{"id":40428,"date":"2023-12-27T08:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T08:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/actor-lee-sun-kyun-of-oscar-winning-parasite-found-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T08:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T08:14:04","slug":"actor-lee-sun-kyun-of-oscar-winning-parasite-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/actor-lee-sun-kyun-of-oscar-winning-parasite-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’ found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lee Sun-kyun, a South Korean actor who drew global attention with his performance as the wealthy patriarch in the Oscar-winning film \u2018Parasite\u2019<\/em>, was found dead on Wednesday in an apparent suicide in a Seoul park, officials in the capital said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lee, 48, who met a gory end in the 2019 film, South Korea\u2019s first to win any Oscar, had faced police questioning three times over accusations of illegal drug use amid a government crackdown, with one session running 19 hours over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The actor had said he was tricked into taking drugs by a bar hostess trying to blackmail him, the Yonhap news agency reported.<\/p>\n

Authorities found Lee in a search triggered by a missing person report, a fire official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, as the matter is a sensitive one.<\/p>\n

Lee was found in a car at a park in Seoul, after his manager told police the actor had left home, leaving behind an apparent suicide note, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s agency, HODU&U Entertainment, did not respond to calls.<\/p>\n

However, domestic media cited a statement by the agency that expressed sadness at the death, while urging restraint regarding false information, speculation, or malicious reports.<\/p>\n

Infringements of South Korea\u2019s tough drug laws can lead to six months in jail, or up to 14 years for repeat offenders and dealers.<\/p>\n

A dark-comedy thriller directed by Bong Joon-ho, \u2018Parasite\u2019<\/em> won the Academy Award in 2020 in the four categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film, off six Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n

The film became the first non-English language movie to win the Best Picture award. Bong hailed its popularity as a sign that the \u2018one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles\u2019 was no longer a stumbling block to global success.<\/p>\n

In the film, Lee played the character of Mr Park, whose affluent home is infiltrated by members of a lower-class family posing as highly qualified domestic workers in a tangled scheme that ends in violence.<\/p>\n

Lee, born in 1975, had leading roles in South Korean films such as the 2012 thriller \u2018Helpless\u2019<\/em> and 2014\u2019s \u2018All About My Wife\u2019<\/em>, as well as the acclaimed 2018 TV series \u2018My Mister\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He played the lead in Apple TV+\u2019s first Korean-language original series, rolled out in 2021.<\/p>\n

A six-episode sci-fi thriller, \u2018Dr. Brain\u2019<\/em> featured a cold-hearted neurologist hunting for clues to a mysterious family accident through brain experiments.<\/p>\n

Lee Sun-kyun\u2019s wife is award-winning actor Jeon Hye-jin, and the couple had two children.<\/p>\n

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