Acting credits
69
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Lee Sun-kyun
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
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Movies: 41Series: 29Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 115290
IMDb ID: nm1310525
Known for: Acting
Born: March 2, 1975
Died: December 27, 2023
Age: 48
Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2024
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q489681
Also known as
Lee Seon-gyun • Seon-gyun Lee • Lee Sun Gyun • Sun-kyun Lee
Other jobs
Thanks (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Lee Sun-kyun.
Land of Happiness
as Park Tae-joo
2024 Movie
Project Silence
as Cha Jeong-won
2024 Movie
Sleep
as Hyun-su
2023 Movie
Killing Romance
as Jonathan Na
2023 Movie
Hunt
Thanks
2022 Movie
Kingmaker
as Seo Chang-dae
2022 Movie
Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
as Black goat (voice)
2020 Movie
Parasite
as Park Dong-ik
2019 Movie
Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
as Jo Pil-ho
2019 Movie
Take Point
as Yoon Ji-eui
2018 Movie
A Special Lady
as Sang-hoon
2017 Movie
Man of Will
as King Gojong
2017 Movie
The King's Case Note
as King Yejong of Joseon
2017 Movie
The Advocate: A Missing Body
as Byeong Ho-sung
2015 Movie
A Hard Day
as Go Gun-su
2014 Movie
Our Sunhi
as Munsu
2013 Movie
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
as Seongjun
2013 Movie
All About My Wife
as Lee Du-hyeon
2012 Movie
Helpless
as Jang Moon-ho
2012 Movie
Officer of the Year
as Jeong Eui-chan
2011 Movie
Petty Romance
as Jeong-bae
2010 Movie
Oki's Movie
as Jingu
2010 Movie
Our Slightly Risque Relationship
as Gi Dong Chan
2010 Movie
Lost in the Mountains
as Myeong-woo
2009 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Lee Sun-kyun.
The Most Private Asia
as Self • 10 eps
2023 Series
Payback: Money and Power
as Eun Yong • 12 eps
2023 Series
Dr. Brain
as Koh Se-won • 6 eps
2021 Series
Next Entertainment, Visionary
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince
as Self • 2 eps
2020 Series
Our Little Summer Vacation
as Self • 3 eps
2020 Series
Diary of a Prosecutor
as Lee Sun-Woong • 16 eps
2019 Series
Trans-Siberian Pathfinders
as Self • 9 eps
2019 Series
Movie Room
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
My Mister
as Park Dong-hoon • 16 eps
2018 Series
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week
as Do Hyun-woo • 12 eps
2016 Series
Let's Eat Dinner Together
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Chef & My Fridge
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
Miss Korea
as Kim Hyung-joon • 20 eps
2013 Series
Golden Time
as Lee Min-woo • 23 eps
2012 Series
Baeksang Arts Awards
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
Running Man
1 eps
2010 Series
Pasta
as Choi Hyun-wook • 20 eps
2010 Series
Triple
as Jo Hae-yoon • 16 eps
2009 Series
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
My Sweet City
as Kim Yeong-Su • 16 eps
2008 Series
On Air
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
Coffee Prince
as Choi Han-sung • 17 eps
2007 Series