Portrait of Lee Sun-kyun

Acting

Lee Sun-kyun

Career

Active from 2002 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
41
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Parasite
Parasite
GoodWatch score92/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    2020 · Won

    Parasite

    Source: Wikidata

  • Baeksang Arts Awards · Baeksang Arts Awards

    2015 · Won

    A Hard Day

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

17

The characters Lee Sun-kyun played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lee Sun-kyun Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8
  • Historical
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Wonder
    2.5, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Korean Cinema 8
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Dialogue-Driven 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Gritty Realism 4
  • Mystery 4
  • South Korean Cinema 3
  • Korean Drama 3
  • Relationship Dynamics 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Dark Humor 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 67
Project Silence
Project Silence (2024)
GoodWatch score 53

as Cha Jeong-won

Land of Happiness
Land of Happiness (2024)
GoodWatch score 62

as Park Tae-joo

Sleep
Sleep (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

as Hyun-su

Killing Romance
Killing Romance (2023)
GoodWatch score 81

as Jonathan Na

Payback: Money and Power
Payback: Money and Power (2023)

TV show · as Eun Yong

Kingmaker
Kingmaker (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

as Seo Chang-dae

Hunt
Hunt (2022)
GoodWatch score 59

Thanks

Dr. Brain
Dr. Brain (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Koh Se-won

Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)
GoodWatch score 61

as Black goat (voice)

2010s

24 titles · average score 70
Parasite
Parasite (2019)
GoodWatch score 92

as Park Dong-ik

Diary of a Prosecutor
Diary of a Prosecutor (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lee Sun-Woong

Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (2019)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jo Pil-ho

My Mister
My Mister (2018)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Park Dong-hoon

Take Point
Take Point (2018)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yoon Ji-eui

My Wife's Having an Affair This Week
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week (2016)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Do Hyun-woo

A Hard Day
A Hard Day (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

as Go Gun-su

Miss Korea
Miss Korea (2013)

TV show · as Kim Hyung-joon

All About My Wife
All About My Wife (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lee Du-hyeon

Helpless
Helpless (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jang Moon-ho

Golden Time
Golden Time (2012)

TV show · as Lee Min-woo

Pasta
Pasta (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Choi Hyun-wook

2000s

25 titles · average score 62
Paju
Paju (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kim Joong-sik

Lost in the Mountains
Lost in the Mountains (2009)
GoodWatch score 65

as Myeong-woo

디지털 삼인삼색 2009 - 어떤 방문
디지털 삼인삼색 2009 - 어떤 방문 (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as 명우

Romantic Island
Romantic Island (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kang Jae-hyuk

My Sweet City
My Sweet City (2008)

TV show · as Kim Yeong-Su

Sakwa
Sakwa (2008)

as Min-suk

Night and Day
Night and Day (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as Yoon Kyungsoo

Coffee Prince
Coffee Prince (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Choi Han-sung

Behind the White Tower
Behind the White Tower (2007)

TV show · as Choi Do-young

Our Town
Our Town (2007)
GoodWatch score 50

as Jae-sin

A Cruel Attendance
A Cruel Attendance (2006)

as Min-ho

R-Point
R-Point (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sergeant Park

1990s

1 title · average score 70
A Single Spark
A Single Spark (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as Newspaper Reader