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Lee Sun-kyun

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Lee Sun-kyun (Hangul: 이선균; March 2, 1975 – December 27, 2023) was a South Korean actor. He played Park Dong-ik in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award-winning movie Parasite (2019). He won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his acting in that movie. Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea.

In 2009, Lee married actress Jeon Hye-jin. They had two children.

In October 2023, it was revealed that Lee was being investigated for drug use.[1] At the end of the month he was charged for drug use.[2]

Lee was found dead on December 27, 2023 at the age of 48 inside his car near a park in central Seoul.[3][4] In the passenger seat was a charcoal briquette,[5] commonly used in suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning in South Korea.[6]

Lee Sun-kyun Media

  • [TV10] 10월 26일 Jtbc '이번주 아내가 바람을 핍니다' 제작발표회 현장

  • Lee (fifth from left) in April 2019 with Parasite cast

References

  1. ↑ Parasite actor, chaebol scion under police scrutiny over suspected drug abuse in South Korea. The Straits Times (October 22, 2023). Singapore. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. ↑ Choi, Seo-in. Police bring charges against Lee Sun-kyun over alleged drug use. Korea JoongAng Daily (October 24, 2023). Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in apparent suicide amid drug allegations". The Straits Times (Singapore). December 27, 2023. https://www.straitstimes.com/life/parasite-actor-lee-sun-kyun-found-dead-amid-drug-allegations. Retrieved December 27, 2023. 
  4. ↑ Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor in Oscar-winning 'Parasite,' dies at 48. December 27, 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/26/parasite-lee-sun-kyun-actor-south-korea/. Retrieved December 27, 2023. 
  5. ↑ Lee Sun Kyun Has Died Police Confirms on 27 December 2023 (in en-US) (December 27, 2023). Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Choi, Young-Rim. Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning in South Korea: 2006-2012. Journal of Affective Disorders 167 (December 27, 2014). p. 322–325. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2014.06.026.
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