JASON SCOTT LEE

''For the Power Rangers character, see Jason Lee Scott.''
'Jason Scott Lee' (李截, 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.^[1] Lee was raised in Hawaii. As a third-generation Chinese American, he is three-quarters Chinese American and one-quarter Hawaiian. He attended high school with Carrie Ann Inaba, of ''Dancing with the Stars'', and dated her briefly.
In the mid-1990s, Lee had a few leading roles in feature films. Since that time, he has not broken into the ranks of major stardom, but continues to receive supporting roles. He currently owns the Ulua Theatre, which opened in 2005, where he performed as Pale in the production of ''Burn This''. As a non-Caucasian actor with an ambiguous ethnic appearance, he has been called upon to portray various races. He played an Inuit in ''Map of the Human Heart'', a Polynesian in ''Rapa Nui'' and an Indian in ''The Jungle Book''.
Lee is of no relation to martial arts legend Bruce Lee, whom he portrayed in ''.''
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.

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Filmography

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Filmography

★ ''Born in East L.A.'' (1987) Paco

★ ''Back to the Future Part II'' (1989) Whitey

★ ''Map of the Human Heart'' (1993) Doctor Love

★ '' (1993) Bruce Lee

★ ''Rapa Nui'' (1994)

★ ''Picture Bride'' (1994)

★ ''The Jungle Book'' (1994) Mowgli

★ ''Tale of the Mummy'' (1998) Mummy

★ ''Soldier'' (1998) Soldier

★ ''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)

★ ''Dance of the Dragon'' (to be released in 2008)

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/3/Jason-Scott-Lee.html

External links

★ The First Jason Scott Lee Homepage

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