Lee Sun Kyun, a South Korean actor, was found dead in his car on Wednesday, December 27. Paramedics found the actor, widely known for his performance in Parasite, unresponsive in his car in Seoul’s Seongbuk area. According to a South Korean news report, local police suspect suicide. His death came only a day after he was being investigated in a drug abuse case. He was 48.
Many South Korean news agencies, including K-pop Herald, affired Lee Sun Kyun’s demise on X. “Actor Lee Sun-kyun has been found dead in a car near a park located in Jongno-gu in Seoul this morning, according to reports. Lee has been facing an investigation over suspected drug use,” the post read.
As reported by Soompi, police got a call from a woman who stated that her husband left the house after penning what appeared to be a suicide note. Later, the police confirmed that the man’s name was Lee Sun Gyun. “His identity has been confirmed,” the police said. According to the report, police found ‘lit charcoal briquettes’ inside Lee Sun Gyun’s car, indicating that he he might have died of suicide.
The actor had been in the South Korean industry for several years and had been in many projects. While his most well-known movie was Parasite, he also appeared in My Mister, Coffee Prince, My Sweet Seoul, Miss Korea and A Hard Day.