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Jason Scott Lee
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
SpouseDiana Chan (2008 - present)

Jason Scott Lee (Chinese: 李截; pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American actor and martial artist. Lee is perhaps best known for his role as Bruce Lee in martial arts film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.

Personal life

Lee was born in Los Angeles, California. [1] Lee was raised in Hawaii and is of Chinese-Hawaiian descent.[2] He attended school at Pearl City High School and is a friend of Carrie Ann Inaba, of Dancing with the Stars, and dated briefly.

Acting

Lee has trained in Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do since portraying Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993. He continues to train and is now a certified instructor under former Bruce Lee student Jerry Poteet. Lee performed in another film role as Mowgli in the 1994 film The Jungle Book. Lee was originally to play Liu Kang in 1995 film Mortal Kombat, but Lee turned the role down and was replaced by Robin Shou.

Other films

Lee also showed off his martial arts skills in a starring role in the film Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision, the sequel to the original 1994 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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.

Married

Lee married Diana Chan a Public Relations professional and a native of Singapore in May 2008 on the Big Island of Hawaii. [3]

Lee made his operatic debut in the non-singing role of Pasha Selim in Hawaii Opera Theatre's production of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii, in February 2009.[citation needed]

Filmography

Movies

References

  1. ^ Jason Scott Lee Biography (1966-)
  2. ^ http://dvd.ign.com/articles/646/646153p1.html
  3. ^ http://kgmb9.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9586&Itemid=103
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