Recognized as One of Seattles Best Voice Actors Again
| Will Yun Lee | |
|---|---|
 Lee in 2013 | |
| Built-in | Lee Sang-wook (이상욱) (1971-03-22) March 22, 1971 Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Years agile | 1997–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Birmingham (yard. 2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이상욱 |
| Hanja | 李詳旭 |
| Revised Romanization | I Sang-great britain |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Sang'britain |
Volition Yun Lee (built-in March 22, 1971) is a Korean-American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Danny Woo in the supernatural drama Witchblade and Jae Kim in the sci-fi series Bionic Adult female. He has likewise appeared in the films Dice Some other 24-hour interval (2002), Elektra (2005) and The Wolverine (2013). He had a recurring role every bit Sang Min in Hawaii Five-0, plays the original body of series protagonist Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon, plays Marvelous Man in the Guardians of Justice (2022) and voiced Wei Shen in the game Sleeping Dogs (2012). Equally of 2019[update], he is appearing on the ABC medical drama The Adept Doctor playing Dr. Alex Park.
Early life [edit]
Lee was built-in in Arlington, Virginia to Korean parents. His parents are mother Jung Ja Lee and father Soo Woong Lee, a Taekwondo grandmaster. [1] He start began grooming at only three years one-time and spent a portion of his youth teaching at Lee'southward Tae Kwon Do training facility, his family's business in Napa, California.
Lee spent his youth moving across the United states of america and has attended 23 schools.[two]
Lee attended UC Berkeley with a full athletic scholarship to study political scientific discipline and ethnic studies.[iii]
Career [edit]
Lee had supporting roles in high-profile films such as Dice Another Day, Torque, The King of Fighters and Elektra. He has also acted on FX Network's mini-series Thief and ABC Family unit'southward Tv motion-picture show Mini-serial Fallen. He recently guest starred in Hawaii 5-0 every bit recurring grapheme "Sang Min", and in True Blood equally "Mr. Gus". He as well played Kenuichio Harada in James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013).[four] In 2018, Lee appeared in several episodes of the Netflix science-fiction serial Altered Carbon as the original body of protagonist Takeshi Kovacs (otherwise predominantly played by Joel Kinnaman in season 1 and Anthony Mackie in flavour two).[5]
Lee provides the vocalisation of the main protagonist in Square Enix's Hong Kong open-world crime game Sleeping Dogs equally undercover cop Wei Shen.
Lee on the cover of KoreAm in 2007
In 2002, he was named past People every bit one of their "50 Most Beautiful People", which quickly led to high-contour roles. In Nov 2007, he was again recognized by People, this fourth dimension as one of the members of their list of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive".[vi]
Lee is amid the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the 2006 documentary The Slanted Screen directed past Jeff Adachi, about the representation of Asian and Asian American men in Hollywood. He was featured in the music video of Mariah Carey'southward "Male child (I Need You)" equally well as Ice Cube's "Roll Call".
Personal life [edit]
In October 2010, Lee married extra Jennifer Birmingham in Shreveport, Louisiana.[7] Their son, Cash, was born in June 2013.[8] Cash was diagnosed with the Moyamoya disease, a rare blood disorder, at the age of three.[ii]
Filmography [edit]
Film [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gung Fu: The New Dragon | Danny | |
| What'south Cooking? | Jimmy Nguyen | ||
| 2002 | Die Another Day | Colonel Tan-Dominicus Moon | |
| 2002 | Four Reasons | Buddha | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Face | Daniel Chang | |
| 2004 | Torque | Val | |
| 2005 | Elektra | Kirigi | |
| 2005 | The Seed | Ken Marcado | Short film |
| 2007 | Hers | Lucas | |
| 2008 | sixth and Santa Fe | Short motion-picture show | |
| 2010 | The King of Fighters | Iori Yagami | |
| 2011 | Where the Route Meets the Dominicus | Takashi | |
| Setup | Joey | ||
| Five Star Day | Samuel Kim | ||
| Oka! | Yi | ||
| 2012 | Total Recall | Marek | |
| Cerise Dawn | Captain Cho | ||
| 2013 | Superman: Unbound | Parasoldier Leader (voice) | Directly-to-video |
| Make Your Move 3D | Kaz | ||
| Lost for Words | Stanford | ||
| The Wolverine | Kenuichio Harada | ||
| Iv Assassins | Marcus | ||
| 2015 | Spy | Timothy Cress | |
| Power/Rangers | General Klank | Short film | |
| San Andreas | Dr. Kim Park | ||
| 2016 | Restored Me | Trevor Kang | |
| She Has a Name | Akkarat | ||
| 2017 | Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin | ||
| 2018 | Bangkok Dear Story | ||
| Canal Street | Officer Hank Chu | ||
| Adi Shankar'due south Gods and Secrets | |||
| Rampage | Agent Park | ||
| 2019 | Rogue Warfare | Daniel | |
| 2021 | Wish Dragon | Mr. Wong (Begetter) (Voice) |
Idiot box [edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nash Bridges | Quick | Episode: "Gun Play" |
| 1998 | Profiler | Andrew Young | Episode: "Ties That Bind" |
| Brimstone | Roger | Episode: "Poem" | |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Bobby Wu | Episode: "Mao Better Dejection" |
| The Disciples | Yoyo Lee | Television film | |
| 2000 | Witchblade | Danny Woo | Television film |
| 2001 | The Agency | Sam | Episode: "The Year of Living Dangerously" |
| 2001–2002 | Witchblade | Detective Danny Woo | 23 episodes |
| 2002 | Face | Daniel | |
| 2003–2004 | x-8: Officers on Duty | Detective Danny Chang | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Threat Matrix | Danny Roh | Episode: "PPX" |
| Constabulary & Order | Hiroji Yoshida | Episode: "Gaijin" | |
| 2006 | Thief | Vincent Chan | Miniseries |
| CSI: Offense Scene Investigation | Dennis Kim | Episode: "Time of Your Death" | |
| Seismic sea wave: The Aftermath | Chai | Miniseries | |
| 2007 | Hustle | Shiro | Episode: "Conning the Artists" |
| Fallen | Mazarin | four episodes | |
| Bionic Woman | Jae Kim | seven episodes | |
| 2008 | Finnegan | Taki | Television set film |
| 2010 | Boston'due south Finest | Eddie Lao | Television movie |
| 2010–2017 | Hawaii Five-0 | Sang Min | xi episodes |
| 2014 | The Novice | The Big Bang | Television receiver film |
| True Blood | Mr. Gus | 5 episodes | |
| Intelligence | Jin Cong | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Strike Back: Legacy | Kwon | five episodes |
| Dr. Ken | Kevin O'Connell | Episode: "Kevin O'Connell" | |
| The Thespian | Liu Zeng | Episode: "House Rules" | |
| Warrior | Susano | ||
| 2016–2018 | Falling Water [9] | Taka | Main role |
| 2018–2020 | Altered Carbon | Original Takeshi Kovacs | Recurring role (Seasons 1–2); 12 episodes |
| 2018–present | The Expert Doctor | Dr. Alex Park | Recurring (flavour 1) Principal (flavor two–present) |
| 2021–2022 | Blade Runner: Blackness Lotus [10] | Joseph | Main role; voice |
| 2022 | The Guardians of Justice | Marvelous Human | Main Part |
Video games [edit]
| Year | Championship | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Saints Row: The Third | Pedestrians | |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Boosted Voices | |
| Infex | IngenBio Baby-sit | ||
| Sleeping Dogs | Wei Shen | ||
| 2013 | Saints Row Four | The Voices of Virtual Steelport | |
| 2015 | Mortal Kombat X | Kung Lao | [11] [12] |
| 2020 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Masato Arakawa | [13] |
References [edit]
- ^ Cha, John (March 28, 2014). "March Upshot: Something Worth Fighting For". KoreAm. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "'The Good Doctor' Histrion Will Yun Lee Sets The Caregiving Standard". Character Media. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-01-10 .
- ^ Turner, Miki (November 25, 2000). "What's Cooking For Will Yun Lee?". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Eisenberg, Eric (July 9, 2012). "The Wolverine Adds Will Yun Lee every bit Silver Samurai". CinemaBlend. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ Wigler, Josh (March ii, 2018). "'Altered Carbon' Star Volition Yun Lee: "The Chat is Changing"". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ "Sexiest Human Alive 2007: Will Yun Lee". People. Nov 14, 2008. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
- ^ Wihlborg, Ulrica (Oct 31, 2010). "Nick Lachey Is Real-Life Wedding Vocalizer". People. Archived from the original on Nov one, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ Leon, Anya (June half-dozen, 2013). "Will Yun and Jennifer Birmingham Lee Welcome Son Cash". Reporting by Julie Jordan. People. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ Warren, Andrew. "A Tennessee tale: Dolly Parton's most famous story is coming to the screen". TV Media.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (July vii, 2021). "Blade Runner: Black Lotus Anime Reveals English language/Japanese Casts". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ^ Brian Chard [@bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "Huge cheers to the stellar MKX voice actors: Troy @TroyBakerVA (Shinnok/EBlack/Fujin), Ronald M. Banks (Quan Chi); Ashly Burch (Cassie)..." (Tweet). Retrieved Apr 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
- ^ Brian Chard [@bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "...Nathan Hosner (Narrator); Kelly Hu (D'Vorah/Sindel/Frost); Phil LaMarr (Kotal Kahn); Will Yun Lee (Kung Lao); Patrick Seitz (Scorpion)..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
- ^ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Similar a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:xiv.
External links [edit]
- Will Yun Lee on Twitter
- Will Yun Lee at IMDb
- Eichberger, Gaby; Schmidt, Christine (September 2011). "Interview with Will Yun Lee". mycoven.com
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Yun_Lee
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