Jason Lee

Lee was born in Santa Ana, California, on April 25, 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jason-lee|title=Jason Lee Biography|publisher=biography.com|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625103852/https://www.biography.com/people/jason-lee|url-status=dead}} His father, Greg Lee, was a car dealership manager and his mother, Carol Lee, was a homemaker.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jason-lee/bio/155987|title=Jason Lee Biography|publisher=tvguide.com|access-date=August 25, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2006-Le-Ra/Lee-Jason.html|title=Jason Lee Biography|website=Notable Biographies.com|access-date=September 20, 2016}} He has an older brother, James (born 1968). Lee was raised in Huntington Beach and attended Ocean View High School.{{cite book|author=Laura Avery|title=Newsmakers: The People Behind Today's Headlines – 2006 Cumulation|chapter=Jason Lee|location=Detroit|publisher=Thomson Gale|page=243|date=2007|isbn=9781414418865}} A hyperactive and energetic child, Lee took up skateboarding after his mother bought him a skateboard with the hope that he would use it to burn off excessive energy.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} As he developed an interest on the art of skateboarding, Lee spent the majority of his time perfecting his craft, which would eventually lead to him dropping out of school in order to pursue a professional career.{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2005 |title=The name is Jason – and you'll be hearing more about him |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/sep/20/the-name-is-jason-and-youll-be-hearing-more-about/ |access-date=July 2, 2024 |website=The Spokesman-Review}}

Lee was a professional skateboarder in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1992, he founded Stereo Sound Agency, known as Stereo Skateboards, with fellow skater Chris "Dune" Pastras. In 2003, after it had been defunct for a few years, the pair successfully revived the company.{{cite web|title=ANTICS LICENSES STEREO SKATEBOARDS & HI-FI WHEELS|url=http://business.transworld.net/47254/news/antics-licenses-stereo-skateboards-hi-fi-wheels/|work=Transworld Business|publisher= Bonnier Corporation|access-date=January 2, 2013|author=Mike Lewis|date=September 14, 2010}}{{cite web |title=Blog|url=http://www.stereosoundagency.com/|publisher=Stereo Sound Agency|access-date=January 2, 2013|year=2011}} As of October 2013, Lee and Pastras remained on the professional "Classics" team roster.{{cite web|title=Team Stereo |url= http://www.stereosoundagency.com/team-2/|publisher= Stereo Sound Agency |access-date=October 15, 2013|date=October 2013| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://archive.today/20131015112810/http://www.stereosoundagency.com/team-2/|archive-date=October 15, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

Lee was featured in the skateboarding promotional video, Video Days (1991), filmed for the skateboarding company Blind Skateboards.{{cite web|title=Blind Skateboards – Video Days full video classic |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6T0HOOJSMY| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803092304/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6T0HOOJSMY&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-08-03 | url-status=dead|work=YouTube|access-date= January 2, 2013|author=((skatexedge31))|format=Video upload|date= August 8, 2012}} In 2004, Lee's skateboarding was featured in Way Out East!, a film produced by Stereo Skateboards.{{cite web|title=Stereo Skateboards – Way Out East! (2004)| url= http://skately.com/library/videos/stereo-skateboards-way-out-east|work=skately| publisher=Skately LLC|access-date=August 26, 2012 |author= skately|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702023436/http://skately.com/library/videos/stereo-skateboards-way-out-east|archive-date=July 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Jason Lee – Way Out East! |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaY6Fvz_bq8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/UaY6Fvz_bq8| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live| via=YouTube|access-date= January 2, 2013|author=Zynkero|format=Video upload|date= April 6, 2010}}{{cbignore}}

In August 2012, Lee was also featured in a brief video on the skateboard website The Berrics entitled "Jason Lee decided to come to the park."{{cite web|title=The Berrics – Jason Lee decide to come to the park|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjjVCUekjY| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502180228/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjjVCUekjY| archive-date=2014-05-02 | url-status=dead| via=YouTube| publisher= The Berrics|access-date=January 2, 2013|author=Vlady Poshyvanyuk|format=Video upload|date=August 18, 2012}}

In August 2012, Lee participated in the ninth annual Stand-Up for Skateparks Event, which he chaired with Tony Hawk.{{cite web|title=JASON LEE TEAMS UP WITH TONY HAWK |url=http://business.transworld.net/109200/news/jason-lee-teams-up-with-tony-hawk/|work=Transworld Business|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|access-date=January 2, 2013|author=Alina O|date=August 22, 2012}} The event is held annually by the Tony Hawk Charitable Foundation and seeks to "help create free, quality public skateparks for youth in low-income communities."{{cite web| title=Home|url=https://standupforskateparks.org/|work=Stand Up For Skateparks|publisher=Tony Hawk Foundation|access-date=January 2, 2013|year=2013}}

In October that same year, a video was released by the Keep A Breast Foundation, featuring various skateboarding identities, including Lee, together with Pastras. The video, contributing to the Foundation's aim to prevent and raise awareness of breast cancer, promotes the "I Love Boobies" bracelet. It also features Clint Peterson (Stereo) and Giovanni Reda (WESC), who are both teammates of Lee.{{cite web|title=This Is My Pink Ribbon – Why Do You Wear Your Keep A Breast i love boobies! bracelet?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Gx1oZ8LjM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/r1Gx1oZ8LjM| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live| via=YouTube|access-date=October 7, 2012|author= keepabreastvideo |date=October 3, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

Lee later worked with Tony Hawk when he lent his voice and likeness to Tony Hawk's Project 8 (2006) to become a playable character.{{cite web|title=Jason Lee-Awesome Stunt-Tony Hawk's Project 8 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOB-MAVE4ME| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/hOB-MAVE4ME| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|via=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=January 2, 2013 |author=Christhundertrck|format=Video upload|date=June 13, 2010}}{{cbignore}} Lee then voiced Coach Frank, a character created during the development of Stereo, in the video game Skate 3 (2010).{{cite web|author=Mark Sharkey| url=http://uk.xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/skate-3/1078165p1.html|title=Skate 3 Coming May 11|date=March 17, 2010|publisher=Gamespy|access-date= August 25, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Coach Frank visit stereo headquarter |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYxYTXfujp8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/LYxYTXfujp8| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|via= YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=January 2, 2013|author=maydaydist|format=Video upload|date= February 18, 2009}}{{cbignore}}

Professional skateboarder and owner of the Girl and Lakai Limited Footwear skateboard brands Mike Carroll{{cite web|title=30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 1|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000163817/videos/30th-anniversary-interviews-mike-carroll-part-1/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|access-date=January 2, 2013|author=Blair Alley|author2=Skin Phillips|format=Video upload|date=September 4, 2012|archive-date=December 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215124015/http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000163817/videos/30th-anniversary-interviews-mike-carroll-part-1/|url-status=dead}} has cited Lee as one of his skating influences.{{cite web|title=30TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS: MIKE CARROLL PART 2 |url= http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000164185/videos/30th-anniversary-interviews-mike-carroll-part-2/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|access-date= January 2, 2013|author=Blair Alley|author2=Skin Phillips|format=Video upload|date=September 6, 2012}}

Lee has been particularly cited for his 360 flips, which even the trick's inventor, Rodney Mullen, credits him with stylizing and popularizing.{{cite book |last1=Badillo |first1=Steve |last2=Werner |first2=Doug |title=Skateboarding: Legendary Tricks |date=2008 |publisher= Tracks Publishing |isbn=978-1-884654-98-5 |page=145 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SWl90RVrOj4C&pg=PA145 |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Alley |first1=Blair |title=10 Most Influential Tricks Of All Time |url= https://skateboarding.transworld.net/features/10-most-influential-tricks-of-all-time/5/ |access-date=29 May 2020 |work=Transworld Skateboarding |date=9 January 2012}}{{cite news |last1= Graham |first1=Ian |title=IN DEFENSE OF THE VARIAL FLIP |url= http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2014/04/21/in-defense-of-the-varial-flip/ |access-date=29 May 2020 |work=Jenkem Magazine |date=21 April 2014 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=How to 360 Flip |url= https://sidewalkmag.com/longform/advanced-360-flip |access-date=29 May 2020 |work=Sidewalk Skateboarding}}{{YouTube|id=9mTYYvbwwUU|time=5m10s|title=Rodney Mullen: The Story Of The First Kickflip}}

After taking some minor acting roles in 1992–1994 (including the music video for the Sonic Youth single "100%", a small part in Mi Vida Loca, and a bit part as a dance instructor on Chance and Things), Lee left professional skateboarding for a full-time acting career.{{cite news|last= Paatsch|first=Leigh|title=Reel Deal|newspaper=Herald Sun|date= March 21, 2002|location=Melbourne, Australia|page=38}} His first major film role was in Kevin Smith's Mallrats, which became a cult hit.{{cite news|last=Howe|first=Desson|title=Overcrowded Mallrats|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 20, 1995 |page=N44}} This started a friendship that subsequently led to appearances in many of Smith's films, including Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II, Cop Out, and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. Lee won an Independent Spirit Award for his role in Chasing Amy as Banky Edwards.

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Lee graduated to leading man roles in Heartbreakers, Stealing Harvard, and A Guy Thing.{{cite news|last=Crawford |first=Jeff|title=Hot Heartbreakers Only Mildly Amusing|newspaper=Messenger|date=July 11, 2001 |location=Adelaide, Australia|page=11}}{{cite news|last= Dowell|first=Gary|title=Getting into Harvard lawless school – Ivy League requires some stolen green in likeable comedy |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=September 13, 2002|page=1J}}{{cite news|last= Burr|first=Ty|title=Bleedful Things – 'Dreamcatcher' a Jumble of Classic Stephen King Gore|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=March 21, 2003|page= mD1}} He has had supporting roles in Vanilla Sky, Almost Famous, Dreamcatcher, Big Trouble, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and Mumford, as well as a minor role in Enemy of the State. Lee also voiced Syndrome in The Incredibles and Jack-Jack Attack. He reprised the role as a "robot copy" of Syndrome in Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Disney on Ice#Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure|reason= The anchor (Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure) has been deleted.|diff_id=83719236}}.{{cite web|title=Jason Lee Biography|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/1208659-jason_lee/biography.php|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Flixster, Inc|access-date= August 26, 2012|author=Rotten Tomatoes}} Lee is also the voice of Underdog in Underdog and portrays Dave Seville in the live-action/CGI films starring Alvin and the Chipmunks.{{cite news|last=Koltnow|first=Barry |title=Chasing chipmunks|newspaper=The Courier Mail|date=January 3, 2008 |location=Brisbane, Australia|page=34}}

In 2005, Lee was offered the lead role in the television series My Name Is Earl.{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|title=Trust Me, I'm Funnier With the Moustache|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 8, 2006|page=33}} According to interviews on the first-season DVD, he passed on the series twice before finally agreeing to read for the pilot. In the series he stars as Earl Hickey. Lee received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2006 and 2007, as well as a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006.{{cite news|last=Nepales|first=Ruben V.|title=Brokeback Mountain tops Golden Globe nominations |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=December 16, 2005 |page=2}}{{cite news|title=Golden Globes Ballot|work= San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 14, 2007|page=24}}{{cite news|last=Longino|first=Bob|title=SAG nominees have Oscar feel, diversified look|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date= January 5, 2007|page=E14}} NBC cancelled My Name Is Earl after four seasons.{{cite news| url= https://parade.com/97056/parade/my-name-is-earl-canceled/ | title= 'My Name Is Earl' Canceled By NBC | work= Parade| date= May 18, 2009}}

On June 22, 2010, Memphis Beat premiered. Lee stars alongside Alfre Woodard{{cite news|last=Stanley|first=Alessandra|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/arts/television/22memphis.html|title=Take Your Time, Crime Will Wait|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 21, 2010|access-date= August 25, 2012}} and portrays Dwight Hendricks. In October 2011, it was announced the series was not renewed for a third season. He guest-starred in 2010 and 2013 episodes of Raising Hope, created by My Name is Earl creator and producer Greg Garcia.{{cite news| last=Keveney|first=Bill|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-11-23-hope23_ST_N.htm|title='Raising Hope' creator Greg Garcia is not talking white trash|date=November 22, 2010|publisher=USA Today.com|access-date=March 11, 2011}}{{cite web |last= Ross|first= Robyn| url= http://www.tvguide.com/News/Jason-Lee-Raising-1024473.aspx=|title=Jason Lee to Guest Star on Raising Hope|publisher=TVGuide.com|date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=October 18, 2010}}{{cite web| url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/raising-hope-my-name-is-earl-video_n_2771353.html|title='Raising Hope' Reunites 'My Name Is Earl' Cast For Tribute Episode|work=The Huffington Post|first=Jason|last= Hughes|date=February 27, 2013|access-date=September 11, 2014}}

As of December 2011, Lee appeared in Up All Night,{{cite web|title=ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED|url=https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/849995/jason-lee-reveals-slim-down-and-chipmunk-childhood|work=She Knows|publisher=SheKnows, LLC|access-date=June 10, 2013 |first= Sara |last= McGinnis| date=December 14, 2011}} but after its second season, it was officially cancelled on May 9, 2013. In June 2013, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015), a fourth and final film in the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, was announced by 20th Century Fox; its release date was December 18, 2015.{{cite web|title=Fox Dates 'Frankenstein,' 'Alvin and the Chipmunks 4′ and Animated Films Through 2018| url= https://www.slashfilm.com/fox-dates-frankenstein-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-4-and-animated-films-through-2018/|work=SlashFilm|publisher=/FILM |access-date= December 7, 2013| first= Germain | last= Lussier|date=June 11, 2013}}

Lee is in the Amazon Studios 49-minute pilot of Cocked, where he plays the character of Grady Paxson, one of three men who run a family company, manufacturing guns. The show premiered on January 15, 2015, and also stars Brian Dennehy, Diora Baird, Dreama Walker, and Sam Trammell.{{cite web|title= Cocked [HD]: Amazon Video |url= https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RSGIQT6|website=Amazon Studios|access-date=January 28, 2015}} On January 25, 2015, The Hallmark Channel premiered Away & Back, a Hallmark Hall of Fame film starring Lee, Maggie Elizabeth Jones and Minka Kelly.{{cite web|title=Media Release| url= http://corporate.hallmark.com/News-From-Hallmark/Hallmark-Hall-of-Fame-Presents-Away-And-Back|publisher=Hallmark Hall of Fame Presents|access-date=January 19, 2015 |year=2015| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150119204932/http://corporate.hallmark.com/News-From-Hallmark/Hallmark-Hall-of-Fame-Presents-Away-And-Back |archive-date= January 19, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

Lee began shooting photos regularly in the early 2000s, and became interested in instant photography.{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1= Matt| title=Jason Lee's Photography of a Dust-Covered America| url= https://www.format.com/magazine/features/photography/jason-lee-interview-photography|website=Format Magazine|access-date= September 19, 2016}} He released his first photo book through Refueled Magazine. It consists of "184 pages of Polaroid & Fuji Instant Film photographs from 2006-2016", printed in an edition of 500 copies.{{Cite web |url= http://www.refueledmagazine.com/index.html|title=HOME|website=refueledmagazine.com| access-date=September 20, 2016| url-status= dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920072053/http://www.refueledmagazine.com/index.html|archive-date=September 20, 2016|df=mdy-all}} In 2018 he published A Plain View, a photo book consisting of color 4×5 photographs from his exploration of rural and urban America.{{Cite web|title=A Plain View Splash|url=https://www.jasonleefilm.com/a-plain-view-splashpage|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Jason Lee|language=en-US|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201112240/https://www.jasonleefilm.com/a-plain-view-splashpage|url-status=dead}} From June to December 2019, his photographs of Oklahoma were exhibited in exhibit OK: Jason Lee Photographs in Philbrook Museum of Art.{{Cite web|title=OK: Jason Lee Photographs|url=https://philbrook.org/exhibitions/jason-lee-oklahoma/|access-date=2021-02-01|language=en}} These works are scheduled to be released as the book OK in 2022.{{Cite news |last=Dansby |first=Andrew |date=2022-01-31 |title=Actor Jason Lee photographs Texas in a pandemic for the Galveston Historical Society |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Actor-Jason-Lee-photographs-Galveston-in-a-16813750.php |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}} In December 2020, British publishing house Stanley/Barker released In the Gold Dust Rush, consisting of black and white photographs of rural America.{{Cite web|title=In the Gold Dust Rush|url=https://www.stanleybarker.co.uk/products/jason-lee|access-date=2021-02-01|website=STANLEY/BARKER}} In 2021, Lee released Galveston, commissioned by the Galveston Historical Foundation. He is inspired by work of New Topographics movement, notably by Henry Wessell. He photographs on film.{{Cite magazine |date=2019-05-31 |title=How Skateboarder Turned Actor Jason Lee Started Photographing the American West |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/05/jason-lee-photography-oklahoma-interview |access-date=2022-05-11 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}

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Lee married actress and photographer Carmen Llywelyn in 1995. They divorced in 2001. Llywelyn later said that his commitment to Scientology was the principal cause for their separation.{{cite web|title=Obsession With Scientology Ruined Actor Jason Lee's Marriage|url=http://technorati.com/entertainment/celebrity/article/obsession-with-scientology-ruined-actor-jason/|publisher=technorati.com|access-date=August 17, 2012|author=Dawn Olsen|date=May 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911121200/http://technorati.com/entertainment/celebrity/article/obsession-with-scientology-ruined-actor-jason/|archive-date=September 11, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Llywelyn wrote that their relationship collapsed when she revealed to her talent manager and fellow Scientologist, Gay Ribisi (mother of actor Giovanni Ribisi and actress Marissa Ribisi), that she had read A Piece of Blue Sky, a book about the reality of Scientology. Two days after her conversation with Ribisi, Llywelyn received a one-paragraph "disconnection letter" from Lee and was labeled a suppressive person.{{cite news|last1=Llywelyn |first1=Carmen |title=Why I Left Scientology |url=http://gawker.com/why-i-left-scientology-1703997050 |access-date=June 24, 2015 |work=Gawker |publisher=Gawker Media |date=June 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623224621/http://gawker.com/why-i-left-scientology-1703997050 |archive-date=June 23, 2015 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ex-scientologist-carmen-llwyelyn-blasts-cult-and-her-treatment-after-divorce-with-jason-lee-10354415.html|title=Ex-Scientologist Carmen Llywelyn blasts 'cult' and her treatment after divorce with Jason Lee|date=June 30, 2015|newspaper=independent.co.uk|access-date=May 27, 2016}}

Following his divorce from Llywelyn, Lee became engaged to actress Beth Riesgraf. Together, they have a son, Pilot Inspektor, born in 2003. Lee states their son's name was inspired by "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." by rock band Grandaddy.

Lee married Turkish model Ceren Alkaç in California in July 2008. A month later, Alkaç gave birth to a daughter named Casper.{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: My Name Is Earl Star Jason Lee Has Baby Girl |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/news/actor-jason-lee-welcomes-baby-girl |date=August 22, 2008 |publisher=usmagazine.com |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124014216/http://www.usmagazine.com/news/actor-jason-lee-welcomes-baby-girl |archive-date=January 24, 2009 }}{{cite web | title = Jason Lee Baby Name Mystery Solved! Pilot Inspektor's Sister Is... | url = http://www.namecandy.com/celebrity-baby-names/blog/2011/11/14/jason-lee-baby-name-mystery-solved-pilot-inspektors-sister-is | date = 14 November 2011 | publisher = namecandy.com | access-date = 16 January 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20544577,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113010034/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20544577,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2011|title=Jason Lee & His Wife Get Married – Again!|author=Julie Jodan|magazine=People|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=June 23, 2012}} The couple had their second child, a son named Sonny, in 2012.{{cite web|title=Jason Lee Welcomes Son Sonny|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/06/26/jason-lee-ceren-alkac-welcome-son-sonny/|publisher=People|access-date=August 17, 2012|author=Sarah Michaud|author2=Julie Jordan|date=June 26, 2012|archive-date=August 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827141359/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/06/26/jason-lee-ceren-alkac-welcome-son-sonny/|url-status=dead}} Their third child, a daughter named Alberta 'Birdy' Lee, was born in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BQIvmRCBPYi/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BQIvmRCBPYi |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Instagram photo by Ceren Alkaç Feb 5, 2017 at 4:28pm In April of 2019 the couple have their fourth child, Edith Lee. UTC|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2017-02-06}}{{cbignore}}

In 2016, Lee revealed that he is no longer a Scientologist.{{cite web|title=Checking In With Jason Lee|url=http://www.thedentonite.com/blog/jason-lee-denton-texas|publisher=The Dentonite|access-date=September 17, 2016|first=Sara |last=Button|date=September 16, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/198500_jason_lee_reveals_he_left_the_church_of_scientology/|title=Jason Lee Reveals He Left the Church of Scientology|last=Bueno|first=Antoinette|date=September 20, 2016|website=Entertainment Tonight|access-date=2016-09-20}} When asked by The Guardian why he became a Scientologist he said, "Everybody wants answers, everybody wants to feel less depressed or less anxious or they want to try to understand some issue that they might have with themselves." He added: "Ultimately, it was just not for me. That's it. I wasn't really involved going back many, many years now."{{Cite web |last=Bakare |first=Lanre |date=2021-02-01 |title='I document America's strange beauty': the photography of My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/01/jason-lee-america-photography-my-name-is-earl-strange-beauty-gold-dust-rush |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

Lee currently resides in Los Angeles, California, with his family after living in Denton, Texas, for four years. He is a 1/5th co-owner of the restaurant Barley and Board.{{cite web |title=Barley and Board |url=https://www.discoverdenton.com/listing/barley-and-board/619/ |website=discover denton |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=en-us}}

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