Lee Sun-kyun, ‘Parasite’ actor, dies at 48

Lee Sun-kyun, the South Korean actor who rose to international fame after starring in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” was found dead in Seoul on Wednesday. He was 48.

Mr Lee was recently subject to a police investigation on suspicion of illegal drug use, and he denied the allegations. Police said they were investigating the death as a suicide.

Police found Mr. Lee’s body in a parked vehicle in central Seoul just before 11 a.m., said a spokesman for the Seongbuk Police Station, the Seoul district office investigating his death. They found the body after he was reported missing earlier in the day.

Mr. Lee was best known internationally for his performance in “Parasite,” a 2019 thriller in which he played the head of a wealthy family in whose home much of the film is set. That film won four awards at the 2020 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the first non-English film to win the award.

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