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.
Filmography
all 71
Movies 43
TV Shows 28
self 13
Voice 1
Sleep (2023)
Project Silence (2023)
Killing Romance (2023)
The Most Private Asia (2023)
Payback: Money and Power (2023)
Hunt (2022)
Kingmaker (2022)
Dr. Brain (2021)
Next Entertainment, Visionary (2021)
My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince (2020)
Our Little Summer Vacation (2020)
Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)
Diary of a Prosecutor (2019)
Trans-Siberian Pathfinders (2019)
2036 apocalypse earth (2019)
Parasite (2019)
Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (2019)
Take Point (2018)
Movie Room (2018)
My Mister (2018)
A Special Lady (2017)
Man of Will (2017)
The King's Case Note (2017)
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week (2016)
Dining Together (2016)
The Advocate: A Missing Body (2015)
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village (2014)
A Hard Day (2014)
Miss Korea (2013)
Our Sunhi (2013)
Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)
Golden Time (2012)
All About My Wife (2012)
Baeksang Arts Awards (2012)
Helpless (2012)
Officer of the Year (2011)
Petty Romance (2010)
Oki's Movie (2010)
Running Man (2010)
Our Slightly Risque Relationship (2010)
Pasta (2010)
Visitors (2009)
Paju (2009)
Lost in the Mountains (2009)
Triple (2009)
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (2009)
Romantic Island (2008)
Sorry Apple (2008)
My Sweet City (2008)
On Air (2008)
Night and Day (2008)
Our Town (2007)
Coffee Prince (2007)
Behind the White Tower (2007)
A Cruel Attendance (2006)
The Customer Is Always Right (2006)
The Path to Glory (2005)
Loveholic (2005)
R-Point (2004)
Love, So Divine (2004)
My Mother the Mermaid (2004)
Thousand Years of Love (2003)
Show Show Show (2003)
Scent of Love (2003)
Boss X File (2002)
A Perfect Match (2002)
Surprise Party (2002)
Make It Big (2002)
A Single Spark (1995)
The Oscars (1953)
The Land of Happiness
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1975-03-02
Deathday2023-12-27 (48 years old)
Birth PlaceSeoul, South Korea
RelationshipsJeon Hye-jin (2009-05-23 - 2023-12-27)
SpouseJeon Hye-jin
CitizenshipsSouth Korea
Also Known AsLee Seon-gyun , Ли Сон Гюн, Seon-gyun Lee, 이선균, Lee Sun Gyun, 李善均, Sun-kyun Lee
AwardsKBS Drama Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award, MBC Drama Awards
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