Lee Sun-kyun

Lee Sun-kyun (; March 2, 1975 – December 27, 2023) was a South Korean actor. Internationally, he was best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award–winning film ''Parasite'' (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates. He received several other awards, including a nomination for an International Emmy Award.

Lee debuted as an actor in 2000 and performed in TV dramas and musical theatre. The dramas ''Coffee Prince'' and ''Behind the White Tower'' (both 2007) 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 continued to collaborate with director Hong Sang-soo, and his arthouse films with Hong include ''Night and Day'' (2008), ''Oki's Movie'' (2010), and ''Nobody's Daughter Haewon'' (2013).

On December 27, 2023, Lee died from suicide at the age of 48. At the time of his death, Lee had been investigated for alleged drug consumption. Provided by Wikipedia