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Lee Sun-kyun

03/02/1975 | Seoul, South Korea | Actor | Male | 12/27/2023 (48 years old)

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.

Lee Sun-kyun Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	Payback: Money and Power	203
2.	Parasite	160
3.	Dr. Brain	29
4.	My Mister	12
5.	Sleep	8
6.	Take Point	0

Payback: Money and Power

TV Show | 01/06/2023

Follows the revenge story of a group of people — including Eun-yong, a money trader — who refuse to remain silent in the face of unjust authorities and fight against a cartel conspiring with the law.

2,514

Parasite

Movie | South Korea | 05/30/2019 | Drama | Social Issues

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

8.5/10

99%

22,664

Dr. Brain

TV Show | South Korea | 11/04/2021

Brilliant brain scientist Sewon suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts brain syncs with the dead to access their memories for clues.

80%

203

My Mister

TV Show | South Korea | 03/21/2018 | Drama | Relationship

The drama tells the story of three brothers who struggle with their own lives separately, and a woman who is both cold and distant due to the many hardships she faced in her life. Together they learn to enjoy and appreciate life and heal their past wounds.

9.1/10

473

Sleep

Movie | South Korea | 09/06/2023 | Comedy

A young couple's life is turned upside down when the husband sleepwalks and turns into someone else after dark. His wife, overwhelmed by the fear that he will harm their newborn baby, can no longer sleep.

6.6/10

91%

147

Take Point

Movie | South Korea | 12/26/2018 | Action

On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.

5.4/10

80%

297

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