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.
Series | No Way Out | Baek Joong-sik | 2025 |
Movie | The Land of Happiness | Park Tae-Joo | 2025 |
Movie | The Cross | Unknown | 2025 |
Series | Payback: Money and Power | Eun Yong | 2023-01-06 |
Series | The Most Private Asia | Self | 2023-03-27 |
Movie | Project Silence | Cha Jung-won | 2023-05-21 |
Movie | Killing Romance | Jonathan Na | 2023-04-14 |
Movie | Sleep | Hyun-su | 2023-09-06 |
Movie | Kingmaker | Seo Chang-dae | 2022-01-26 |
Series | Next Entertainment, Visionary | Self | 2021-01-18 |
Series | Dr. Brain | Koh Se-won | 2021-11-04 |
Series | Our Little Summer Vacation | Self | 2020-07-17 |
Movie | Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP | Black goat (voice) | 2020-01-22 |
Series | My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince | Self | 2020-09-24 |
Movie | Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage | Jo Pil-ho | 2019-03-20 |
Series | Trans-Siberian Pathfinders | Self | 2019-09-26 |
Series | Diary of a Prosecutor | Lee Sun-Woong | 2019-12-16 |
Movie | Parasite | Park Dong-ik | 2019-05-30 |
Series | My Mister | Park Dong-hoon | 2018-03-21 |
Movie | Take Point | Yoon Ji-eui | 2018-12-26 |
Series | Movie Room | Self | 2018-05-04 |
Movie | A Special Lady | Sang-hoon | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | The King's Case Note | King Yejong of Joseon | 2017-04-26 |
Movie | Man of Will | King Gojong | 2017-10-19 |
Series | Dining Together | Himself | 2016-10-19 |
Series | My Wife's Having an Affair This Week | Do Hyun-Woo | 2016-10-28 |
Movie | The Advocate: A Missing Body | Byeong Ho-sung | 2015-10-08 |
Movie | A Hard Day | Go Gun-su | 2014-05-29 |
Series | Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village | himself | 2014-10-17 |
Movie | Our Sunhi | Kim Mun-su | 2013-09-12 |
Movie | Nobody's Daughter Haewon | Seong-jun | 2013-02-28 |
Series | Miss Korea | Kim Hyung-joon | 2013-12-18 |
Series | Golden Time | Lee Min-woo | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | Helpless | Jang Moon-ho | 2012-03-08 |
Movie | All About My Wife | Lee Du-hyeon | 2012-05-17 |
Series | Baeksang Arts Awards | Self | 2012-04-26 |
Movie | Officer of the Year | Jeong Eui-chan | 2011-05-04 |
Series | Pasta | Choi Hyun Wook | 2010-01-04 |
Movie | Petty Romance | Jeong-bae | 2010-12-01 |
Series | Running Man | Self | 2010-07-11 |
Movie | Our Slightly Risque Relationship | Gi Dong Chan | 2010-06-05 |
Movie | Oki's Movie | Jin-gu | 2010-09-16 |
Series | You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook | Self | 2009-04-24 |
Series | Triple | Jo Hae-yoon | 2009-06-11 |
Movie | Visitors | Unknown | 2009-11-12 |
Movie | Paju | Kim Joong-sik | 2009-10-28 |
Movie | Lost in the Mountains | Myeong-woo | 2009-07-31 |
Movie | Night and Day | Yoon Kyung-soo | 2008-02-28 |
Movie | Sorry Apple | Min-suk | 2008-10-16 |
Series | On Air | himself | 2008-03-05 |
Movie | Romantic Island | Kang Jae-hyuk | 2008-12-24 |
Series | My Sweet City | Kim Yeong-Su | 2008-06-06 |
Series | Coffee Prince | Choi Han-sun | 2007-07-02 |
Movie | Our Town | Jae-sin | 2007-11-29 |
Series | Behind the White Tower | Choi Do-young | 2007-01-06 |
Movie | The Customer Is Always Right | Lee Jang-gil | 2006-02-23 |
Series | 도망자 이두용 | 노철기 | 2006-09-27 |
Movie | A Cruel Attendance | Min-ho | 2006-11-02 |
Series | The Path to Glory | Unknown | 2005-10-29 |
Series | Loveholic | Kim Tae-hyun | 2005-05-02 |
Movie | Love, So Divine | Man in love dovey couple (cameo) | 2004-08-05 |
Movie | R-Point | Sergeant Park | 2004-08-13 |
Movie | My Mother the Mermaid | Do-hyeon | 2004-06-30 |
Movie | Scent of Love | Doctor Shin | 2003-02-28 |
Movie | Show Show Show | Sang-cheol | 2003-02-28 |
Series | Thousand Years of Love | Pil-ga | 2003-03-22 |
Movie | Boss X File | Unknown | 2002-09-06 |
Movie | Make It Big | Woo Jung-chul | 2002-05-10 |
Movie | A Perfect Match | Doctor | 2002-08-08 |
Movie | Surprise Party | Kim Jung-woo | 2002-07-05 |
Movie | A Single Spark | Newspaper Reader | 1995-11-18 |
Series | The Oscars | Self (archive footage) | 1953-03-19 |