Lee Sun-kyun
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
Credits
- 2024 · Land of Happiness as Park Tae-joo
- 2024 · Project Silence as Cha Jung-won
- 2023 · Sleep as Hyun-su
- 2023 · Killing Romance as Jonathan Na
- 2023 · The Most Private Asia as Self
- 2023 · Payback: Money and Power as Eun Yong
- 2022 · Kingmaker as Seo Chang-dae
- 2021 · Dr. Brain as Koh Se-won
- 2021 · Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
- 2020 · My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince as Self
- 2020 · Our Little Summer Vacation as Self
- 2020 · Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP as Black goat (voice)
- 2019 · Diary of a Prosecutor as Lee Sun-Woong
- 2019 · Trans-Siberian Pathfinders as Self
- 2019 · Parasite as Park Dong-ik
- 2019 · Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage as Jo Pil-ho
- 2018 · Take Point as Yoon Ji-eui
- 2018 · Movie Room as Self
- 2018 · My Mister as Park Dong-hoon
- 2017 · A Special Lady as Sang-hoon
- 2017 · Man of Will as King Gojong
- 2017 · The King's Case Note as King Yejong of Joseon
- 2016 · My Wife's Having an Affair This Week as Do Hyun-Woo
- 2016 · Dining Together as Himself
- 2015 · The Advocate: A Missing Body as Byeong Ho-sung
- 2014 · Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village as Self
- 2014 · A Hard Day as Go Gun-su
- 2013 · Miss Korea as Kim Hyung-joon
- 2013 · Our Sunhi as Kim Mun-su
- 2013 · Nobody's Daughter Haewon as Seong-jun
- 2012 · Golden Time as Lee Min-woo
- 2012 · All About My Wife as Lee Du-hyeon
- 2012 · Baeksang Arts Awards as Self
- 2012 · Helpless as Jang Moon-ho
- 2011 · Officer of the Year as Jeong Eui-chan
- 2010 · Petty Romance as Jeong-bae
- 2010 · Oki's Movie as Jin-gu
- 2010 · Running Man as Self
- 2010 · Our Slightly Risque Relationship as Gi Dong Chan
- 2010 · Pasta as Choi Hyun Wook
- 2009 · Visitors as
- 2009 · Paju as Kim Joong-sik
- 2009 · Lost in the Mountains as Myeong-woo
- 2009 · Triple as Jo Hae-yoon
- 2009 · You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook as Self
- 2008 · Romantic Island as Kang Jae-hyuk
- 2008 · Sorry Apple as Min-suk
- 2008 · My Sweet City as Kim Yeong-Su
- 2008 · On Air as himself
- 2008 · Night and Day as Yoon Kyung-soo
- 2007 · Our Town as Jae-sin
- 2007 · Coffee Prince as Choi Han-seong
- 2007 · Behind the White Tower as Choi Do-young
- 2006 · A Cruel Attendance as Min-ho
- 2006 · 도망자 이두용 as 노철기
- 2006 · The Customer Is Always Right as Lee Jang-gil
- 2005 · The Path to Glory as
- 2005 · Loveholic as Kim Tae-hyun
- 2004 · R-Point as Sergeant Park
- 2004 · Love, So Divine as Man in love dovey couple (cameo)
- 2004 · My Mother the Mermaid as Do-hyeon
- 2003 · Thousand Years of Love as Pil-ga
- 2003 · Show Show Show as Sang-cheol
- 2003 · Scent of Love as Doctor Shin
- 2002 · Boss X File as
- 2002 · A Perfect Match as Doctor
- 2002 · Surprise Party as Kim Jung-woo
- 2002 · Make It Big as Woo Jung-chul
- 1995 · A Single Spark as Newspaper Reader
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self (archive footage)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self