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Will Yun Lee

William Yun Lee
이상욱
Lee in 2013
Born	Lee Sang-Wook (1971-03-22) March 22, 1971 (age 53) Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Jennifer Birmingham ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	1
Korean name
Hangul	이상욱
Hanja	李詳旭
Revised Romanization	I Sang-uk
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Sang'uk

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. 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, played the original body of series protagonist Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon, appeared as Marvelous Man in The Guardians of Justice (2022) and voiced Wei Shen in the game Sleeping Dogs (2012). From 2018 to 2024, he has appeared on the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor playing Dr. Alex Park.

Early life[edit]

Lee was born in Arlington, VirginiatoKorean parents. His parents are mother Jung Ja Lee and father Soo Woong Lee, a Taekwondo grandmaster.^[1] 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. He re-earned his black belt in Taekwondo in 2013 and documented the journey in a three-part video series titled Back to Black: The Training of Will Yun Lee, where his father made an appearance.^[2]

Lee spent his youth moving across the United States and has attended 23 schools.^[3]

Lee attended UC Berkeley with a full athletic scholarship to study political science and ethnic studies.^[4]

Career[edit]

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. He also played Kenuichio HaradainJames Mangold's The Wolverine (2013).^[5] In 2018, Lee appeared in the Netflix science fiction series Altered Carbon as the original body of protagonist Takeshi Kovacs.^[6]

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

In 2002, People named Lee as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People", which quickly led to high-profile roles. In November 2007, he was named one of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive".^[7]

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".

Personal life[edit]

In October 2010, Lee married actress Jennifer Birmingham in Shreveport, Louisiana.^[8] Their son, Cash, was born in June 2013.^[9] Cash was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease, a rare blood disorder, at the age of three.^[3]

Filmography[edit]

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• Eichberger, Gaby; Schmidt, Christine (September 2011). "Interview with Will Yun Lee" Archived October 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. mycoven.com