Lee Sun-kyun
- Acting
- March 2, 1975 · Seoul, South Korea
- December 27, 2023
Biography
Lee Sun-kyun (March 2, 1975 – December 27, 2023) was a South Korean actor. He was best known for his roles in the films, Helpless (2012), romantic comedy All About My Wife (2012), and crime/black comedy A Hard Day (2014). He was also known for his role in the Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award-winning black comedy film Parasite for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates. He received several other awards including nomination for an International Emmy Award. After beginning his career in musical theatre, for many years Lee was relegated to minor and supporting roles onscreen, only getting to play lead characters in one-act dramas on KBS Drama City and MBC Best Theater. In one such Best Theater project, he worked with TV director Lee Yoon-jung on Taereung National Village (2005), which led to him being cast in her later series Coffee Prince in 2007. Coffee Prince, along with medical drama White Tower brought Lee mainstream popularity, which he followed with Pasta (2010), Golden Time (2012) and My Mister (2018). Meanwhile, on the big screen, he received a Best Actor award from the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival for his role in Paju (2009), followed by critical acclaim for mystery thriller Helpless (2012), romantic comedy All About My Wife (2012), and crime/black comedy A Hard Day (2014). Lee also continues to collaborate with auteur Hong Sang-soo, and his arthouse films with Hong include Night and Day (2008), Oki's Movie (2010), and Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013). In 2019, he starred in Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning black comedy film Parasite.
Known for
Filmography
- Land of Happiness · Park Tae-joo
- Project Silence · Cha Jeong-won
- Sleep · Hyun-su
- Killing Romance · Jonathan Na
- The Most Private Asia · Self
- Payback: Money and Power · Eun Yong
- Hunt · Thanks
- Kingmaker · Seo Chang-dae
- Dr. Brain · Koh Se-won
- Next Entertainment, Visionary · Self
- My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince · Self
- Our Little Summer Vacation · Self
- Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP · Black goat (Voice)
- Diary of a Prosecutor · Lee Sun-Woong
- Trans-Siberian Pathfinders · Self
- Parasite · Park Dong-ik
- Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage · Jo Pil-ho
- Take Point · Yoon Ji-eui
- Movie Room · Self
- My Mister · Park Dong-hoon
- A Special Lady · Sang-hoon
- Man of Will · King Gojong
- The King's Case Note · King Yejong of Joseon
- My Wife's Having an Affair This Week · Do Hyun-woo
- Let's Eat Dinner Together · Self
- The Advocate: A Missing Body · Byeong Ho-sung
- Chef & My Fridge · Self
- Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village · Self
- A Hard Day · Go Gun-su
- Miss Korea · Kim Hyung-joon
- Our Sunhi · Munsu
- Nobody's Daughter Haewon · Seongjun
- Golden Time · Lee Min-woo
- All About My Wife · Lee Du-hyeon
- Baeksang Arts Awards · Self
- Helpless · Jang Moon-ho
- Officer of the Year · Jeong Eui-chan
- Petty Romance · Jeong-bae
- Oki's Movie · Jingu
- Running Man
- Our Slightly Risque Relationship · Gi Dong Chan
- Pasta · Choi Hyun-wook
- Lost in the Mountains · Myeong-woo
- Paju · Kim Joong-sik
- Triple · Jo Hae-yoon
- You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook · Self
- Romantic Island · Kang Jae-hyuk
- Sakwa · Min-suk
- My Sweet City · Kim Yeong-Su
- On Air · Self
- Night and Day · Yoon Kyungsoo
- Our Town · Jae-sin
- Coffee Prince · Choi Han-sung
- Behind the White Tower · Choi Do-young
- A Cruel Attendance · Min-ho
- 도망자 이두용 · 노철기
- The Customer Is Always Right · Lee Jang-gil
- The Path to Glory
- Loveholic · Kim Tae-hyun
- R-Point · Sergeant Park
- Love, So Divine · Man in Love Dovey Couple
- My Mother the Mermaid · Do-hyeon
- Thousand Years of Love · Pil-ga
- Show Show Show · Sang-cheol
- Scent of Love · Doctor Shin
- Boss X File
- A Perfect Match · Doctor
- Surprise Party · Kim Jung-woo
- Make It Big · Woo Jung-chul
- A Single Spark · Newspaper Reader
- The Oscars · Self