Disclosed is an electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a first material including a carbon material, a second material of a nanostructure formed on the first material, the second material including at least one selected from a metal and a metalloid capable of reversibly alloying with lithium, and a third material present on a surface of at least one of the first material and the second material to control a side reaction with an electrolyte solution, an electrode including the electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery having the electrode.