Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is an award-winning actor, best known for the lead role of Appa in the CBC series Kim\u2019s Convenience, which is based on the stage play in which he also starred as Appa. Born in Korea, his family immigrated to Canada when he was still a baby. He grew up in London, Ontario then moved to Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto and later to Calgary. After he was accepted to the University of Toronto, his parents moved back to the Greater Toronto Area. He won the 2012 Toronto Theatre Critics\u2019 Association Award for Best Actor for Kim\u2019s Convenience and received Dora Nominations for Outstanding Performance for both Kim\u2019s Convenience and Monster Under the Bed.
\nWhile best known for the role of Appa in Kim\u2019s Convenience, Paul has also been seen in such roles as Hong Kong Lee in Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings with Factory Theatre and Cahoots Theatre Company, Robert in La Ronde with Soulpepper, and Zhang Lin in Chimerica with Canadian Stage.
\nPaul is appearing as Appa in Kim\u2019s Convenience at the Young Centre in Toronto, until March 4 2017, and Montreal\u2019s Segal Centre starting March 8 2017. Paul will also be performing as Appa when Kim\u2019s Convenience travels to New York in July.
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