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Biography
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is a Korean-Canadian actor and television host. He is best known for his roles as Randy Ko in the soap opera Train 48 (2003–2005) and as family patriarch Appa in the play Kim’s Convenience (2011) and its television adaptation (2016–2021).
Lee has won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series four times for his role as Mr. Kim in Kim’s Convenience, and has been nominated twice for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role, Large Theatre, for The Monster Under the Bed in 2010 and the stage version of Kim’s Convenience in 2012.
Early life
| Name | Paul Sun-Hyung Lee |
| Net Worth | $8 million |
| Occupation | Actor, Television host |
| Age | 50 years |
| Height | 1.65m |
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee was born on August 16, 1972 (age 50 years) in Daejeon, South Korea. When Lee was three months old, his parents immigrated from Daejeon, South Korea to Canada, living in London, Toronto and Calgary. In 1990, he moved back to Toronto to attend the University of Toronto, where he attended the drama program at University College.
Career
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee 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 video game Rainbow Six: Vegas and its 2008 sequel Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.
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Lee was part of the main cast of the Global 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 Kim Sang-il in Kim’s Convenience.
He played the role of 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. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee brought the role of Appa to television in 2016 when the show was adapted as a television series. In 2016, Lee played Zhang Lin in the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Canadian Stage production of Chimerica.
On January 11, 2017, he guest-starred on an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Lee has been nominated twice for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role, Large Theatre, for The Monster Under the Bed in 2010 and Kim’s Convenience in 2012. In the 5th, 6th, and 9th Canadian Screen Awards, he won the Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of Appa in Kim’s Convenience television series.
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee was selected to host the fourth season of the reality competition show Canada’s Smartest Person, entitled Canada’s Smartest Person Junior and featuring children as contestants.
Lee is also a playwright, with his own play Dangling premiering at Toronto’s fu-GEN theatre festival in 2010. In 2021 he appeared as a panelist on Canada Reads, championing Natalie Zina Walschots’s novel Hench. In the same year, Lee’s five seasons of Kim’s Convenience came to an abrupt end when the two showrunners left the project.
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In 2022 he was announced as the host of Fandemonium, a factual series that will profile the internal cultures of various pop culture fandoms. He also appeared in the 2022 revival of The Kids in the Hall. He is set to play Uncle Iroh in the Netflix live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Wife
Is Paul Sun-Hyung Lee married? Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is currently married to his wife Anna Lee, they had their wedding in Canada. His wife is a private person and they have children together. When it comes to Paul Sun-Hyung Lee height and weight, he stands at an appealing height of 1.65m and has a good body weight which suits his personality. As of 2022, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and his wife Anna Lee are still married.
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee net worth
How much is Paul Sun-Hyung Lee worth? Paul Sun-Hyung Lee net worth is estimated at around $8 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as an actor and television host. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $500,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential actors in Canada.