Lee Sun-kyun was a South Korean actor. Internationally, he was best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award–winning film Parasite (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates. He received several other awards, including a nomination for an International Emmy Award.
Lee in October 2016
Lee (fifth from left) in April 2019 with Parasite cast
Lee attends police questioning for his allegations
Parasite is a 2019 South Korean dark comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won and co-produced. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who infiltrate the life of a wealthy family.
The house was constructed on a set and everything above the first floor was added in post-production.
Director and stars at an April 2019 press event.
Bong Joon-ho was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director in 2020.
Doijissal Supermarket, a convenience store used as a filming spot. In the film it was labelled 'Woori Supermarket'.