Will Yun Lee

Actor

Birthday March 22, 1971

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

Age 52 years old

Nationality United States

Height 175 cm

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1971

William Yun Lee (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor and martial artist.

He is best known for his roles as Danny Woo in the Supernatural drama Witchblade and Jae Kim In the sci-fi series Bionic Woman.

2002

He has also appeared in the films Die Another Day (2002), Elektra (2005) and The Wolverine (2013).

He had a recurring role as Sang Min in Hawaii Five-0, plays the original body of series protagonist Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon, plays Marvelous Man in The Guardians of Justice (2022) and voiced Wei Shen in the game Sleeping Dogs (2012).

, he is appearing on the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor playing Dr. Alex Park.

Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia to Korean parents.

His parents are mother Jung Ja Lee and father Soo Woong Lee, a Taekwondo grandmaster.

He first began training at just three years old and spent a portion of his youth teaching at Lee's Tae Kwon Do training facility, his family's business in Napa, California.

Lee spent his youth moving across the United States and has attended 23 schools.

Lee attended UC Berkeley with a full athletic scholarship to study political science and ethnic studies.

Lee had supporting roles in high-profile films such as Die Another Day, Torque, The King of Fighters, and Elektra.

He has also acted on FX Network's miniseries Thief and ABC Family's miniseries Fallen.

He guest starred in Hawaii Five-0 as recurring character Sang Min, and in True Blood as Mr. Gus.

In 2002, People named Lee as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People", which quickly led to high-profile roles.

2006

Lee is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in Jeff Adachi's 2006 documentary The Slanted Screen, about the representation of Asian and Asian-American men in Hollywood.

He was featured in the music video of Mariah Carey's "Boy (I Need You)" as well as Ice Cube's "Roll Call".

2007

In November 2007, he was named one of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive".

2010

In October 2010, Lee married actress Jennifer Birmingham in Shreveport, Louisiana.

2013

He also played Kenuichio Harada in James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013).

Their son, Cash, was born in June 2013.

Cash was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease, a rare blood disorder, at the age of three.

2018

In 2018, Lee appeared in the Netflix science fiction series Altered Carbon as the original body of protagonist Takeshi Kovacs.

Lee provides the voice of Wei Shen, the protagonist in Square Enix's Hong Kong open-world crime game Sleeping Dogs.