‘Parasite’ Star, South Korean Actor Was 48

Lee Photo voltaic-kyun, a South Korean actor who starred inside the 2020 Oscar best picture winner “Parasite,” died Wednesday morning, in step with the Associated Press and the South Korean info firm Yonhap. He was 48.

He was found lifeless in a vehicle in a central Seoul park, in step with AP. Police had been looking for Lee after his family claimed he wrote a suicide observe and left residence early on Wednesday.

Lee had currently been beneath police investigation for alleged illegal drug use. South Korea’s Incheon Metropolitan Police Firm had been investigating Lee and seven totally different of us over alleged drug use; Lee claimed to be the sufferer of blackmail by one different specific particular person being investigated and allegedly misplaced plenty of of tons of of {{dollars}} to extortion. According to Yonhap, police questioned Lee thrice, as currently as last Saturday, for his alleged use of marijuana and totally different medication on the residence of a hostess of a high-end bar in Seoul plenty of events earlier this yr. He claimed to have been tricked and didn’t know what he was taking.

In 2020, “Parasite” gained 4 Academy Awards, along with best picture, director for Bong Joon-ho, distinctive screenplay and worldwide perform film for South Korea. It moreover gained the Palme d’Or on the Cannes Film Competitors, turning into the first South Korean film to do receive the glory. The “Parasite” solid, along with Lee, gained a Show display Actors Guild award for wonderful effectivity by a solid in a motion picture.

Throughout the film, Lee carried out Park Dong-ik, the daddy of the wealthy Park family who unknowingly hires members of the scamming, lower-class Kim family into his residence to help collectively along with his kids and run his household. When the ruse is lastly revealed, Kim Ki-taek (Music Kang-ho) kills Mr. Park in a match of rage at his daughter’s celebration.

After rising to fame in “Parasite,” Lee starred inside the Apple TV+ assortment “Dr. Thoughts,” its first South Korean assortment, and was nominated for best actor on the 2022 Worldwide Emmy Awards. He moreover starred in South Korean duties like “Payback,” “Diary of a Prosecutor,” “My Mister,” “Killing Romance,” “Kingmaker” and many further inside the 2000s and 2010s.

Lee was a extremely acquainted decide in Korean cinema. In Cannes this yr he appeared in “Problem Silence” and “Sleep.” The latter had its enterprise launch in September and topped the Korean area office charts for 3 weeks.

Lee is survived by his partner, actor Jeon Hye-jin, and their two kids.