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1975 – 2023Lee Sun-kyunSouth Korean ActorSouth Korean actor best known for playing the wealthy patriarch Park Dong-ik in Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film Parasite (2019). Acclaimed across film and television in South Korea, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award with the Parasite cast and was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Dr. Brain.
2023Lee Sun-kyun dies in SeoulFound dead in Seoul at the age of 48. His death came amid a police investigation into alleged drug use, during which he had maintained his innocence. Director Bong Joon-ho later called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.