Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has taken on a broad spectrum of roles over the years, with film credits including The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2011). Lee’s role in the global blockbuster, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), established him as an international star and he continued his Hollywood success in Red 2 (2013), starring alongside Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta Jones and John Malkovich. In Masquerade (2012), Lee returns to the Korean film industry with the first period drama of his career. He has received several awards throughout his career including Best Actor at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards, 25th Critics Choice Awards and the 1st Busan Film Critics Awards. He won Best Actor and Popularity Award for Masquerade at the Korean Bell Awards.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
