Background
Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, and is of Chinese-Korean descent.
Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, and is of Chinese-Korean descent.
University of California, Berkeley.
He is best known for his roles in the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade as Danny Woo and as Jae Kim on the National Broadcasting Company science fiction television drama Bionic Woman. He portrayed notable roles in the James Bond film Die Another Day, Elektra, and The Wolverine. He also played reappearing role in the Columbia Broadcasting System drama series Hawaii Five-0, and voiced Wei Shen, the protagonist in the video game Sleeping Dogs.
He spent a portion of his youth teaching at Lee"s Tae Kwon Do, his family"s business in Napa, California.
Lee attended University of California Berkeley with a full athletic scholarship to study Political Science and Ethnic Studies. Will Yun 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 Forex Network"s mini-series Thief and American Broadcasting Company Family"s television movie Mini-series Fallen. He recently guest starred in Hawaii Five-0 as recurring character "Sang Minister", and in True Blood as "Mr.
Gus". He also played Kenuichio Harada in James Mangold"s The Wolverine (2013).
He provides the voice of the protagonist in Square Enix"s Hong Kong open-world crime game, Sleeping Dogs as undercover cop Wei Shen. In 2002 he was named by People as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People", which quickly led to high-profile roles. Will Yun Lee is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the 2006 documentary The Slanted Screen, 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".
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".