Greg Lee (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Greg Lee

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1962|3|3}}

|birth_place=Hebron, Nebraska, U.S.

|occupation=Actor, voice actor, comedian

|years_active=1989–present

}}

Greg Lee (born March 3, 1962) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian.

Biography

Lee was born in Hebron, Nebraska. He attended York College in York, Nebraska, and Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City in the early 1980s. Lee co-hosted (with Molly Scott) Nickelodeon's variety show Total Panic from 1989 to 1990. From 1990 to 1991, he stayed on Nickelodeon to be an announcer for another show, Outta Here! He is best known for his roles as ACME's Special (later Senior) Agent in Charge of Training New Recruits on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-21-tv-956-story.html|title=Focus : Who in the World Is Greg Lee?|date=1993-02-21|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/carmen-sandiego-january-premiere-date-netflix-gina-rodriguez-finn-wolfhard-1202517531/|title='Carmen Sandiego' Gets January Premiere Date On Netflix|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2018-12-10|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}} and as the voice of Mayor/Principal White on Doug. Lee got his start acting in television commercials and bit parts in different films and TV shows. He worked as a contestant coordinator on Double Dare. Lee currently is a player with Tokens, a variety show from Nashville, Tennessee, that performs at the Ryman Auditorium. His character is Brother Preacher.

He was also hired for the pilot episode of the show NewsRadio. Ray Romano was originally hired for the part, but he was fired before filming began. Joe Rogan was hired to replace Romano and went on to star after the pilot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cracked.com/article_35658_joe-rogan-replaced-me-on-newsradio.html|title=Joe Rogan Replaced Me on 'Newsradio'|date=2022-10-17|website=Cracked|language=en|access-date=2023-02-19}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1989

| Total Panic

| Himself (host)

| Game show

1990

| Sesame Street Visits The Firehouse

| Firefighter

| Made a cameo appearance as a firefighter. Did not speak, but sang a part of a song in the video.

1990–1991

| Outta Here!

| Himself (announcer)

| Game show

1991–1995

| Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

| Himself (host) & Other Various Informants

| Game show

1991–1999

| Doug

| style=white-space:nowrap;"|Mayor/Principal White

| Voice role

1993

| Ghostwriter

| School Teacher

| 3 episodes, "Who is Max Mouse?" arc

1995

| NewsRadio

| Rick

| Pilot episode

1995–1996

| Nitro!

| Himself (host)

| Game show

1999

| Doug's 1st Movie

| Mayor/Principal White

| Voice role, film

2000

| The Drew Carey Show

| Crazy Al

| 1 episode, "Kate Works for Drew"

2000

| The Giving Tree

| Man in Bed

| Film

2001

| The District

| Father

| 1 episode, "Melt Down"

2004

| Chaos Theory

| Motel Man

| Short film

2005

| George Lopez

| Rob

| 1 episode, "George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition"

2006

| Eye of the Dolphin

| Principal McGowan

| Drama film

2010

| Beneath the Blue

|WLF Leader

|Sequel to Eye of the Dolphin

2011

| Killer

|Shades

|Short film

2013

| The Between

|Jay

|Film based on the novel of the same name

Discography

References