Lee Sun-kyun (Korean: 이선균) 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 starred in TV dramas and musical theatre. On the big screen, he was known for his collaborations with director Hong Sang-soo in the arthouse films Paju (2009), Oki's Movie (2010), and Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013). His other high-profile films include mystery thriller Helpless (2012), romantic comedy All About My Wife (2012), and action thriller A Hard Day (2014), the latter of which won him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor.
Following the success of Parasite, Lee continued to take on diverse and critically acclaimed roles. He starred in the first Apple TV+ Korean-language series in 2021, a political drama in 2022, a crime thriller and a psychological thriller in 2023.
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.
