
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.

Parasite
2019 · as Park Dong-ik

Project Silence
2024 · as Cha Jeong-won

Sleep
2023 · as Hyun-su

A Hard Day
2014 · as Go Gun-su

R-Point
2004 · as Sergeant Park

Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
2019 · as Jo Pil-ho

Romantic Island
2008 · as Kang Jae-hyuk

Helpless
2012 · as Jang Moon-ho

A Special Lady
2017 · as Sang-hoon

Our Slightly Risque Relationship
2010 · as Gi Dong Chan

Man of Will
2017 · as King Gojong

All About My Wife
2012 · as Lee Du-hyeon

Kingmaker
2022 · as Seo Chang-dae

Take Point
2018 · as Yoon Ji-eui

A Single Spark
1995 · as Newspaper Reader

The Advocate: A Missing Body
2015 · as Byeong Ho-sung

Love, So Divine
2004 · as Man in Love Dovey Couple

Killing Romance
2023 · as Jonathan Na