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), 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

Running Man

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

Parasite

Movie Room

Let's Eat Dinner Together

The Oscars

Baeksang Arts Awards

Chef & My Fridge

All Movies (40)

• Land of Happiness2024 · as Park Tae-joo
• Project Silence2024 · as Cha Jeong-won
• Sleep2023 · as Hyun-su
• Killing Romance2023 · as Jonathan Na
• Kingmaker2022 · as Seo Chang-dae
• Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP2020 · as Black goat (voice)
• Parasite2019 · as Park Dong-ik
• Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage2019 · as Jo Pil-ho
• Take Point2018 · as Yoon Ji-eui
• A Special Lady2017 · as Sang-hoon
• Man of Will2017 · as King Gojong
• The King's Case Note2017 · as King Yejong of Joseon
• The Advocate: A Missing Body2015 · as Byeong Ho-sung
• A Hard Day2014 · as Go Gun-su
• Our Sunhi2013 · as Munsu
• Nobody's Daughter Haewon2013 · as Seongjun
• All About My Wife2012 · as Lee Du-hyeon
• Helpless2012 · as Jang Moon-ho
• Officer of the Year2011 · as Jeong Eui-chan
• Petty Romance2010 · as Jeong-bae
• Oki's Movie2010 · as Jingu
• Our Slightly Risque Relationship2010 · as Gi Dong Chan
• Lost in the Mountains2009 · as Myeong-woo
• Paju2009 · as Kim Joong-sik
• Romantic Island2008 · as Kang Jae-hyuk
• Sakwa2008 · as Min-suk
• Night and Day2008 · as Yoon Kyungsoo
• Our Town2007 · as Jae-sin
• A Cruel Attendance2006 · as Min-ho
• The Customer Is Always Right2006 · as Lee Jang-gil
• R-Point2004 · as Sergeant Park
• Love, So Divine2004 · as Man in Love Dovey Couple
• My Mother the Mermaid2004 · as Do-hyeon
• Show Show Show2003 · as Sang-cheol
• Scent of Love2003 · as Doctor Shin
• Boss X File2002
• A Perfect Match2002 · as Doctor
• Surprise Party2002 · as Kim Jung-woo
• Make It Big2002 · as Woo Jung-chul
• A Single Spark1995 · as Newspaper Reader

All TV Shows (30)

• The Most Private Asia2023 · as Self
• Payback: Money and Power2023 · as Eun Yong
• Dr. Brain2021 · as Koh Se-won
• Next Entertainment, Visionary2021 · as Self
• My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince2020 · as Self
• Our Little Summer Vacation2020 · as Self
• Diary of a Prosecutor2019 · as Lee Sun-Woong
• Trans-Siberian Pathfinders2019 · as Self
• Movie Room2018 · as Self
• My Mister2018 · as Park Dong-hoon
• My Wife's Having an Affair This Week2016 · as Do Hyun-woo
• Let's Eat Dinner Together2016 · as Self
• Chef & My Fridge2014 · as Self
• Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village2014 · as Self
• Miss Korea2013 · as Kim Hyung-joon
• Golden Time2012 · as Lee Min-woo
• Baeksang Arts Awards2012 · as Self
• Running Man2010
• Pasta2010 · as Choi Hyun-wook
• Triple2009 · as Jo Hae-yoon
• You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook2009 · as Self
• My Sweet City2008 · as Kim Yeong-Su
• On Air2008 · as Self
• Coffee Prince2007 · as Choi Han-sung
• Behind the White Tower2007 · as Choi Do-young
• 도망자 이두용2006 · as 노철기
• The Path to Glory2005
• Loveholic2005 · as Kim Tae-hyun
• Thousand Years of Love2003 · as Pil-ga
• The Oscars1953 · as Self