2007
Coffee Prince
Appears in the popular television drama.
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SUN-KYUN
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From television to Parasite
The South Korean actor remembered for Park Dong-ik in Parasite and his work across film and television.
Seoul, South Korea
A career across genres
Lee Sun-kyun was a South Korean actor born in Seoul on 2 March 1975. He died on 27 December 2023.
In 2007, the television dramas Behind the White Tower and Coffee Prince brought him wider recognition, with contrasting roles in a medical drama and a romance.
His film work included the crime thriller A Hard Day, while the television drama My Mister became another notable part of his career.
In Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019), Lee played Park Dong-ik, the wealthy head of a family whose home becomes the setting for the film’s collision of social worlds.
The 2024 Busan International Film Festival presented a programme remembering his work. The credits linked below come from the FLM.RED catalogue and are not his complete filmography.
Selected performances
2014
A Hard Day
Stars in the crime thriller.
2018
My Mister
Appears in the television drama.
2019
Parasite
Plays Park Dong-ik.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Korean Film Council — career and credits
- Busan International Film Festival — retrospective
- Festival de Cannes — Parasite cast
- IMDb — profile
- TV Insider — dates
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.