Lee Sun-kyun

Movie Actor

Lee Sun-kyun was born in Seoul, South Korea on March 2nd, 1975 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 48, Lee Sun-kyun biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Lee Seon Gyun, The Voice
Date of Birth
March 2, 1975
Nationality
South Korea
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Death Date
Dec 27, 2023 (age 48)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Lee Sun-kyun Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 48 years old, Lee Sun-kyun has this physical status:

Height
181cm
Weight
74kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Lee Sun-kyun Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
School of Drama
Lee Sun-kyun Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Jeon Hye-jin
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Jeon Hye-jin
Parents
Not Available
Lee Sun-kyun Career

Career

In 1994, Lee Sun-kyun joined the Korea National University of Arts and graduated in the first batch of the School of Drama's first batch. Brad Majors made his acting debut in The Rocky Horror Show in 2001.

He finally found his breakthrough in 2007 with the critically lauded medical drama White Tower and the highly praised romantic drama Coffee Prince, playing small supporting roles for many years. He has worked with director Lee Yoon-jung twice before, in the sports-themed Taereung National Village in 2005 and in the slice-of-life drama Triple in 2009.

Lee was appointed as Ambassador for the Health Insurance Review Agency in 2007, and the Korea Advertisers Association in 2008 gave him an award.

Lee, despite his burgeoning fame, went back to low-budget arthouse films to fine tune his acting caliber. Night and Day, Lost in the Mountains, Oki's Movie, Nobody's Daughter Haewon and Our Sunhi were all directed by Hong Sang-soo, an auteur known for his realistic portrayal of daily life. Lee also headlined Paju, for which he received the Best Actor award at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival in Spain. The judging committee awarded Lee high marks for portraying his wife's younger sister's love for his husband.

Lee successfully shook off his "gentle" TV drama image with Pasta, in which he played a vivacious but abrasive chef, and the series's success made him a well-known romantic leading man. Petty Romance reunited him with his My Sweet Seoul co-star Choi Kang-hee and the year's best-upmanship comedy Officer of the Year (also known as Arrest King) followed shortly.

By appearing in Our Slightly Risque Relationship, Lee demonstrated his love for Drama Special (formerly Drama City)'s revival (KBS Drama Awards). He has consistently defended the benefits of the short drama style as a training ground for young talent, while acknowledging its contributions to his own career.

He starred in two major-screen hits in 2012: mystery thriller Helpless and romantic comedy All About My Wife. Lee, who reunites with Pasta director Kwon Seok-jang, served as a trauma doctor in Golden Time. Miss Korea was his third collaboration with Kwon, a drama set amidst the 1990s IMF crisis.

In Mike Bartlett's stage play Love, Love, Love in 2013, Lee returned to the theater opposite wife Jeon Hye-jin. He headlined A Hard Day, which screened at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and became a highly acclaimed sleeper in the box office the following year. Lee starred in The Advocate: A Missing Body, a courtroom drama film.

Lee appeared in the critically acclaimed television series My Mister in 2018. He appeared in the action thriller film Take Point the same year.

Lee is expected to appear in the prosecutor civil war in 2019.

Lee is seen as a political strategist in 2021 in a political drama film Kingmaker. In December, the film is set to be released.

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Following an extensive police investigation into drug use, Bong Joon-ho has called for an inquiry into Lee Sun-kyun's death

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 13, 2024
In as many months before he was discovered dead in his car on December 27, Lee Sun-kyun was brought to for police interviews in front of the country's media three times. He was accused of stealing ketamine and marijuana at a hostess' house, but he denied that he was the perpetrator of a blackmail campaign in the socially conservative world. Bong's last police interview lasted 19 hours through the night on Christmas Eve, and he accused police of leaking details to the media. We need a fact-finding probe into whether there were any security issues surrounding the police probe,' he said alongside fellow directors, producers, and writers.'

Lee Sun-kyun, a To the public, he had begged police not to reveal his suspicions over the hostes' drug blackmail scheme, but the investigation was denied four days before his apparent suicide

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 28, 2023
Officials said Thursday that Officials said Thursday that Officials said on Thursday that Lee Sun-kyun had begged police not to announce his death due to a suspected blackmail plot just four days before his apparent suicide. Sun-kyun, the best-known actor for his role as Park Dong-ik in Bong Joon-ho's 2019 Academy Award-winning film, was discovered dead inside his car aged 48 on December 27 in Seoul. His tragic death occurred as police were questioning him on suspicion of unlawful drug use, as well as the use of marijuana and other drugs at the home of a hostess from a local bar. The actress coerced him into taking the drugs but said he had no idea what she was doing and that she later tried to blackmail him.

Who was Lee Sun-kyun's wife Jeon Hye-Jin and do they have children? In Seoul, a glimpse of the Parasite actor's family is discovered dead

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 27, 2023
Lee Sun-kyun, the South Korean actor who appeared in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, was discovered dead in a suspected suicide on Wednesday at the age of 48. After finding a suicide note, Lee was discovered in his car in a Seoul car park. His actress wife, Jeon Hye-jin, sparked alarms to police. At the time, the Parasite actor was under scrutiny for the use of ketamine and a drug, which, a hostess at a high end bar, said was ketamine. Lee denied that he had not unlawfully taken illegal medications and failed toxicology tests. He said the hostess, who is only identified as 'A', was attempting to blackmail him and had filed a criminal lawsuit. But who is the wife of the late Lee Sun-kyun, Jeon Hye Jin? MailOnline has a look at the life of the award-winning actress.