Will Yun Lee

Will Yun Lee
On the September 2007 cover of KoreAm
Born	(1971-03-22) March 22, 1971 Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Years active	1997-present
Spouse	Jennifer Birmingham (2010-present)

Will Yun Lee (Korean: 이윌윤; born March 22, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on TNT's supernatural drama series Witchblade as Danny Woo and as Jae Kim on NBC's science fiction television drama Bionic Woman. He played villain Colonel Tan-Sun Moon as the main antagonist in the James Bond film Die Another Day and Kirigi in Elektra. He will also be playing the role of Silver Samurai in James Mangold's upcoming The Wolverine.

Early life

Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, of Korean descent. His parents are mother Jing Ja Lee and father Soo Wong Lee, a Taekwondo grandmaster. He spent a portion of his youth teaching at Lee's Tae Kwon Do, his family's business in Napa California. Lee attended UC Berkeley on an athletic scholarship for the Cal Taekwondo team.

Career

He had supporting roles on high profile films such as Die Another Day, Torque and Elektra. He has also acted on FX Network's mini-series Thief and ABC Family's TV movie Mini-series Fallen. He recently guest starred in the new Hawaii Five-0 as recurring character "Sang Min". He also will be playing the role of Kenuichio Harada aka The Silver Samurai in James Mangold's The Wolverine. He also provides the voice of the protagonist "Wei Shen" in Square Enix's crime game, Sleeping Dogs.

Documentaries

Will Yun Lee is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the documentary The Slanted Screen (2006), directed by Jeff Adachi, about the representation of Asian and Asian American men in Hollywood. He was in the music video of Mariah Carey's "Boy (I Need You)" as well as Ice Cube's "Roll Call."

Honors

In 2002 he was named by People as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People" which quickly lead to high profile roles. In November 2007, he was again recognized by People, this time as one of the members of their list of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive."

Personal life

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

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Nash Bridges	Quick	Episode: "Gun Play"
1998	Profiler	Andrew Young	Episode: "Ties That Bind"
1998	Brimstone	Roger	Episode: "Poem"
1999	V.I.P.		Episode: "Mao Better Blues"
2000	Gung Fu: The New Dragon	Danny
2000	What's Cooking?	Jimmy Nguyen
2000	The Disciples	Yoyo Lee
2000	Witchblade	Danny Woo
2001	The Agency	Sam	Episode: "The Year of Living Dangerously"
2001–2002	Witchblade	Detective Danny Woo	23 episodes
2002	Face	Daniel
2002	Four Reasons	Buddha
2002	Die Another Day	Colonel Tan-Sun Moon
2003	10-8: Officers on Duty	Detective Danny Chang	Episode: "Let It Bleed"
2004	Torque	Val
2004	Threat Matrix	Danny Roh	Episode: "PPX"
2004	Law & Order	Hiroji Yoshida	Episode: "Gaijin"
2004	10-8: Officers on Duty	Detective Danny Chang	Episode: "Love Don't Love Nobody"
2005	Elektra	Kirigi
2006	Thief	Vincent Chan	6 episodes
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dennis Kim	Episode: "Time of Your Death"
2006	Tsunami: The Aftermath	Chai
2007	Hers	Lucas
2007	Hustle	Shiro	Episode: "Conning the Artists"
2007	Fallen	Mazarin	4 episodes
2007	Bionic Woman	Jae Kim	7 episodes
2008	6th and Santa Fe		Short film
2008	Finnegan	Taki
2010	The King of Fighters	Iori Yagami
2010	Boston's Finest	Eddie Lao
2010	Five Star Day	Samuel Kim
2010–2012	Hawaii Five-0	Sang Min	5 episodes
2011	Four Assassins	Marcus
2011	Where the Road Meets the Sun	Takashi
2011	Setup	Joey
2011	Oka!	Yi
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Various characters	Voice
2012	Total Recall	Marek
2012	Sleeping Dogs	Wei Shen	Voice
2012	Cobu 3D	Kaz
2012	Red Dawn	Captain Cho
2012	Bangkok Love Story
2013	Lost for Words	Stanford
2013	The Wolverine	Silver Samurai
2013	Mortal Kombat Legacy	Ermac

External links

• Will Yun Lee at IMDb
• 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards
• Interview about Will's life and work with www.mycoven.com Sept. 2011