Hoon Lee

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| name = Hoon Lee

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| caption = Lee in 2016

| birth_name = Tong Hoon Lee

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|7|18}}

| birth_place = Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Harvard University

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2001–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Sekiya Lavone Billman|26 October 2008}}

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Tong Hoon Lee (born July 18, 1973) is an American actor, known for playing Job in the Cinemax original series Banshee and the King in the Broadway revival of The King and I, and voicing Hamato Yoshi/Splinter in the 2012 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shredder in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the White Rabbit in Devil May Cry.

Early life and career

Lee graduated from Harvard University in 1994. He appeared in 2001 in the Broadway production of Urinetown.{{cite web |title=Urinetown Original Broadway Cast - 2001 Broadway - BroadwayWorld |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=7686 |accessdate=September 28, 2013 |website=Broadway World}} He played many roles over the years until he was cast as Rosencrantz in a musical version of Hamlet.{{cite news|title=Whips and Scorns of Time, Stinging All They Touch|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/theater/reviews/18hamlet.html|publisher=NY Times|accessdate=28 September 2013|first=Ben|last=Brantley|date=18 June 2008}} In 2008, Lee won a Theatre World Award{{cite web |title=Lortel Archives--The Internet Off-Broadway Database |url=http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030655/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |accessdate=September 28, 2013 |website=Lortel}} for Distinguished Performance in Yellow Face.{{cite news |last=Verini |first=Bob |date=May 21, 2007 |title=Yellow Face - Variety |url=https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/yellow-face-2-1200559161/ |accessdate=September 28, 2013}}

In television, Lee got his first role as Dr. Mao in an episode of Sex and the City in 2003. He also made guest appearances in Law & Order, Fringe, Royal Pains, White Collar, NCIS: New Orleans and other series. He also had small roles in movies such as Saving Face, We Own the Night, Premium Rush, and The Oranges.

In March 2012, he was cast in a starring role as Job, a drag queen ultra-level computer hacker, in the television series Banshee.{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Ivana Milicevic To Star In 'Banshee', Derek Richardson Joins 'Anger Management'|url=https://deadline.com/2012/03/ivana-milicevic-to-star-in-banshee-derek-richardson-joins-anger-management-243965/|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|date=14 March 2012}}

On June 18, 2015, it was announced that Lee would succeed Jose Llana in the role of the King of Siam in Lincoln Center's Tony-winning revival of The King and I. Lee formally joined the cast on September 29, 2015, playing the King until April 2016.

Personal life

Lee's parents are Jung Ja Lee and Moon Soo Lee, and his brother is Tony Lee, the renowned club volleyball coach at MIT (winning the 2014 USAV Nationals competition and the Gordon Y. Billard award in 2025). Lee was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Sekiya Billman and Hoon Lee|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/fashion/weddings/26billman.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=28 September 2013|date=26 October 2008}}

He married Sekiya Lavone Billman in October 2008. They met in 2001 while performing in a production of Making Tracks at a benefit in Taipei, Taiwan, for Second Generation, an Asian-American theater company in Manhattan.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2004 \| Saving Face \| Raymond Wong \|
2007 \| We Own the Night \| Emergency Services Driver \|
2011 \| The Oranges \| Henry \|
rowspan = "2" \| 2012 \| Exposed \| Taki \|
Premium Rush \| Floor Manager \|
2016 \| Identity Crisis \| Assassin \| Short film
2020 \| Mulan \| Village Magistrate \|
2023 \| The Monkey King \| Jade Emperor, Monk (voice) \|{{Cite web \|last=Milligan \|first=Mercedes \|date=May 20, 2021 \|title=Netflix Slates 3 New Animated Projects from Asian-American Creators \|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/05/netflix-slates-3-new-animated-projects-from-asian-american-creators/ \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|website=Animation Magazine}}{{cite web \|title=Hoon Lee (visual voices guide) \|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Hoon-Lee/ \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2004

| Saving Face

| Raymond Wong

2007

| We Own the Night

| Emergency Services Driver

2011

| The Oranges

| Henry

rowspan = "2" | 2012

| Exposed

| Taki

Premium Rush

| Floor Manager

2016

| Identity Crisis

| Assassin

| Short film

2020

| Mulan

| Village Magistrate

2023

| The Monkey King

| Jade Emperor, Monk (voice)

|{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=May 20, 2021 |title=Netflix Slates 3 New Animated Projects from Asian-American Creators |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/05/netflix-slates-3-new-animated-projects-from-asian-american-creators/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Animation Magazine}}{{cite web |title=Hoon Lee (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Hoon-Lee/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2003 \| Sex and the City \| Dr. Mao \| Episode: "The Domino Effect"
2006 \| Law & Order \| Huot Mam \| Episode: "Hindsight"
2008 \| Fringe \| Richard \| Episode: "Power Hungry"
rowspan = "3" \| 2009 \| The Unusuals \| Officer Chung \| Episode: "Crime Slut"
Royal Pains \| Stu \| Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
White Collar \| Lao Shen \| Episode: "All In"
2010 \| Blue Bloods \| Detective Tuan \| Episode: "Chinatown"
2012 \| NYC 22 \| Detective Lee \| Episode: "Crossing the Rubicon"
2012–17 \| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \| Hamato Yoshi / Splinter, additional voices \| Series regular, 77 episodes
2013 \| Archer \| Korean Agent (voice) \| Episode: "The Honeymooners"
rowspan="2"\|2013–16 \| Banshee \| Job \| Main role, 31 episodes
Banshee Origins \| Job \| 3 episodes
2014 \| The Blacklist \| Mako Tanida \| Episode: "Mako Tanida"
2015 \| Hawaii Five-0 \| Kee Mun \| Episode: "E 'Imi pono"
2015–18 \| Bosch \| Reggie Woo \| 6 episodes
2017 \| Outcast \| Kenneth Park \| Series regular, 7 episodes{{Cite web \|last=Anop \|first=Nirat \|date=August 11, 2016 \|title=Outcast - Season 2 - M.C. Gainey, Madelyn Deutch & Hoon Lee Join Cast \|url=https://www.spoilertv.com/2016/08/outcast-season-2-mc-gainey-madelyn.html \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|website=Spoiler TV}}
2017–18 \| Iron Fist \| Lei Kung \| 2 episodes
2019 \| NCIS: New Orleans \| Norman Wong \| Episode: "Crab Mentality"
2019–23 \| Warrior \| Wang Chao \| Main role{{Cite web \|last=Andreeva \|first=Nellie \|date=October 11, 2017 \|title=Warrior: Cinemax Sets Cast & Director For Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series \|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/warrior-cinemax-cast-director-bruce-lee-inspired-martial-arts-series-1202185298/ \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|website=Deadline \|language=en-US}}
2019–20 \| Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \| Ancestor, Oroku Saki / Shredder (voice) \| 4 episodes
2021 \| See \| Toad \| Main role (season 2){{Cite web \|last=Andreeva \|first=Nellie \|date=June 11, 2021 \|title=See Gets Season 3 Renewal By Apple, Unveils Season 2 Premiere Date, Trailer & Cast Additions \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/see-renewed-season-3-apple-season-2-premiere-date-trailer-new-cast-1234773373/ \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|website=Deadline \|language=en-US}}
2022 \| DMZ \| Wilson Lin \| Miniseries{{Cite web \|last=White \|first=Peter \|date=November 19, 2020 \|title=DMZ: HBO Max Hands Series Order To Ava DuVernay & Roberto Patino’s Futuristic Civil War Drama, Based On DC Comic \|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/dmz-hbo-max-series-order-ava-duvernay-and-roberto-patino-dc-comics-1234618836/ \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|website=Deadline \|language=en-US}}
rowspan="2"\| 2025 \| Devil May Cry \| White Rabbit (voice){{Cite web\|url=https://www.cbr.com/netflix-devil-may-cry-full-trailer-release/\|title=Netflix Finally Reveals Full Trailer for Devil May Cry in Major Anime Update\|website=Comic Book Resources\|first=Leo\|last=Reyna\|date=March 11, 2025\|access-date=March 11, 2025\|archive-date=March 11, 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311221902/https://www.cbr.com/netflix-devil-may-cry-full-trailer-release/\|url-status=live}} \| 7 episodes
Your Friends and Neighbors \| Barney Choi \| Upcoming series{{Cite web \|last=Cordero \|first=Rosy \|date=April 2, 2024 \|title=Aimee Carrero Joins Jon Hamm In Apple's Your Friends And Neighbors \|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/your-friends-and-neighbors-aimee-carrero-cast-1235873901/ \|access-date=August 21, 2024 \|website=Deadline \|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2003

| Sex and the City

| Dr. Mao

| Episode: "The Domino Effect"

2006

| Law & Order

| Huot Mam

| Episode: "Hindsight"

2008

| Fringe

| Richard

| Episode: "Power Hungry"

rowspan = "3" | 2009

| The Unusuals

| Officer Chung

| Episode: "Crime Slut"

Royal Pains

| Stu

| Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over"

White Collar

| Lao Shen

| Episode: "All In"

2010

| Blue Bloods

| Detective Tuan

| Episode: "Chinatown"

2012

| NYC 22

| Detective Lee

| Episode: "Crossing the Rubicon"

2012–17

| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

| Hamato Yoshi / Splinter, additional voices

| Series regular, 77 episodes

2013

| Archer

| Korean Agent (voice)

| Episode: "The Honeymooners"

rowspan="2"|2013–16

| Banshee

| Job

| Main role, 31 episodes

Banshee Origins

| Job

| 3 episodes

2014

| The Blacklist

| Mako Tanida

| Episode: "Mako Tanida"

2015

| Hawaii Five-0

| Kee Mun

| Episode: "E 'Imi pono"

2015–18

| Bosch

| Reggie Woo

| 6 episodes

2017

| Outcast

| Kenneth Park

| Series regular, 7 episodes{{Cite web |last=Anop |first=Nirat |date=August 11, 2016 |title=Outcast - Season 2 - M.C. Gainey, Madelyn Deutch & Hoon Lee Join Cast |url=https://www.spoilertv.com/2016/08/outcast-season-2-mc-gainey-madelyn.html |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Spoiler TV}}

2017–18

| Iron Fist

| Lei Kung

| 2 episodes

2019

| NCIS: New Orleans

| Norman Wong

| Episode: "Crab Mentality"

2019–23

| Warrior

| Wang Chao

| Main role{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 11, 2017 |title=Warrior: Cinemax Sets Cast & Director For Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/warrior-cinemax-cast-director-bruce-lee-inspired-martial-arts-series-1202185298/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

2019–20

| Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

| Ancestor, Oroku Saki / Shredder (voice)

| 4 episodes

2021

| See

| Toad

| Main role (season 2){{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 11, 2021 |title=See Gets Season 3 Renewal By Apple, Unveils Season 2 Premiere Date, Trailer & Cast Additions |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/see-renewed-season-3-apple-season-2-premiere-date-trailer-new-cast-1234773373/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

2022

| DMZ

| Wilson Lin

| Miniseries{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=November 19, 2020 |title=DMZ: HBO Max Hands Series Order To Ava DuVernay & Roberto Patino’s Futuristic Civil War Drama, Based On DC Comic |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/dmz-hbo-max-series-order-ava-duvernay-and-roberto-patino-dc-comics-1234618836/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2"| 2025

| Devil May Cry

| White Rabbit (voice){{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/netflix-devil-may-cry-full-trailer-release/|title=Netflix Finally Reveals Full Trailer for Devil May Cry in Major Anime Update|website=Comic Book Resources|first=Leo|last=Reyna|date=March 11, 2025|access-date=March 11, 2025|archive-date=March 11, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311221902/https://www.cbr.com/netflix-devil-may-cry-full-trailer-release/|url-status=live}}

| 7 episodes

Your Friends and Neighbors

| Barney Choi

| Upcoming series{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Aimee Carrero Joins Jon Hamm In Apple's Your Friends And Neighbors |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/your-friends-and-neighbors-aimee-carrero-cast-1235873901/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

=Video games=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Voice role
2004 \| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas \| Gangster
2009 \| Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned \| The Crowd of Liberty City
2011 \| Homefront \| Colonel Jeong, Commander Park
2013 \| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \| rowspan = "3" \| Hamato Yoshi / Splinter
2014 \| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
2023 \|Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Voice role

2004

| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

| Gangster

2009

| Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned

| The Crowd of Liberty City

2011

| Homefront

| Colonel Jeong, Commander Park

2013

| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

| rowspan = "3" | Hamato Yoshi / Splinter

2014

| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze

2023

|Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

References

External links

{{IMDb name|1229640|Hoon Lee}}
{{Twitter}}
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[http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Hoon&last=Lee&middle= Hoon Lee] at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
[http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Hoon-Lee/ Hoon Lee's Broadway Bio]
[http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/6525-hoon-lee Hoon Lee's aboutheartist Bio]

Category:1973 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Plymouth, Massachusetts

Category:American male actors of Korean descent

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male video game actors

Category:American male voice actors

Category:Harvard University alumni

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from Massachusetts

Category:Theatre World Award winners