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 in Gyeonggi on the 30th, at about 4:25 p.m. on the 29th a friend found Park dead at a restaurant inside a commercial building in Jangan-dong, Pyeongtaek, and reported it to police. No criminal suspicion emerged, and no memo or other item that could clarify the circumstances was found. The restaurant was reportedly a place Park was preparing to open.
Born in 1969, the deceased debuted with the 1999 film "Shiri." In dramas such as "Rustic Era," "Immortal Yi Sun-sin," "Sungkyunkwan Scandal," "Everybody, Kimchi," "The Great Wives," and "Enemies from the Past," the deceased delivered bold, forceful performances.
In particular, in 2012, while appearing in the drama "I Must Have Loved You," the deceased drew attention for a scene in which the juice being drunk was spat back into the cup. Afterward, Park Dong-bin spawned numerous parodies and memes under names like "typical morning drama reaction," earning the nickname "juice The Man from Nowhere." The deceased married actor Lee Sang-yi, 12 years younger, in 2020 and welcomed a daughter in 2023.