---
name: "Lee Jong-pil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-jong-pil"
fi1m_id: "lee-jong-pil"
imdb_id: "nm5484821"
tmdb_id: 1075354
wikidata_id: "Q100589506"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:36:36.711240+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lee Jong-pil

## Identity

Lee Jong-pil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-jong-pil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-jong-pil
- **IMDb ID:** nm5484821
- **TMDB ID:** 1075354
- **Wikidata ID:** Q100589506
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100589506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5484821/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075354

Actor. Born 1 January 1980 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1980, Seoul, South Korea
- **Also known as:** JP Lee
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100589506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5484821/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075354

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Man from Nowhere*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md) (72)

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## Biography

Lee Jong-pil is a South Korean film director and screenwriter, also credited as JP Lee or Jong-pil Lee. He began his career with small acting roles, including as Detective No in *The Man from Nowhere* (2010).

His directorial debut was *Born to Sing* (2013), which he also wrote. Subsequent films include *The Sound of a Flower* (2015), *Samjin Company English Class* (2020) and *Escape* (2024). He has received five award nominations, including for best director at the Baeksang Arts Awards for *Samjin Company English Class* and at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for *Escape*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, forbes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Fi1m 72, as Detective No — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Time of Cinema* (2026), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- *Pavane* (2026), Director, Writer
- *Project 30* (2026), Director
- *Escape* (2024), Director, Adaptation
- *1, 2, 3 Love* (2023), Actor
- *One Day Off* (2023), series, Director
- *Samjin Company English Class* (2020), Director, Adaptation
- *The Sound of a Flower* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Big Good* (2013), Actor
- *Born To Sing* (2013), Director, Screenplay
- *Hindsight* (2011), as Yong-soo
- *Nice Shorts! 2011* (2011), Actor
- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), as Detective No — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *Be With Me* (2010), as Hyuk-geun
- *Now i'll be brave* (2010), as Father (seg.5) · Director, Writer
- *A Trip to the Moon* (2009), Director, Cinematography, Screenplay
- *Suicide of the Quadruplets* (2008), as Reporter
- *Enemy's Apple* (2007), as Conscripted Policeman

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