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Biography

Lee In-seop

Overview

  • Nicknames
    • In-seob Lee
    • Mr. Lee
    • Lee In-seob
    • Lei Ying-yung
    • Ying-yung Lei
    • Yan-sit Lei
    • Lei Yan-sit
    • Li Ying-yong
    • Li Ren-xie
    • Ren-xie Li
    • Ying-yong Li

Mini bio

  • Lee In-seop 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 Aikido 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 theater 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 installment of the popular "Thunderhawks" series Oigye Eseo on Ulemae 9: Mujeok Ui Paiteo Ulemae (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 "Gosu" which was a passion project of several of Korea's top stuntmen. He then had a leading role alongside Jin-tae Jeon in Dong-oh Jang's "Dok Chong", a TV martial arts movie that featured Jang's Magpie stunt team, of which Lee became a member and would later feature Lee's future Jackie Chan Stunt Team teammate Hyeon-jin Park. He would receive praise for his work on Kim Jee-woon's The Foul King (2000) where he would share action director credit with fellow Korean action icon Jung 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 on the JC 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).
    - IMDb mini biography by: J.J. Hayden

Trivia

  • Was a member of the world famous Jackie Chan Stunt Team.
  • He enjoys going skiing when he gets a break from film work.
  • Three of the most influential films in his life were: Drunken Master (1978); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); and Sommersby (1993).

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