This is a list of awards and nominations received by South Korean actor, model and businessman Lee Jung-jae. Lee is acknowledged for his roles in a variety of film genres, and is internationally famous for his role as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game (2021–2025).
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Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result AACTA International Awards2022Best Actor in a Series Squid Game APAN Star Awards 2022 Top Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Drama Asia Artist Awards 2020 Grand Prize (Daesang) – FilmDeliver Us from Evil 2021Fabulous Award – ActorSquid Game Actor of the Year (Daesang) Hot Trend Awards Asian Film Critics Association Awards 2016 Best Actor Assassination Baeksang Arts Awards 1995 Best New Actor – TelevisionSandglass Best New Actor – FilmThe Young Man 1997 Most Popular Actor – FilmFirebird 1999Best Actor – FilmCity of the Rising Sun Most Popular Actor – Film 2000Best Actor - Film The Uprising 2014 Best Supporting Actor – Film The Face Reader 2015 InStyle Fashionista Award Lee Jung-jae 2021 Best Actor – Film Deliver Us from Evil 2022 Best Actor – Television Squid Game 2023 Best DirectorHunt Best New Director Best Screenplay Beautiful Artist Awards (Shin Young-kyun Arts and Culture Foundation) 2023 Film Artist Award Squid Game Blue Dragon Film Awards 1995Best New ActorThe Young Man 1998 Best Leading Actor An Affair 1999City of the Rising Sun 2013Best Supporting ActorThe Face Reader 2015 Best Leading ActorAssassination 2021Deliver Us from Evil 2022 Best New DirectorHunt Best Film (as producer) Best Screenplay Blue Dragon Series Awards 2022 Best Leading Actor Squid Game Buil Film Awards2014 Best Supporting Actor The Face Reader 2015 Best ActorAssassination 2020Deliver Us from Evil 2022 Best New Director Hunt Chaplin Award 2025 Chaplin Award Asia Lee Jung-jae Chunsa Film Art Awards 2014 Best Actor The Face Reader 2021Deliver Us from Evil Critics' Choice Television Awards 2022 Best Actor in a Drama SeriesSquid Game Director's Cut Awards 2022 Best Actor in Series 2023Best New DirectorHunt Elle Style Awards2018Super Icon (Male)Lee Jung-jae Fantasporto Director's Week 2011 Best Actor The Housemaid Gold Derby Awards 2022 Best Drama Actor Squid Game Golden Cinematography Awards 2006 Best Actor Typhoon Golden Globe Awards 2022 Best Actor – Television Series DramaSquid Game Golden Lotus Awards 2016 Best Actor Tik tok Gotham Awards 2021 Outstanding Performance in New SeriesSquid Game Grand Bell Awards 1995 Best New ActorThe Young Man 1999 Best ActorCity of the Rising Sun 2001 Last Present 2006Typhoon 2013 The Face Reader Popularity Award 2022Best New DirectorHunt Best Film Best Screenplay Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards2022Best New FilmmakerHunt Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) TV Awards 2022 Best Actor in a Streaming Series, DramaSquid Game Independent Spirit Awards 2022 Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series KBS Drama Awards 1994 Best New Actor Feelings Kinolights Awards 2021 Actor of the Year (Domestic)Squid Game rowspan="2" 2022 Hunt Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 1995 Best New ActorThe Young Man 1999 Best ActorCity of the Rising Sun 2013CJ CGV Star AwardNew World, The Face Reader Best ActorThe Face Reader 2022Best New DirectorHunt Korea Drama Awards 2019 Top Excellence Award, ActorChief of Staff Korean Film Reporters Association Film Awards 2014 Best Supporting ActorThe Face Reader Korea Image Awards 2023 Korea Image Stepping Stone Award Squid Game, Hunt Marie Claire Asia Star Awards 2015 Actor of the YearAssassination London Asian Film Festival 2022 Honorary Award Hunt Max Movie Awards2014Best Supporting ActorThe Face Reader 2016 Best ActorAssassination Mnet 20's Choice Awards 2010 Most Influential Star Lee Jung-jae National Brand Awards 2022 National Brand Awards in the field of culture Primetime Emmy Awards2022Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesSquid Game SBS Drama Awards 1995 Best New ActorSandglass Screen Actors Guild Awards 2022 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Squid Game Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Seoul Success Awards 2022 Popular Culture Grand Prize – ActorLee Jung-jae Style Icon Awards 2008 Style Icon Actor 2016 Bonsang Verona Love Screens Film Festival 2002 Best ActorAsako in Ruby Shoes Visionary Awards 2023 2023 Visionary Lee Jung-jae
Other accolades State honors (Order of Cultural Merit, 1st Class, 2022) +Name of country, award ceremony, year given, and name of honorCountryAward CeremonyYearHonorSouth KoreaThe 38th Savings Day2001Prime Minister's Commendation Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards 2025 Foreign Minister's Award Newsis K-Expo Cultural Awards 2025 Minister of Foreign Affairs Award
Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year Listicle Rank Forbes Korea 2016 Power Celebrity 2022 Gallup Korea 2021 Film Actor of the Year Television Actor of the Year 2022 Film Actor of the Year Gold House 2024 A100 Most Impactful Asians List Korea Newspaper Journalists Association 2025 100 Great Koreans Awards 2026 K-Culture 100 Great Koreans Awards Korean Film Council 2021 Korean Actors 200 The New York Times 2021 The 13 Breakout TV Stars of 2021
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