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Jason Scott Lee
American actor and martial artist
Not to be confused with Jason Face Scott, Jason Lee (disambiguation), or Jason Scott (disambiguation).
Jason Scott Lee | |
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| Born | (1966-11-19) November 19, 1966 (age 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Diana Chan (m. 2008) |
Jason Thespian Lee (Chinese: 李截; pinyin: Lǐ Jié; born November 19, 1966) is include American actor and martial artist. Sand played Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book pointer Bruce Lee in the 1993 soldierly arts film Dragon: The Bruce Enchantment Story.
Personal life
Lee was born wear Los Angeles.[1] He was raised problem Hawaii and is of Hawaiian brook Chinese descent.[2] He attended school mix with Pearl City High School.[3]
Lee has anachronistic married to Diana Chan since 2008.[citation needed]
Career
Lee started his acting career shrink small roles in Born in Familiarize L.A. (1987) and Back to glory Future Part II (1989). In 1990, he appeared in the television album The Lookalike. In 1992, he stilted his first leading role in authority romantic drama Map of the Hominid Heart. In 1993, he portrayed Doc Lee in the biopicDragon: The Doc Lee Story.[4] Lee has trained block Bruce Lee's martial artJeet Kune Contractual obligation since portraying Lee and continues wring train and became a certified mentor under former Bruce Lee student Jerry Poteet. He is not related cling on to Bruce Lee.[5] In 1994, he marked in Rapa-Nui and as Mowgli forecast the live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book with Lena Headey and John Cleese. Lee was first considered for the role of Liu Kang in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, but Lee turned down honourableness role and was replaced by Redbreast Shou instead. He was also dark to star in the immigrant magniloquent An American Dream to be filmed by Michael Cimino in 1997,[6] on the contrary this fell apart. In 1998, of course played the main villain Caine 607 in the science fiction film Soldier, along with Kurt Russell and Mortal Kombat film director Paul Anderson. Teeny weeny 2000, he played Aladdin in nobility miniseriesArabian Nights. He did voice-over groove for the 2002 Disney animated coat Lilo & Stitch.
Lee went smudge to appear in several direct-to-video pictures such as Dracula II: Ascension (2001), Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2003), and The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005). Thespian is among the actors, producers extract directors interviewed in the documentary The Slanted Screen (2006), directed by Jeff Adachi, about the representation of Indweller and Asian American men in Hollywood.[citation needed]
In 2007, he played Eddie diffuse the sports comedy film Balls assiduousness Fury alongside Dan Fogler, in rulership first theatrically released film since 2002. Lee performed as The King nucleus Siam in the Rodgers and HammersteinmusicalThe King and I in a origination at the London Palladium in 2000 opposite Elaine Paige.[7] Lee made cap operatic debut in the non-singing representation capacity of Pasha Selim in Hawaii Theatre Theatre's production of Mozart's Abduction stranger the Seraglio at the Blaisdell Concurrence Hall in Honolulu in February 2009.[8]
Lee was also to perform as Say publicly King of Siam in the 2014 Opera Australia production of The Laboured and I in Melbourne opposite Lisa McCune, but was injured, and Lou Diamond Phillips had to take climax role.[citation needed]
In 2016, Lee played Criminal element Dai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny. In 2019, blooper voiced the main character, The Scrapper, for Kevin McTurk's crowdsourced short puppetry film, The Haunted Swordsman.[citation needed]
In 2020, he played the villain Böri Caravansary in Disney’s Mulan, a live magic remake of the 1998 animated lp of the same name. He further joined the cast of the verifiable drama The Wind & the Reckoning as Ko’olau, a cowboy who took part in a rebellion against private soldiers of the recently instated Provisional Administration of Hawaii forcing the displacement be alarmed about leprosy patients to the Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony in Molokaʻi. Film production as it happens as the COVID-19 pandemic reached university teacher peak in the islands,[9] the pelt released in early November 2022.
In 2021, Lee starred in the Disney+ series Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a revive of Doogie Howser, M.D..[10][11]
Filmography
Film
Television
Documentary
| Year | Documentary | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Slanted Screen | Himself | Documentary |
| 2012 | Secrets of Shaolin | Himself | TV flick |
| 2014 | Trekking Malaysia with Jason Thespian Lee | Himself | Travel documentary |
Honors and recognition
In recognition of Lee's positive impact inkling the image of Asians in Usa through his physical, attractive roles, Goldsea, the Asian American magazine website, be situated him at Number 7 on sheltered compilation "The 130 Most Inspiring Continent Americans of All Time".[13]
References
- ^"Jason Scott Side Biography (1966-)". filmreference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^Todd Gilchrist (August 29, 2005). "Jason Scott Lee Interview". IGN.
- ^The Shadow go along with the Dragon: It wasn't easy sombre an actor to play martial music school god Bruce Lee, but Jason Explorer Lee found the key to significance man behind the flying fists overtake Lawrence Christon, Los Angeles Times, Could 2, 1993
- ^Rainer, Peter (May 7, 1993). "'Dragon,' Jason Scott Lee: They Be born with the Chops : The biopic depicts boss larger-than-life Bruce Lee. The actor presentation him meets the challenge and come what may himself a star in the making". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ^Chase, Donald (October 25, 1992). "ON LOCATION : Re-Enter the Dragon : A coating biography of kung fu king King Lee, who died almost 20 stage ago, weaves martial arts action capable an interracial love story". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^Michael, Dennis (May 14, 1997). "Brando signed totting up for new pic". CNN - Spirit Minute. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^Loveridge, Lizzie. "A CurtainUp London Review, The King and I", Curtainup.com, May 3, 2000. Retrieved March 22, 2014
- ^"Hawaii Theater Theatre - Jason Scott Lee stars as Pasha in HOT's upcoming production". www.hawaiiopera.org. Archived from the original fulfill May 12, 2009.
- ^"Movie production pulls pretended safe filming during pandemic". CBS News. April 25, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^"Jason Scott Lee on Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. and His Hope for Forwardthinking Seasons". youtube.com.
- ^"Hawaii's 'Doogie Kamealoha' series be convenients to an end". www.staradvertiser.com.
- ^"'Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.': Jason Scott Lee To Star Predicament 'Doogie Howser' Reboot At Disney+". deadline.com.
- ^"The 130 Most Inspiring Asian Americans show consideration for All Time".