Actor Park Dong-bin (legal name Park Jong-mun, 56), known to the public by the nickname "Juice The Man from Nowhere," was found dead.
According to the Pyeongtaek Police Station on the 30th, at about 4:25 p.m. on the 29th, an acquaintance found Park dead at a restaurant inside a commercial building in Jangan-dong, Pyeongtaek, and reported it to police. No criminal suspicion has emerged, and no memo or other item was found that could explain the circumstances. The restaurant was reportedly a place Park was preparing to open.
Born in 1969, the deceased debuted in the 1998 film "Shiri." He delivered bold performances in works such as the drama "Age of Warriors," "Immortal Yi Sun-sin," "Sungkyunkwan Scandal," "Everybody, kimchi," "The Great Wives," and "Enemies from the Past."
In particular, the deceased drew attention for a scene in the 2012 drama "I Must Have Loved You" in which he spat the juice he was drinking back into a cup. After that, Park Dong-bin generated countless parodies and "memes" under names such as "typical morning drama reaction," earning the nickname Juice The Man from Nowhere. The deceased married actor Lee Sang-i, 12 years younger, in 2020 and had a daughter in 2023.