Jon Lee (entertainer)

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Name = Jon Lee


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jonathan Lee
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Born = birth date and age|1982|4|26
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Origin = Ipplepen, Devon, England
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Genre = Pop music
Occupation = Singer, actor
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Associated_acts = S Club (7)
URL = [http://jonleeofficial.com/ jonleeofficial.com]
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Jonathan Lee (born 26 April 1982 in Croydon, Surrey, England) is a former member of the late 1990s and early 2000s pop group S Club 7 (later S Club) which split in April 2003. The group also starred in a number of their own TV sitcoms, playing themselves. Lee grew up in Ipplepen, Devon.

Career

At the age of 12, Lee played the leading role in the West Ends production of Oliver! At the London Palladium Theatre alongside Jonathan Pryce's Fagin.

Prior to joining S Club 7, Lee had a part in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" playing Josh Saunders from 1997 to 1998. He also played Julian in the musical version of Enid Blyton's "Famous Five the Musical - Smuggler's Gold" (1997).

In 2003 and 2004, Lee played the lead part of Marius in "Les Miserables" at the Palace Theatre in London, and continued to play the role following the show's move to the smaller Queen's Theatre. In 2005, Lee toured the UK in a brand new musical entitled "Love Shack", featuring disco classics and hit dance songs from the charts. He starred alongside Steps' Faye Tozer and Hear'Say's Noel Sullivan. Recently, Lee worked on a number of other musical projects before returning to the stage and starred in BBC's "The Sound of Musicals".

In 2008 Lee recorded a song for the CD "Act One - Songs From The Musicals Of Alexander S. Bermange", an album of 20 brand new recordings by 26 West End stars, released in October 2008 on Dress Circle Records.

Since May 2008 Lee has voiced the part of good-looking, bike-riding Max, in the British Disney Channel cartoon series "The Famous Five" [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article938216.ece The Sun: The Famous 5 get a revamp!] ]

References

External links

* [http://jonleeofficial.com/ Jon Lee's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/officialjonlee Jon Lee's Official MySpace]