jun) in Seol Chi-guk (aka Raven Chang)'s "Vindictive Venom", a TV martial arts movie that featured Raven's Magpie Stunt Team, of which Lee became a member and would later feature Lee's future Jackie Chan Stunt Team teammate Park Hyeon-jin. He would receive praise for his work on Kim Ji-woon's The Foul King (2000) where he would share action director credit with fellow Korean action icon Jeong Doo-hong.

It had been noted by colleagues that he had a strong resemblance to Jackie Chan, a feature he would put to good use as he joined fellow Korean Park, as an “official member” of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. With his Taekwondo kicking-skills and similar look, he made a great stunt double for the martial arts icon, and would perform this role on many occasion during his time with the team.

Between filming with the JC Stunt Team, he would return home to South Korea and work in the local film industry, involving himself in stunt work, action direction and giving lectures and seminars at universities. In the mid 2000's would form the South Korean stunt team Triple A (All About Action)/(A.A.A), whose members would be become some of the country's top action directors, working on some of the industry's best action films, including: The Suspect (2013); War of the Arrows (2011); and Confidential Assignment (2017).

J.J. Hayden [12-Nov-2022]