Lee Sun-kyun
Born: 1975-03-02 in 韩国,首尔
Died: 2023-12-27
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Project Silence as Cha Jeong-won
- Land of Happiness as Park Tae-joo
2023
- Killing Romance as Jonathan Na
- Sleep as Hyun-su
- Payback: Money and Power as Eun Yong
- The Most Private Asia as Self
2021
- Dr. Brain as Koh Se-won
- Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
2020
- Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP as Black goat (voice)
- Our Little Summer Vacation as Self
- My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince as Self
2019
- Parasite as Park Dong-ik
- Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage as Jo Pil-ho
- Diary of a Prosecutor as Lee Sun-Woong
- Trans-Siberian Pathfinders as Self
2018
- Take Point as Yoon Ji-eui
- Movie Room as Self
- My Mister as Park Dong-hoon
2017
- Man of Will as King Gojong
- The King's Case Note as King Yejong of Joseon
- A Special Lady as Sang-hoon
2016
- Let's Eat Dinner Together as Himself
- My Wife's Having an Affair This Week as Do Hyun-Woo
2015
- The Advocate: A Missing Body as Byeong Ho-sung
2014
- Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village as Self
- A Hard Day as Go Gun-su
2013
- Nobody's Daughter Haewon as Seongjun
- Our Sunhi as Munsu
- Miss Korea as Kim Hyung-joon
2012
- Helpless as Jang Moon-ho
- All About My Wife as Lee Du-hyeon
- Baeksang Arts Awards as Self
- Golden Time as Lee Min-woo
2011
- Officer of the Year as Jeong Eui-chan
2010
- Running Man
- Petty Romance as Jeong-bae
- Oki's Movie as Jingu
- Pasta as Choi Hyun-wook
- Our Slightly Risque Relationship as Gi Dong Chan
2009
- You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook as Self
- Paju as Kim Joong-sik
- Visitors
- Lost in the Mountains as Myeong-woo
- Triple as Jo Hae-yoon
2008
- Night and Day as Yoon Kyungsoo
- Romantic Island as Kang Jae-hyuk
- Sakwa as Min-suk
- On Air as himself
- My Sweet City as Kim Yeong-Su
2007
- Coffee Prince as Choi Han-sung
- Our Town as Jae-sin
- Behind the White Tower as Choi Do-young
2006
- A Cruel Attendance as Min-ho
- The Customer Is Always Right as Lee Jang-gil
- 도망자 이두용 as 노철기
2005
- Loveholic as Kim Tae-hyun
- The Path to Glory
2004
- Love, So Divine as Man in Love Dovey Couple
- R-Point as Sergeant Park
- My Mother the Mermaid as Do-hyeon
2003
- Scent of Love as Doctor Shin
- Show Show Show as Sang-cheol
- Thousand Years of Love as Pil-ga
2002
- Make It Big as Woo Jung-chul
- Surprise Party as Kim Jung-woo
- A Perfect Match as Doctor
- Boss X File
1995
- A Single Spark as Newspaper Reader
1953
- The Oscars as Self