Passed Away
Please help us list actors and actresses who have passed away.
MDL Watch Challenge 2024 Dec 2, 2023
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![Lee Sun Kyun]()
Lee Sun Kyun was a South Korean actor under HODU&U Entertainment. In 2001, he debuted in the musical The Rocky Horror Show. Relegated to supporting roles for many years, he finally achieved ...more -
![Moon Bin]()
Moon Bin was a South Korean singer and actor, best known as the vocalist and lead dancer of the boy group ASTRO, which debuted on February 23, 2016, under the label Fantagio. ...more -
![Miura Haruma]()
Miura Haruma was a Japanese actor and singer signed with Amuse, Inc. He debuted as a member of the J-pop group Brash Brats, which went on hiatus in 2005. Haruma remained active ...more -
![Sulli]()
Choi Jin Ri, commonly known as Sulli, was a South Korean actress, singer, dancer, MC, and former member of SM Entertainment's girl group, f(x), formed in 2009. She made her debut as ...more -
![Kim Mi Soo]()
Kim Mi Soo was a South Korean actress and model managed by Landscape Entertainment. She graduated with a degree in acting from the Korea National University of Arts. She made her debut ...more -
![Beam Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote]()
Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, nicknamed Beam, was a Thai actor. He went to Phibun Upatham School and Satri Witthaya 2. During his youth he was a taekwondo athlete and participated in countless competitions, but ...more -
![Leslie Cheung]()
Cheung Fat Chung (English name: Leslie) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in ...more -
![Jeon Mi Seon]()
Jeon Mi Seon was a South Korean actress best known as a supporting actress in films and television series such as "Memories of Murder", "Moon Embracing the Sun", and "Hide and Seek". ...more -
![Kim Joo Hyuk]()
Kim Joo Hyuk was a South Korean actor. He was born on October 3rd, 1972. He died on Monday, October 30th, 2017, after a car accident in Gangnam, Korea. He was also ...more -
![Goo Ha Ra]()
Gu Ha Ra was a South Korean idol singer, actress, and former member of the Korean pop girl group "Kara". Before debuting, she participated in SM's youth appearance tournament in 2005. In ...more -
![Cha In Ha]()
Lee Jae Ho, known professionally as Cha In Ha, was a South Korean actor, singer and member of SURPRISE U (서프라이즈 U). He debuted in 2017 as a singer and debuted as ...more -
![Song Jae Rim]()
Song Jae Rim, born in Seoul, South Korea, was an actor and model under Saram Entertainment (사람엔터테인먼트). He began his career as a runway model for the Seoul collections of Juun. J, ...more -
![Song Yoo Jung]()
She was an actress and model under Sublime Artist Agency. Song Yoo Jung started as a brand model for cosmetics and later began her career in the industry. She debuted in the ...more -
![Byun Hee Bong]()
Byun In Chul, known by his stage name Byun Hee Bong, was a South Korean voice actor and actor. He graduated from Salesian High School and later attended the Law program at ...more -
![Godfrey Gao]()
Godfrey Gao was a Taiwanese actor and model, born in Taipei, Taiwan. He immigrated to Canada during elementary school and was raised and educated in Vancouver. Gao came from a notable family: ...more -
![Oki Masaya]()
Oki Masaya was a Japanese actor from Oita Prefecture. Beppu City. He graduated from Oita City Oji Junior High School and high school. He belonged to JK Planning. One day, he was ...more -
![Bruce Lee]()
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered ...more -
![Anita Mui]()
With a career that began in her early childhood, Anita Mui Yim Fong was a Hong Kong singer and actress making major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and receiving numerous awards ...more -
![Danny Chan]()
Born as Chan Pak Keung to a wealthy businessman family in Hong Kong, the late Danny Chan was a very popular Cantopop singer-songwriter, records producer and actor in Hong Kong. Rather than ...more -
![Takeuchi Yuko]()
Takeuchi Yuko, born in Saitama, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She had gone on to star in ...more -
![Liu Feng]()
Liu Feng was a young Chinese actor who graduated from Beijing Film Academy, passed away on February 27, 2023 from a sudden heart attack. He was only 25 years old. -
![Utsui Ken]()
Utsui Ken was a Japanese actor. He has been active since the early 50s and has played in innumerable dramas and films. -
![Lee Ji Han]()
Lee Ji Han was an actor and contestant on Produce 101 Season 2 under 935 Entertainment . He first entered the spotlight as a contestant on Mnet’s “Produce 101 Season 2” in ...more -
![John Kennedy Nakar]()
John Kennedy Nakar was a Filipino actor, vlogger, brand endorser, and model born in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. He studied Mass Communication at the Wesleyan University Philippines, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. ...more -
![Kathy Chow]()
Chow Hoi Mei (English name: Kathy) is a Hong Kong actress and singer who was a former Miss Hong Kong pageant participant, she actively modeled and is widely known for her leading ...more -
![Alien Huang]()
Alien Huang was a Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host, born in Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan. He formed the boy band HC3 in 2002 as part of a project for Japan's Asahi TV ...more -
![Mang Hoi]()
Mang Hoi is an actor, director, and martial arts director who worked in films from 1970-2014. He is known for such films as Yes, Madam! (1985), The Blonde Fury (1989), and The ...more -
![Cheung Ying Choi]()
Cheung Ying Choi was one of the biggest Cantonese movie superstars of Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s. He was at the peak of his popularity from 1962 till 1965. He was ...more -
![Yoon Jung Hee]()
Yoon debuted as an actress in 1967 as starring in "Cheongchun geukjang", directed by Gang Dae Jin, after elected in a recruit held by Hapdong Film. Yoon was commonly referred to as ...more -
![Oh In Hye]()
Oh In Hye was a South Korean actress and model. Oh started her actress career in 2011 in the film Sin of a Family. The same year, she gained public attention during ...more -
![Kim Soo Mi]()
Kim Young Ok, known professionally as Kim Soo Mi, was a South Korean actress. She graduated from Sungeui Girls' High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Korean Language and Literature ...more -
![Esther Wan]()
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![Kim Bo Kyung]()
Kim Bo Kyung is a South Korean actress, born in Busan, South Korea. She attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She passed away on February 2, 2021 due to cancer. She ...more -
![Tsung Hua]()
Tsung Hua is a Cantonese actor, director and producer. Tsung Hua's family was originally from Shantung Province later moving to Hong Kong. A lover of the art of film, after finishing a ...more -
![Kim Jong Hyun]()
Kim Jong Hyun, better known as Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter and radio host. He was a vocalist of the South Korean boy group SHINee and further participated in S.M. Entertainment's ...more -
![Richard Ng]()
Richard Ng was a China-born Hong Kong actor. Educated in England, he is known for playing numerous comedic roles. Richard made his acting debut in Michael Hui's "The Private Eyes," but it ...more -
![Nelson Cheung]()
Nelson Cheung has been an actor, but is better known for his work as a costume designer and art director. -
![Sonny Chiba]()
Chiba Shinichi, also known as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills ...more -
![Na Chul]()
Na Chul was a South Korean actor and stage actor under UL Entertainment. Na made his debut in the play “Anne’s Diary” in 2010. He continued acting in several short films as ...more -
![Oh Su Mi]()
South Korean star, she passed away in Hawaii USA at the age of 41. -
![Coco Lee]()
Coco Lee was a Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also ...more -
![Kenneth Tsang]()
Kenneth Tsang Kong was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career has spanned 60 years. Tsang's film debut was in the 1955 movie "The Feud" when he was just 16. In the mid-1960s, ...more -
![Liu Kai Chi]()
Kai Chi Liu is a Hong Kong actor. Liu was interested in acting at an early age and decided to enter the film industry after graduating high school. He took on various ...more -
![Yukiko Okada]()
Yukiko Okada was a Japanese singer who was active from 1983 to 1986. She sadly passed away at 18 due to suicide -
![Kimura Hana]()
Kimura Hana was a Japanese-Indonesian female professional wrestler. She was best known for her time in women's professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom from 2016 to 2020. Kimura was a second-generation ...more -
![Lee Heung Kam]()
Lee Heung Kam was a veteran Cantonese opera and TVB actress from Hong Kong. She joined the entertainment industry when she was 16 years old. Lee was briefly married to Cantonese opera ...more -
![Kim Eul Boon]()
The 78-year-old villager and non-actress 'Eul-boon Kim' had not only never performed in a movie before 'Jibeuro', but she had never before *seen* a film. She was found during an extensive talent ...more -
![Ruan Ling Yu]()
Ruan Ling Yu was a Chinese silent film actress from Shanghai. She graduated from Chongde Women's High School & debuted as an actress in the 1927 film "The Couple In Name". One ...more -
![Kim Seok Hun]()
South Korean actor that acted in 140 movies from from 1958 to 1992 -
![Jang Ja Yeon]()
Jang Ja Yeon was a South Korean actress. At the time of her death at the age of 27, Ja Yeon had been starring in the KBS television drama series "Boys Over ...more -
![Koma Wong]()
Wong Ka Kui was a Hong Kong musician and singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the rock band Beyond in a large majority ...more -
![Go Soo Jung]()
Goo Soo Jung was a South Korean actress. She appeared in a music video for BTS's song With Seoul. On February 7, 2020, she passed away due to a chronic illness. -
![Ricky Hui]()
Ricky Hui was a Hong Kong actor, singer and a correspondent for the French Press Agency (AFP) in Hong Kong. Later, he joined his brothers Michael and Samuel and made the movie ...more -
![Lee Kyoung Hee]()
Kyung Hee was called the queen of tears during her long career. On the 24th of December 2018 she has passed away, age 86. -
![Lee Eun Joo]()
Lee Eun Joo was a South Korean actress. After finding work as a model, she began to be offered roles in various TV dramas, including "Start" and "KAIST". Her film debut came ...more -
![Kim Min Kyung]()
Kim Min Kyung was a South Korean actress who debuted in 1979 and had been acting for over 40 years. She was represented by Dahong Entertainment. Kim passed away on 16 August ...more -
![Moon Ji Yoon]()
Moon Ji Yoon was a South Korean actor. He graduated from Kwangwoon University. On March 18, 2020, he passed away at the age of 36 due to acute septicemia. -
![Park Ji Hoon]()
Park Ji Hoon was a Korean actor and model. He passed away on May 11, 2020 from stomach cancer. -
![Lee Ji Eun]()
Lee Ji Eun was a South Korean actress. -
![Jung Da Bin]()
Jung Da Bin was a very well-known South Korean actress. She was the image of pop culture in Korea in 2005 and was known for her outgoing personality. In 2007, while staying ...more -
![Jung Chae Yull]()
Jung Chae Yull was a South Korean actor and model under ESteem Entertainment. She first appeared on television in the 2016 TV show “Devil's Runaway” and made her acting debut in the ...more -
![Por Tridsadee Sahawong]()
Por Thrisadee was a Thai actor. He died on January 18, 2016, after suffering from dengue fever. He was married to Vanda Sahawong (Nickname: Bo) a former anchorwoman at TrueVisions channel. They ...more -
![Han Ji Sung]()
Han Ji Sung was a South Korean actress. She made her debut as part of girl group B.Dolls in 2010 and later pursued a career as an actress. On May 8, it ...more -
![Tangmo Nida Patcharaveerapong]()
Nida Patcharaveerapong, nicknamed Tangmo, was an actor, model and singer. She was engaged to fellow actor Tono Pakin Kumwilaisuk from 2013 to 2015. On the 24th of February, 2022, Tangmo fell from ...more -
![Song Jae Ho]()
Song Jae Ho was a South Korean actor who had been active as an actor in numerous films and movies since the early '70s in numerous films and movies. On November 7, ...more -
![Hem Phoomiphadit Nittayaros]()
Phumiphathit Nittayaros (Born: Hemmawat Nittayaros, Nickname: Hem) was a Thai actor. On September 25, 2019, Hem died from suicide after hanging himself with a tie in the room's balcony. His girlfriend, who ...more -
![Lung Shao Hua]()
Lung Shao Hua was a Taiwanese actor, singer, and TV host. He has won two Golden Bell Awards: Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for "Laba Hong's Melody" and ...more -
![Ek Sorapong Chatree]()
Sorapong Chatree, nicknamed Ek, (formerly Pittaya Tiamswate) was an actor born in Ayutthaya, Thailand. In 2009, he received an honorary Doctorate of Arts degree in Social Science for development from Nakhon Ratchasima ...more -
![Ng Man Tat]()
Ng Man Tat was a Hong Kong actor with dozens of awards, including Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in "A Moment of Romance". A ...more -
![Tua Sarunyu Wongkrajang]()
Tua Sarunyu Wongkrajang has been active as an actor and moderator since 1984. Since 1998, he has also moved on to direct and produce several dramas. Recently, he is also active in ...more -
![Kinjo Mana]()
Kinjo Mana was an actress best known for her role as Ui in "Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger". She was the member of Tokyo Girls Run. She passed away on December 1, 2020, due ...more -
![Nisa Wongwat]()
Nisa Wongwat (Nickname: Jo) was a Thai actress. She got into a car accident at the Ratchadaphisek Road and passed away on April 6, 1995, at the age of 28. -
![Ichikawa Ennosuke IV]()
The fourth generation Ichikawa Ennosuke is Kinoshi Takahiko. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, as the eldest son of Ichikawa Danshiro IV. His uncle is the famous Ichikawa Ennosuke III, father of ...more -
![Bo Vanda Sahawong]()
Vanda Sahawong (Nickname: Bo) is a former anchorwoman at TrueVisions channel. She married actor Por Tridsadee Sahawong in 2013, after dating for over 10 years. They had a daughter named Phakhwan (Nickname: ...more -
![Kanda Sayaka]()
Kanda Sayaka was a Japanese actress and former Japanese pop singer. She debuted under Sony Music Japan, however in 2011, and for the release of her second album, she moved to Pony ...more -
![Mishima Yukio]()
Mishima Yukio is the pen name of Hiraoka Kimitake (January 14, 1925 – November 25, 1970), a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, film director, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai. Mishima ...more -
![Itami Juzo]()
Juzo Itami, born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi, was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films, all of which he wrote himself. The son of Mansaku Itami, prewar director of satiric ...more -
![Maeno Soichiro]()
Mitsuyasu Maeno was a Japanese actor born in the district of Sasazuka. He was married twice but both marriages ended in divorce. He died in a suicide attack on Yoshio Kodama, a ...more -
![Furuoya Masato]()
Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor who was born in Kawasaki city of Kanagawa Prefecture. He made his debut in 1977 and starred in many movies and TV dramas. He won the ...more -
![Hase Arihiro]()
Hase Arihiro is a Japanese actor. -
![Otomo Ryutaro]()
Otomo Ryutaro was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. In 1936, he made his debut in movies with the film Aozura Roshi. His final ...more -
![Watanabe Toru]()
Watanabe Toru was a Japanese actor. -
![Tanaka Kunie]()
Tanaka Kunie is a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Kurosawa Akira's The Bad Sleep Well and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. ...more -
![Kubodera Akira]()
Started modeling while still a student at Nihon University, where he studied agriculture and veterinary medicine. After graduation, he began working in theater. In 2003, he debuted in drama with his role ...more -
![Shimada Yoko]()
Shimada Yoko was a Japanese actress. She was best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shogun. She was the only female member of Shogun's massive ...more -
![Tamura Masakazu]()
Tamura Masakazu, born in Setagaya and died in Minato, was a Japanese actor. He was the third actor from the acting trio "The Three Tamura Brothers", alongside his brothers Takahiro and Ryo. ...more -
![Ricky Rivero]()
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![Lualhati Bautista]()
Lualhati Torres Bautista is a Filipina writer, novelist, liberal activist and political critic. Born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines to Esteban Bautista and Gloria Torres. She graduated from Emilio Jacinto Elementary School in ...more -
![JM Canlas]()
JM Canlas was a Filipino actor, singer, and Youtuber. He was born in Manila, Philippines. His brothers, Elijah Canlas and Jerom Canlas, are also actors. -
![Mike Enriquez]()
Miguel Castro Enriquez professionally known as Mike Enriquez, was a Filipino television and radio newscaster. He was also the Consultant for radio operations of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional ...more -
![Joey Paras]()
Joey Paras is a Filipino actor, filmmaker, film producer, singer, and writer, born in Manila, Philippines. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Santo Tomas, ...more -
![Ronaldo Valdez]()
Ronaldo James Gibbs, well known as Ronaldo Valdez, was a veteran Filipino actor notable for his paternal roles and for being the first KFC Filipino Colonel. He died, at the age of ...more -
![Barbara Yung]()
Yung was born in Hong Kong to a civil service family as an only child. Her childhood was relatively uneventful until the death of her father when she was aged 7. Yung ...more -
![Chen Xiao Xu]()
Chen Xiao Xu was a famous Chinese actress, a successful businesswoman, and billionaire in advertising. Though she only played in two TV series in her short life, she is far more famous ...more -
![Joseph Koo]()
Joseph Koo is one of the most respected composers in and from Hong Kong. After attending college in the United States in the early 1960's he returned to Hong Kong and worked ...more
