Jason Scott Lee
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| Jason Scott Lee | |
 Jason Scott Lee playing Bruce Lee in 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'. |
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| Born | November 19, 1966 (age 40) Los Angeles, California |
| Notable roles | Map of the Human Heart (1993) Dragon (1993) Rapa Nui (1994) The Jungle Book (1994) |
Jason Scott Lee (李截, pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American movie actor.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Los Angeles, California, but was raised in Hawaii. As a third-generation Chinese American, he is three-quarters Chinese American and one-quarter Hawaiian. In the mid-1990s, he 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, when cast as Bruce Lee in Dragon he was portraying a Chinese American man , a Polynesian in Rapa Nui and an Indian in The Jungle Book.
Jason Scott Lee is of no relation to martial arts legend Bruce Lee, whom he portrayed in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.
[edit] Filmography
- Born in East L.A. (1987)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Map of the Human Heart (1993)
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
- Rapa Nui (1994)
- Picture Bride (1994)
- The Jungle Book (1994)
- Tale of the Mummy (1998)
- Soldier (1998)
- Arabian Nights (2000) (TV)
- Lilo & Stitch (2002) (voice)
- Dracula II: Ascension (2003) Father Uffizi
- Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2004)
- Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) (V) (voice)
- Nomad (2006)
- Time Cop 1 (film)
- Time Cop 2 The Berlin Decision (film) (2003)
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