Reggie Valdes ( born Reggie Valdez , born October 4, 1975 , Quezon City , Philippines ) [2] is an American actor of Chinese descent, better known as Reggie Lee ( born Reggie Lee ). Lee played Bill Kim in the television series Escape , appeared in the role of Tai Huang in two parts of the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, as well as in The Fast and the Furious . In 2011-2017, he played a constant role in the NBC series Grimm .
| Reggie Lee | |
|---|---|
| Reggie lee | |
| Birth name | Reggie Valdes |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1996 - present |
| IMDb | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Filmography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Reggie Lee was born in Quezon City , Philippines [3] in the family of Zinaida Telmo and Jesus Espiritu Valdes [4] and was the eldest of three sons [5] [6] . Lee is fluent in English and also speaks Tagalog. As a child, he and his family moved to Parma and Strongsville, Ohio , where Reggie graduated from Padua, a Franciscan high school. [5] In the 1990s, Lee moved to New York , and then to Los Angeles , only to go on a national tour again in the musicals Singing Heart, Miss Saigon , and the original musical, winner of the Tony Award, Carousel . In 1997, he received the Dramalogue Award for his play in the plays FOB and East West Players. Lee also starred in Raise the Tiger to the Mountain.
After the role of the cold-blooded killer Lance Nguyen, wearing snake skin and riding a motorcycle in the movie The Fast and the Furious , Lee also appeared as Tai Huang in the Disney movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End . He played Bill Kim special secret service agent in Fox 's prison drama Escape . He describes his character as "surprisingly complex and cunning." Lee also appeared in the independent film Chance of the Chinese with Timothy Bottoms, Danny Trejo, Teresa Russell and Ernest Borgnine. Lee himself says that "this is an important story that definitely needs to be told."
He currently plays the role of Sergeant Drew Wu in the television series Grimm .
Filmography
| Year | Title in Russian | English name | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Dark Knight: Revival of the Legend | The dark knight rises | Ross | |
| 2012 | Fat man in the ring | Here comes the boom | Mr. De La Cruz | |
| 2012 | Defender | Safe | Kwan Chang | |
| 2011–17 | Grimm | Grimm | Sergeant drew woo | Permanent role |
| 2011 | This - wacky - love | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Agent huang | |
| 2010 | Unknown persons | Persons unknown | Tom | |
| Life as it is | Life as we know it | Alan Burke | ||
| 2010–11 | Unusual family | No Ordinary Family | Dr. Francis Chiles | |
| 2009 | Take me to hell | Drag me to hell | Stu Rabin | |
| Star Trek | Star trek | Test Administrator Kobayashi Maru | ||
| 2008 | Soldiers of failure | Tropic thunder | Bieng | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Tai huang | |
| Chance of a Chinese | Chinaman's chance | Sing | ||
| 2006–07 | The escape | Prison break | Secret Service Special Agent William "Bill" Kim | 16 episodes |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Headless | |
| Crouching in the night | Night stalker | Stanley Kim | 1 episode | |
| Dimples | Dr. Ross Hammer | |||
| 2005 | Amateur | Ron harper | ||
| Blind justice | Blind justice | Don Yoon | 1 episode | |
| 2004 | Fish frankenstein | Frankenfish | Anton | (Tv) |
| Coming in | Duke | |||
| 2003 | Luis | Zing Zang | A few episodes | |
| Net games | Lawrence | |||
| Century show | Masked and anonymous | Armed man | ||
| 2001–03 | Women's team | The division | Officer Jim Cheng | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | How to make 20 million bucks | The First $ 20 Million Is Always the Hardest | Suite | |
| Strong medicine | Strong medicine | Dr. Nakashimi | 1 episode | |
| Reality school | Student | |||
| Black hole | Black hole | Justin | ||
| 2001–02 | Fair amy | Judging amy | Dr. Oliver Lee | 2 episodes |
| Philadelphia | Philly | Brian Chin | 2 episodes | |
| 2001 | The parlor | Slappy sue | 1 episode | |
| Show ellen | The ellen show | Kwan | 1 episode | |
| Fast and furious | The fast and the furious | Lance nguyen | ||
| Extreme extreme | XCU: Extreme Close Up | Nue Fan | ||
| 2000 | Drifting | Drift | Ryan | (T Air Lee) |
| Hope Chicago | Chicese hope | Sam | 1 episode | |
| Cool Walker: Texas Justice | Walker, Texas Ranger | Chen | 1 episode | |
| Beach psychosis | Psycho Beach Party | Dancer | ||
| Southstreet lullaby | Mahler Grier | 1 episode | ||
| 1999 | Sons of thunder | Sons of thunder | Bad guy | 1 episode |
| Two pairs | Two of a Kind | Waiter | 1 episode | |
| The big blind | ||||
| 1997 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Richard | 1 episode |
| Seven days | Seven days | Duncan | 1 episode | |
| Crazy about you | Mad about you | Gardener assistant | 1 episode | |
| Hyperion Bay | Hyperion bay | Life on pizza | 1 episode | |
| Sister sister | Sister, Sister | Lawson Hicks | 1 episode | |
| Ambulance | Er | Christian | 1 episode | |
| Wayans Brothers | The wayans bros | Reporter # 2 | 1 episode | |
| Babylon 5 | Babylon 5 | Chen Hikaru | 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Ellan Strange's Journey | The Journey of Allen Strange | Zero | A few episodes |
| Moloney | Ramon | 1 episode | ||
| Dangerous minds | Student | 1 episode | ||
| 1996 | Diagnosis: Murder | Diagnosis: Murder | Kim ho | 1 episode |
Notes
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ Lo, Ricardo F .. Reggie Lee: From QC to Hollywood , The Philippine Star (May 23, 2007). Archived on April 19, 2013. Date of treatment April 23, 2012. “That was 1992 and he was 18.”.
- ↑ The Filipino-American actor in 'Pirates 3' is from Quezon City , Manila Bulletin (June 16, 2007). Date of treatment April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Villagomez, Kaye . Pinoy actor talks about breaking barriers in Hollywood , Manila Bulletin (October 7, 2008). Date of treatment April 23, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Palmer, Debbie . Actor passes up Harvard: Padua grad trades college for leading roles in TV series, movies , Cleveland Sun News (September 13, 2001). Archived December 30, 2001.
- ↑ About Me (inaccessible link) . RVValdez.com. Date of treatment April 23, 2012. Archived July 4, 2015.
Links
- Reggie Lee on the Internet Movie Database