Will Yun Lee, born Lee Sang-wook (이상욱), is an American actor on The Good Doctor, who portrays the role of Dr. Alex Park.
History[]
Early Life[]
Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, and is of Korean descent.[1] His parents are mother Jing Ja Lee and father Soo Woong Lee, a Taekwondo grandmaster.[2] He first began training at just three years old and spent a portion of his youth teaching at Lee's Tae Kwon Do training facility, his family's business in Napa, California. Lee attended UC Berkeley with a full athletic scholarship to study political science and ethnic studies.[3]
Career[]
Will Yun Lee had supporting roles in high-profile films such as Die Another Day, Torque, The King of Fighters and Elektra. He has also acted on FX Network's mini-series Thief and ABC Family's TV movie Mini-series Fallen. He recently guest starred in Hawaii Five-0 as recurring character "Sang Min", and in True Blood as "Mr. Gus". He also played Kenuichio Harada in James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013).[4] He provides the voice of the protagonist in the Square Enix and United Front Games' Hong Kong open-world crime game, Sleeping Dogs and its Definitive Edition, as Chinese-American undercover cop Wei Shen. In 2002 he was named by People as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People", which quickly led to high-profile roles. In November 2007, he was again recognized by People, this time as one of the members of their list of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive".[5] Will Yun Lee is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the 2006 documentary The Slanted Screen, directed by Jeff Adachi, about the representation of Asian and Asian American men in Hollywood. He was in the music video of Mariah Carey's "Boy (I Need You)" as well as Ice Cube's "Roll Call".
Appearances[]
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External links[]
References[]
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2015/09/asian-actors-hollywood-roles-diversity-1201513765/
- ↑ http://iamkoream.com/march-issue-something-worth-fighting-for/
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-25/news/0011250288_1_parents-nash-bridges-family
- ↑ http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Wolverine-Adds-Yun-Lee-Villain-31786.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080117025942/http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20154290_20159879_13,00.html