Biography
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 h...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Land of Happiness
2024
as Park Tae-joo
October 26, 1979, a presidential assassination shakes the nation. Taking on the defense of Park Tae-joo, the secretary involved in the presidential as...

Project Silence
2024
as Cha Jeong-won
Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the brid...

Sleep
2023
as Hyun-su
A young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband's nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.

Killing Romance
2023
as Jonathan Na
Hwang Yeo-rae, a once-popular actress, faces a turbulent marriage and yearns for her old career. When she moves in next to Kim Beom-woo, her biggest f...

Hunt
2022
Thanks
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with ...

Kingmaker
2022
as Seo Chang-dae
Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative off...

Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
2020
as Black goat (voice)
A zoophobic national security agent suddenly receives the ability to talk to animals after a freak accident.

Parasite
2019
as Park Dong-ik
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpe...

Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
2019
as Jo Pil-ho
On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy before it's too late.

Take Point
2018
as Yoon Ji-eui
On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in...

A Special Lady
2017
as Sang-hoon
A corrupt prosecutor plans for revenge against Hyun-jung's crime organization by using her loyal partner, Sang-hoon.

Man of Will
2017
as King Gojong
Young Kim Chang-soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, K...

The King's Case Note
2017
as King Yejong of Joseon
A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

The Advocate: A Missing Body
2015
as Byeong Ho-sung
When his client suddenly confesses to murder in open court, a hotshot attorney embarks on a search for truth to redeem his ruined reputation.

A Hard Day
2014
as Go Gun-su
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed t...

Our Sunhi
2013
as Kim Mun-su
Sunhi, a film major graduate, visits her school to ask her Professor Choi for a recommendation letter to study in U.S. Knowing the professor favors he...

Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
2013
as Seong-jun
Haewon, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seongjun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is ...

All About My Wife
2012
as Lee Du-hyeon
A man asks a womanizer to seduce his wife in order to catalyze a divorce.

Helpless
2012
as Jang Moon-ho
A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.

Officer of the Year
2011
as Jeong Eui-chan
Two police stations from neighboring precincts are in constant fierce competition with each other, including for the Officer of the Year award. But th...

Petty Romance
2010
as Jeong-bae
A comic artist and an unemployed sex columnist are trying to work together in order to win a lucrative comic-book competition. An adult cartoon contes...

Oki's Movie
2010
as Jin-gu
Oki, a film student, gets involved in two relationships as she navigates the advances of a fellow student and grapples with her feelings for her much ...

Our Slightly Risque Relationship
2010
as Gi Dong Chan
Dong Chan is a prickly broadcasting director at MBS who meets and immediately clashes with Nam Hee, a reporter he meets at a wedding reception. Throug...

Visitors
2009
Hong Sang-Soo’s Lost in the Mountains (South Korea, 32min) the visitor is the supremely self-centred Mi-Sook, who drives to Jeonju on impulse to see h...

Paju
2009
as Kim Joong-sik
A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and ...

Lost in the Mountains
2009
as Myeong-woo
Hong Sang-soo's Lost in the Mountains depicts Mi-sook's suffering when she discovers her friend Jin-young has been secretly sleeping with her lover.

Romantic Island
2008
as Kang Jae-hyuk
Three Korean couples travel separately to the Philippines. A middle aged couple first time abroad, a convenience store clerk bumps into an incognito p...

Sorry Apple
2008
as Min-suk
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have...

Night and Day
2008
as Yoon Kyung-soo
Kim Seong-nam travels to Paris to escape an arrest, leaving his wife behind in Korea. After he arrives, he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to...

Our Town
2007
as Jae-sin
A writer kills his landlady and stages the body to look like the work of an active serial killer. Anxious that the police might figure out the truth, ...

A Cruel Attendance
2006
as Min-ho
A financially desperate salaryman teams up with his friend to kidnap a rich girl to make a quick buck. But then he gets a call and learns that his own...

The Customer Is Always Right
2006
as Lee Jang-gil
In a peaceful barbershop, a timid barber confronts a stranger who has started to send blackmail notes. Whenever the stranger comes to the barbershop, ...

R-Point
2004
as Sergeant Park
On 07 January 1972, the South Korean base in Nah-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon presumed dead.

Love, So Divine
2004
as Man in love dovey couple (cameo)
Kyu-sik is a seminary student, who one day falls during a church service, dropping a precious, pope-blessed relic. As punishment, he and his comic rel...

My Mother the Mermaid
2004
as Do-hyeon
Na-young works at a post office and is sick and tired of being around her shamefully unyielding mother and her pushover father who's excessively nice....

Show Show Show
2003
as Sang-cheol
San-hae has a habit for chasing unreachable dreams but never attaining them. His best friend, Sang-chul, is yet to find direction in his life but alwa...

Scent of Love
2003
as Doctor Shin
After much trials and tribulations, a man marries his first love. But when she gets pregnant, they find out that she has cancer.

Boss X File
2002
In order to bust a money laundering ring, the cops must work undercover at a hostess bar. Zaniness ensues as we witness policewomen masquerading as ho...

A Perfect Match
2002
as Doctor
Despite the fact that she works at a professional matchmaking firm, Hyo Jin cannot seem to find her Perfect match. When it comes to finding matches fo...

Surprise Party
2002
as Kim Jung-woo
How do you go about detaining a total stranger for 12 hours? This is what Ha-young (Lee Yo-won) has to do for her best friend, Mi-ryung (Kim Min-hee)....

Make It Big
2002
as Woo Jung-chul
A detective and a gang of thieves trail three high-school students who found a bloody corpse and a bag of cash on top of their car.

A Single Spark
1995
as Newspaper Reader
Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist wh...