Lee Sun Kyun also credited as Lee Seon-gyun is the popular name in the South Korean entertainment industry. Alongside the beautiful Asian ethnicity, his talents have combined to establish him in the international arena. Debuted through the musical ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ in 2001, he relegated to the various supporting roles for several years and finally received his career breakthrough with romantic drama ‘The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince’ and critically-acclaimed medical drama sitcom ‘White Tower’. The diversity of his career choices is apparent in his latest projects including television dramas ‘Triple’ and ‘Paju’ (follow up of ‘Jealousy is My Middle Name’.
Lee Sun-Kyun began his life journey on 2nd March, 1972. He was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised over there. He carried interest in acting from the young age and had decided to pursue it as her professional career. The actor’s attractive built with 5 ft and 11 inches and 70 kg has attracted the eyes of many people. Accomplishing the graduation from Korea National University of Arts and he began looking for the acting offers.
Going through the personal life of the actor, he is a married man. Like in his career journey, success has followed him like a shadow in his attempts of maintaining a cordial relationship with his wife. Lee and Jeon Hye-jin began sharing their love bonds in 2002 and their cordial connection for long time led them to be intimates of each other. Finally, the couple married on 23rd May, 2009. The devoted couple is blessed with two adorable children including sons: Lee Rock and Lee Roon born in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
The South Korean actor launched his career landing a notable role in the musical ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ in 2001. Beginning from the musical theatre, he stayed playing minor and various supporting characters onscreen. In his journey for getting fame, he first played a lead role in KBS drama ‘City’, which followed his starring role in MBC’s ‘Best Theatre’. He then worked with Lee Yoon-jung, a television director in 2005’s ‘Taereung National Village’ that led him to earn a role in her later television series ‘The First Shop of Coffee Prince’. With Lee Yoon-jung, he had worked in drama ‘Triple’ in the year 2009. The popular sitcom of 2007 along with another hit ‘White Tower’, a medical drama instantaneously brought him to the mainstream popularity. Despite his growing fame in entertainment sky, he then turned to several low-budget arthouse productions in order to polish his acting caliber. at that time, he was involved in various projects including ‘Lost in the Mountains’, ‘Night and Day’, ‘Oki’s Movie’, ‘Our Sunhi’ and ‘Nobody’s Daughter Haewon’. All those movies had realistic portrayal of the ordinary lives. Additionally, he headlined ‘Paju’, which led him to gain Best Actor Award at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film festival. Being adored by many, he later gained role in popular TV show ‘Pasta’ in 2010. With ‘Pasta’, he successfully shook off gentle television drama image and the popularity of sitcom made him a bankable leading man. He showed his support for revival of the Drama Special by playing recognizable role in ‘Our Slightly Risque Relationship’. He has frequently defended short drama format’s importance in training ground for the young talent by acknowledging its role in development of his career. In 2012, Lee starred in 2 consecutive well-reviewed silver-screen hits including a mystery thriller ‘Helpless’ & romantic comedy film ‘All About My Wife’. He then reunited with ‘Pasta’ director and played a role of trauma doctor in series ‘Golden Time’. His third collaboration with that director was in 2014 TV series ‘Miss Korea’. He has landed guest spots in numbers of variety show such as ‘Happy Together- Season 3’, ‘Golden Fishery: The Knee-Drop Guru’, ‘Healing Camp, Aren’t You Happy’ and others.
Lee has featured in several music videos. Additionally, he has appeared in theatre plays including ‘Grease’, ‘Indangsu Love Song’ and ‘Love, Love, Love’. Similarly, his acting fascination led him to sing tracks of various small and big-screened projects. In 2007, he was appointed as ambassador for Health Insurance Review Agency. For his devoted work, in 2008, he won an award from Korean Advertisers Association.
Lee’s fans can read his detailed biography in wiki. Millions of his fans are following him through his fan pages in social networking sites like Facebook and twitter.