Lee, Will Yun 1975–

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Lee, Will Yun 1975–

PERSONAL

Original name, Sang-Wook Lee; born March 22, 1975, in Arlington, VA; son of Soo Woong (a martial artist) and Jing Ja Lee. Education: Attended University of California, Berkeley; trained briefly at American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, and later with Blue Sphere Alliance, Los Angeles.

Addresses:

Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 405 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—The Collective, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700 West, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor. East Bay Asian Youth Centre, San Francisco, CA, teacher; also teacher of tae kwon do.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Danny, Gung Fu: The New Dragon, Cafe Productions, 2000.

Jimmy Nguyen, What's Cooking?, Trimark Pictures, 2000.

Buddha, Four Reasons, Robert Mack Films/Antenna Films/Bliss Bomb Productions, 2002.

Colonel Moon, Die Another Day (also known as D.A.D.), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002.

Daniel, Face, 2002, Indican Pictures, 2004.

Val, Torque, Warner Bros., 2004.

Kirigi, Elektra, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Himself, The Slanted Screen (documentary), Asian American Media Mafia, 2006.

Lucas, Hers, Bada Entertainment/Freecom/Luka Productions International, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Vincent Chan, a recurring role, Thief, FX Channel, 2006.

Mazarin, Fallen, ABC Family Channel, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Chai, Tsunami: The Aftermath, HBO, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Premiere Bond: Die Another Day, ITV, 2002.

Hot Buttered Movie Special: Elektra, Spike, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Yoyo Lee, The Disciples, UPN, 2000.

Detective Danny Woo, Witchblade, TNT, 2000.

Vincent Chan, Thief, FX Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Andrew Young, "Ties that Bind," Profiler, NBC, 1998.

Roger, "Poem," Brimstone, Fox, 1998.

Bobby, "Mao Better Blues," V.I.P. (also known as V.I.P.—Die Bodyguards), syndicated, 1999.

Detective Danny Woo, "Parallax," Witchblade, TNT, 2001.

Sam, "The Year of Living Dangerously," The Agency, CBS, 2001.

Detective Danny Chang, "Let It Bleed," 10-8: Officers on Duty (also known as 10-8 and 10-8: Police Patrol), ABC, 2003.

Detective Danny Chang, "Love Don't Love Nobody," 10-8: Officers on Duty (also known as 10-8 and 10-8: Police Patrol), ABC, 2004.

Danny Roh, "PPX," Threat Matrix, ABC, 2004.

Hiroshi Yoshida, "Gaijin," Law & Order, NBC, 2004.

Dennis Kim, "Time of Your Death," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI: Las Vegas, CSI Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

False Bravado, Blue Sphere Alliance, Lex Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in the music videos "Boy (I Need You)" by Mariah Carey and "Roll Call" by Lil Jon.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Korean Journal, August, 2000, pp. 24-30; January, 2004, pp. 70-76.

People Weekly, May 13, 2002, p. 142.

TV Zone, October, 2001, pp. 46-48.

Venice, February, 2004, p. 23.

Xpose, September, 2000, pp. 40-41.

Electronic:

Will Yun Lee Official Site,http://www.willyunlee.com, February 16, 2007.