Lee Sun-kyun - StarsUnfolded

Publish date: 2024-06-07

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Age: 48 Years

Death Cause: Suicide

Wife: Jeon Hye-jin

Some Lesser Known Facts About Lee Sun-kyun

Lee Sun-kyun (1975-2023) was a South Korean actor who gained recognition for his roles in K-drama & films like Coffee Prince (2007), Pasta (2010), Golden Time (2012), My Mister (2018), and Parasite (2019). In December 2023, he was found dead in a car at a park in Seoul, South Korea.

When Lee was in high school, he was enthusiastic about basketball and used to play basketball for almost twelve hours a day.

In his high school days, he also liked music and advertising and wanted to work as a producer in radio shows.

Lee Sun-kyun was a part of the lightening unit of the drama club of his college. When they were practising for a drama, one of his seniors excluded his name from the play, and Sun-kyun was chosen as his senior’s replacement. While acting on stage, Sun-kyun felt a connection with the stage and decided to become an actor. He dropped out of college and enrolled at Korea National University of Arts in Seoul to pursue a BFA in Acting.

He acted in many popular musical theatres including, Grease (2003), Indangsu Love Song (2005), and Love, Love, Love (2013).

Lee made his television debut with the 2002 MBC’s K-drama “Lovers,” in a very small supporting role and went on to act in supporting roles in many popular K-dramas and television theatres like Thousand Years of Love (2003), Chakhan Dangshin Loveholic (2003), Semi-transparent (2004), Innocent Love (2005), Loveholic (2005), Taereung National Village (2005), and Fugitive Lee Doo-yong (2006).

He appeared in several short films such as Goodbye Day (2003), Survival Meeting Game (2003), Hitchhiking (2004), Curry and Rice Story (2005), and Lost in the Mountains (2009).

Lee Sun-kyun made his breakthrough with the 2007 medical K-drama “White Tower” and went on to star in famous K-dramas such as Coffee Prince (2007), Triple (2009), Pasta (2010), Golden Time (2012), Miss Korea (2013), Listen to Love (2016), My Mister (2018), and Prosecutor Civil War (2019).

He made his feature film debut with “Make It Big” (2002) as ‘Woo Jung-chul’ and appeared as a supporting character in many feature films such as A Perfect Match (2002), Scent of Love (2003), Survival Meeting Game (2003), My Mother, the Mermaid (2004), Love, So Divine (2004), Our Town (2007), and Night and Day (2008).

He made his breakthrough in the film industry with the 2008 film “Sa-kwa” and acted in many successful Korean films like Paju (2009), Oki’s Movie (2010), Helpless (2012), Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (2012), A Hard Day (2014), The King’s Case Note (2017), Take Point (2018), and Parasite (2019).

His trademark was an ‘impatient perfectionist’ type role. This trait came onto the radar of the audience after Lee’s hit serial “Pasta” (2010). According to netizens, it would be weird to see him not showing frustration.

In 2007, he was appointed as the brand ambassador for the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

He played the role of ‘Park Dong-ik’ in the film “Parasite” (2019), directed by Bong Joon-ho. The film won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and four awards at the 2020 Academy Awards in the categories, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film.

On 27 December 2023, Lee Sun-kyun was discovered dead in a car at Waryong Park in Seoul, South Korea. The investigation revealed that he had left home early on the same day after writing a suicide note.

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