Jason Scott Lee

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caption = Jason Scott Lee (left) on the cover of the DVD for ""
birthdate = birth date and age|1966|11|19
birthplace = Los Angeles, California

Jason Scott Lee (, pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American movie actor.

Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sylvia and Robert Lee, a bus driver. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/3/Jason-Scott-Lee.html Jason Scott Lee Biography (1966-) ] ] Lee was raised in Hawaii. He is of mixed Chinese-American and Hawaiian descent [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Jason_Scott_Lee/189419] . He attended high school with Carrie Ann Inaba, of "Dancing with the Stars", and dated her briefly.

He currently owns the Ulua Theatre, which opened in 2005, where he performed as Pale in the production of "Burn This". He played an Inuit in "Map of the Human Heart", a Polynesian in "Rapa Nui" and an Indian in "The Jungle Book".

Lee is not related to martial arts legend Bruce Lee, whom he portrayed in "."

Jason has trained in Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do since portraying Lee in "" in 1993. He continues to train and is now a certified instructor under former Bruce Lee student Jerry Poteet.

Lee is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the documentary "The Slanted Screen" (2006), directed by Jeff Adachi, about the representation of Asian and Asian American men in Hollywood.

Lee married Diana Chan, a native of Singapore while he was filming there, in May of 2008 in Pearl City, on the island of O'ahu. [http://kgmb9.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9586&Itemid=103]

Filmography

*"Born in East L.A." (1987) Paco
*"Back to the Future Part II" (1989) Whitey
*"Map of the Human Heart" (1993) Avik
*"" (1993) Bruce Lee
*"Rapa Nui" (1994)
*"Picture Bride" (1994)
*"The Jungle Book" (1994) Mowgli
*"Tale of the Mummy" (1998) Mummy
*"Soldier" (1998) Caine 607
*"Arabian Nights" (2000) Aladdin
*"Lilo & Stitch" (2002) (voice) David Kawena
*"" (2003) Father Uffizi
*"" (2005) Father Uffizi
*"" (2004)
*"" (2005) (V) (voice) David Kawena
*"" (2005)
*"Only the Brave" (2005)
*"Nomad" (2006)
*"The Slanted Screen" (documentary, 2006)
*"Balls of Fury" (2007) Eddie

References

External links

* [http://web.singnet.com.sg/~shade/insight3.htm The First Jason Scott Lee Homepage]
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