Yee Jee Tso
{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1975)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Yee Jee Tso
| image =
| caption = Yee Jee Tso
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|3|10}}
| birth_place = British Hong Kong
| occupation = Actor
| nationality = Canadian
| notable_works = Doctor Who TV movie
}}
Yee Jee Tso (born March 10, 1975, in Hong Kong) is a Canadian actor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875114/|title=Yee Jee Tso|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-01-31}}
Tso and his family emigrated to Canada when he was six months old. He grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood and booked his first role at age 15.{{cite web |title=Yee Jee Tso |url=https://www.yeejeetso.com/filmography |website=Yee Jee Tso |access-date=5 September 2019}}
His television roles include The Commish, Highlander, Sliders (1995), and the 1996 Doctor Who telemovie, in which he played the character Chang Lee. His Doctor Who connection continued when he played the part of Doctor Goddard in the webcast Real Time produced by Big Finish Productions, the part of Major Jal Brant in the audio drama Excelis Decays in 2002 and the role of Warrant Officer Charlie Sato in 2011's Tales from the Vault, 2013's Mastermind and 2014's The Screaming Skull.
Roles include Jared Chan, a programming wizard opposite Natasha Henstridge in the sci-fi thriller TV movie Impact, released worldwide in spring 2009. In 2007 he played the part of child-devouring monster in the other-worldly horror film They Wait, featured at the Toronto Film Festival.
He has played recurring roles on both sides of the law, in three award-winning television series Da Vinci's Inquest, Da Vinci's City Hall, and Intelligence.
In 2001, he played Teddy Chin, a counter-culture computer genius, opposite Ryan Phillippe in the MGM feature film AntiTrust. His other credits include: a series regular on the award-winning Canadian show Madison; recurring roles in the hit sci-fi TV series Stargate: Atlantis and Sliders; and guest appearances in dozens of other films and TV shows. In 2009 he appeared in Ratko: The Dictator's Son as Nick.
In 2020, he appeared at the BritCon British-themed convention in Bellevue, Washington, because of his role in the 1996 Doctor Who film, along with other actors from the Doctor Who film and series.{{Cite news|date=2020-03-13 |title=New British-themed convention coming to Bellevue |url=https://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/new-british-themed-convention-coming-to-bellevue/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |newspaper=Bellevue Reporter |language=en-US}}
Credits
=Filmography=
class="wikitable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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1995
| Gerald | Episode: Leader of the Pack |
1996
| Chang Lee | TV Movie |
1997
| Hong | Episode: Dead Man's Switch |
1998
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Ork-Slayer | Episode: Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien |
1999
| The Net | Matt | Episode: Eye-see-you.com |
2001
| Left Tech | Episode: Absolute Power |
2002
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Angel 1 | TV Movie |
2005
| Staffer | Episode: Final Cut |
rowspan=2|2007
| Psych | Perry | Episode: Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder |
Stargate: Atlantis
| Systems Tech/Technician | 2 episodes |
2014
| Arrow | Scientist | Episode: The Climb |
=Audio dramas=
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- {{Official|http://www.yeejeetso.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|875114|Yee Jee Tso}}
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Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Canadian male television actors