Reggie Lee
Biography
Reggie Lee (born October 4, 1975) is an American actor. He was born in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, and is also credited as Reggie Telmo Valdez. Lee changed his surname from Valdez to Lee after moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting, despite having been accepted to Harvard. He is known for portraying William Kim on the television series Prison Break, Tai Huang in two Pirates of the Caribbean films, and a role in The Fast and the Furious franchise. On NBC he appears as Tom in the series Persons Unknown. As of the latest data he has accumulated 61 credited acting roles.
Career overview
Reggie Lee was born on October 4, 1975 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. He was accepted to Harvard University but chose to relocate to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Early in his professional life he changed his surname from Valdez to Lee, a decision he has publicly explained.
Lee’s television work includes the recurring role of William Kim on the series Prison Break. In film, he portrayed Tai Huang in two installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and also appeared in The Fast and the Furious. More recently he has been cast as Tom in the NBC series Persons Unknown. According to the Movie Database, his acting résumé comprises sixty‑one credited roles across film and television. These credits reflect a career that spans a variety of genres and production scales, establishing Lee as a versatile American actor with a presence in both network television and major motion pictures.
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- The Lincoln Lawyer (2022) as Angelo Soto
- CSI: Vegas (2021) as Undersheriff Bobby Zhao
- Sweet Girl (2021) as Dr. Wu
- The Fugitive (2020)
- All Rise (2019) as Thomas Choi
- Inside Game (2019) as Danh 'The Chinaman' Tran
- Disappearance (2019) as Detective Park
- Fanboy (2019) as Greg
- The Rookie (2018) as Mike Weston
- Behind the Walls (2018) as Rick
- Fresh Off the Boat (2015) as Julius
- NCIS: New Orleans (2014) as Steven Thompson
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) as Dr. Ronald Yee
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Ross
- Safe (2012) as Quan Chang
- Here Comes the Boom (2012) as Mr. De La Cruz
- Grimm (2011) as Drew Wu
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) as Officer Huang
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Joey Kang
- Life As We Know It (2010) as Alan Burke
- White Collar (2009) as Ambassador Kyi
- Star Trek (2009) as Test Administrator
- Drag Me to Hell (2009) as Stu Rubin
- Tropic Thunder (2008) as Byong
- Dimples (2008) as Doctor Hammer
- Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008) as Sing
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Tai Huang
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as Headless
- Prison Break (2005) as Bill Kim
- American Dad! (2005) as Hideki Yoshida (voice)
- Blind Justice (2005) as Don Yun
- Night Stalker (2005) as Stanley Kim
- Frankenfish (2004) as Anton
- NCIS (2003) as Jonathan Chow
- Luis (2003) as Zhing Zhang
- Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Armed Man
- Net Games (2003) as Laurence
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002) as Suit
- The Division (2001) as Officer Jim Chang
- XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001) as Nuey Phan
- The Fast and the Furious (2001) as Lance Nguyen
- The Parlor (2001) as Slappy Sue
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Dr. Nakashima
- Psycho Beach Party (2000) as Dancer
- Psycho Beach Party (2000) Choreographer
- Drift (2000) as Ryan (as R.T. Lee)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Paul Lee
- Cyberdorm (1999) as Zachary
- Two of a Kind (1998) as Waiter
- Working (1997) as Applicant
- The Magic Pearl (1997) as Wu Lung (voice)
- ER (1994) as Christian
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Sam
- Babylon 5 (1994) as Chen Hikaru
- Party of Five (1994) as Orderly
- Sister, Sister (1994) as Lawson
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Kim Ho
- Mad About You (1992) as Gardner's Assistant
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as Richard
- Concepción Producer
- The Weeping as Ranger Jim
- Above the Break as Sheriff Langford