Paul Sun-Hyung Lee | |
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Born | 1972 Daejeon, South Korea |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이선형 |
Revised Romanization | Yi Seon-hyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Sŏnhyŏng |
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (born 1972) is a Korean Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the television series Train 48 and as Appa in the 2011 play Kim's Convenience, as well as its television adaptation.
When Lee was three months old, his parents immigrated to Canada, living in London, Toronto, and Calgary. In 1990, he moved back to Toronto to attend the University of Toronto, where he attended but did not complete the drama programme at University College.
He had a supporting role in the film Ice Princess (2005) playing Tiffany's father. Lee appeared in the horror film P2 and the thriller The Echo. In 2006 he took the role of Jung Park in the videogame Rainbow Six: Vegas and its 2008 sequel Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Lee was part of the main cast of the Global Television nightly improvised soap opera Train 48 in the role of Randy Ko for the entire run of the series from 2003 to 2005.
In 2012, Lee won the Best Actor citation from the Toronto Theatre Critics' Awards for his portrayal of Appa in Kim's Convenience. He played the role on Appa on stage in several Toronto productions of Kim's Convenience and on a national tour with the Soulpepper theatre company, as well as at an Off Broadway staging of the play. He brought the role of Appa to television in 2016 when the show was adapted as a television series. On January 11, 2017, he guest starred on an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.