Hoon Lee

American actor

Sekiya Lavone Billman

(m. 2008)

Tong Hoon Lee (born July 18, 1973) is an American stage, film and television actor, known for playing Job in the Cinemax original series Banshee and the King in the Broadway revival of The King and I, and voicing Hamato Yoshi/Splinter in the 2012 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shredder in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Early life and career

Lee graduated from Harvard University in 1994. He appeared in 2001 in the Broadway production of Urinetown.^[1] He played many roles over the years until he was cast as Rosencrantz in a musical version of Hamlet.^[2] In 2008, Lee won a Theatre World Award^[3] for Distinguished Performance in Yellow Face.^[4]

In television, Lee got his first role as Dr. Mao in an episode of Sex and the City in 2003. He also made guest appearances in Law & Order, Fringe, Royal Pains, White Collar, NCIS: New Orleans and other series. He also had small roles in movies such as Saving Face, We Own the Night, Premium Rush, and The Oranges.

In March 2012, he was cast in a starring role as Job, a crossdressing ultra-level computer hacker, in the television series Banshee.^[5]

On June 18, 2015, it was announced that Lee would succeed Jose Llana in the role of the King of Siam in Lincoln Center's Tony-winning revival of The King and I. Lee formally joined the cast on September 29, 2015, playing the King until April 2016.

Personal life

Lee's parents are Jung Ja Lee and Moon Soo Lee, and his brother is Tony Lee, the renowned club volleyball coach at MIT (winning the 2014 nationals competition). Lee was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[6] He married Sekiya Lavone Billman in October 2008. They met in 2001 while performing in a production of Making Tracks at a benefit in Taipei, Taiwan, for Second Generation, an Asian-American theater company in Manhattan.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Saving Face	Raymond Wong
2007	We Own the Night	Emergency Services Driver
2011	The Oranges	Henry
2012	Exposed	Taki
2012	Premium Rush	Floor Manager
2016	Identity Crisis	Assassin	Short film
2020	Mulan	Village Magistrate
2023	The Monkey King	Jade Emperor, Monk (voice)	^[7]^[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Sex and the City	Dr. Mao	Episode: "The Domino Effect"
2006	Law & Order	Huot Mam	Episode: "Hindsight"
2008	Fringe	Richard	Episode: "Power Hungry"
2009	The Unusuals	Officer Chung	Episode: "Crime Slut"
	Royal Pains	Stu	Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
	White Collar	Lao Shen	Episode: "All In"
2010	Blue Bloods	Detective Tuan	Episode: "Chinatown"
2012	NYC 22	Detective Lee	Episode: "Crossing the Rubicon"
2012–17	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Hamato Yoshi / Splinter, additional voices	Series regular, 77 episodes^[8]
2013	Archer	Korean Agent (voice)	Episode: "The Honeymooners"
2013–16	Banshee	Job	Main role, 31 episodes
2013–16	Banshee Origins	Job	3 episodes
2014	The Blacklist	Mako Tanida	Episode: "Mako Tanida"
2015	Hawaii Five-0	Kee Mun	Episode: "E 'Imi pono"
2015–18	Bosch	Reggie Woo	6 episodes
2017	Outcast	Kenneth Park	Series regular, 7 episodes^[9]
2017–18	Iron Fist	Lei Kung	2 episodes
2019	NCIS: New Orleans	Norman Wong	Episode: "Crab Mentality"
2019–23	Warrior	Wang Chao	Main role^[10]
2019–20	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Ancestor, Oroku Saki / Shredder (voice)	4 episodes
2021	See	Toad	Main role (season 2)^[11]
2022	DMZ	Wilson Lin	Miniseries^[12]
TBA	Your Friends and Neighbors		Upcoming series^[13]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Gangster
2009	Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned	The Crowd of Liberty City
2011	Homefront	Colonel Jeong, Commander Park^[8]
2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Hamato Yoshi / Splinter^[8]
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
2023	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

References

^ "Urinetown Original Broadway Cast - 2001 Broadway - BroadwayWorld". Broadway World. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^ Brantley, Ben (18 June 2008). "Whips and Scorns of Time, Stinging All They Touch". NY Times. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Lortel Archives--The Internet Off-Broadway Database". Lortel. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^ Verini, Bob (May 21, 2007). "Yellow Face - Variety". Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (14 March 2012). "Ivana Milicevic To Star In 'Banshee', Derek Richardson Joins 'Anger Management'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Sekiya Billman and Hoon Lee". New York Times. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ Milligan, Mercedes (May 20, 2021). "Netflix Slates 3 New Animated Projects from Asian-American Creators". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hoon Lee (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 21, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
^ Anop, Nirat (August 11, 2016). "Outcast - Season 2 - M.C. Gainey, Madelyn Deutch & Hoon Lee Join Cast". Spoiler TV. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 11, 2017). "Warrior: Cinemax Sets Cast & Director For Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series". Deadline. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 11, 2021). "See Gets Season 3 Renewal By Apple, Unveils Season 2 Premiere Date, Trailer & Cast Additions". Deadline. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ White, Peter (November 19, 2020). "DMZ: HBO Max Hands Series Order To Ava DuVernay & Roberto Patino's Futuristic Civil War Drama, Based On DC Comic". Deadline. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ Cordero, Rosy (April 2, 2024). "Aimee Carrero Joins Jon Hamm In Apple's Your Friends And Neighbors". Deadline. Retrieved August 21, 2024.