Lee Sun-kyun

About

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,...

Known for

Running ManSeries • 2010ParasiteMovie • 2019My MisterSeries • 2018Coffee PrinceSeries • 2007Diary of a ProsecutorSeries • 2019Project SilenceMovie • 2024Dr. BrainSeries • 2021Payback: Money and PowerSeries • 2023A Hard DayMovie • 2014HuntMovie • 2022My Wife's Having an Affair This WeekSeries • 2016Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning RageMovie • 2019SleepMovie • 2023Take PointMovie • 2018Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIPMovie • 2020KingmakerMovie • 2022The Advocate: A Missing BodyMovie • 2015R-PointMovie • 2004All About My WifeMovie • 2012Nobody's Daughter HaewonMovie • 2013Killing RomanceMovie • 2023HelplessMovie • 2012Our SunhiMovie • 2013The King's Case NoteMovie • 2017