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]
↑ "Parasite actor, chaebol scion under police scrutiny over suspected drug abuse in South Korea" . The Straits Times . Singapore. October 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023 .
↑ Choi, Seo-in; Lim, Jeong-won (October 24, 2023). "Police bring charges against Lee Sun-kyun over alleged drug use" . Korea JoongAng Daily . Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023 .
↑ "Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in apparent suicide amid drug allegations" . The Straits Times . Singapore. December 27, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023 .
↑ "Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor in Oscar-winning 'Parasite,' dies at 48" . The Washington Post . December 27, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023 .
↑ "Lee Sun Kyun Has Died Police Confirms on 27 December 2023" . December 27, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023 .
↑ Choi, Young-Rim; Cha, Eun Shil; Chang, Shu-Sen; Khang, Young-Ho; Lee, Won Jin (December 27, 2014). "Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning in South Korea: 2006-2012" . Journal of Affective Disorders . 167 : 322–325. doi :10.1016/j.jad.2014.06.026 . PMID 25016488 . Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via PubMed.