Lee Sun-kyun

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),…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Parasite (2019) — Park Dong-ik
2. A Hard Day (2014) — Go Gun-su
3. Project Silence (2024) — Cha Jeong-won
4. Coffee Prince (2007) — Choi Han-sung
5. Sleep (2023) — Hyun-su
6. Running Man (2010)
7. My Mister (2018) — Park Dong-hoon
8. R-Point (2004) — Sergeant Park
9. Dr. Brain (2021) — Koh Se-won
10. Take Point (2018) — Yoon Ji-eui
11. Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (2019) — Jo Pil-ho
12. Helpless (2012) — Jang Moon-ho
13. The Oscars (1953) — Self
14. Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013) — Seongjun
15. Oki's Movie (2010) — Jingu
16. All About My Wife (2012) — Lee Du-hyeon
17. Our Sunhi (2013) — Munsu
18. Night and Day (2008) — Yoon Kyungsoo
19. The Advocate: A Missing Body (2015) — Byeong Ho-sung
20. Payback: Money and Power (2023) — Eun Yong
21. Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020) — Black goat (voice)
22. Officer of the Year (2011) — Jeong Eui-chan
23. Love, So Divine (2004) — Man in Love Dovey Couple
24. Kingmaker (2022) — Seo Chang-dae
25. A Special Lady (2017) — Sang-hoon
26. My Wife's Having an Affair This Week (2016) — Do Hyun-woo
27. Petty Romance (2010) — Jeong-bae
28. Our Town (2007) — Jae-sin
29. Paju (2009) — Kim Joong-sik
30. Killing Romance (2023) — Jonathan Na
31. The King's Case Note (2017) — King Yejong of Joseon
32. My Mother the Mermaid (2004) — Do-hyeon
33. A Single Spark (1995) — Newspaper Reader
34. Lost in the Mountains (2009) — Myeong-woo
35. Pasta (2010) — Choi Hyun-wook
36. Diary of a Prosecutor (2019) — Lee Sun-Woong
37. Man of Will (2017) — King Gojong
38. Land of Happiness (2024) — Park Tae-joo
39. The Customer Is Always Right (2006) — Lee Jang-gil
40. Sakwa (2008) — Min-suk