Jason Lee (actor)
Jason Lee | |
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Born | Jason Michael Lee April 25, 1970 Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1980–present |
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Partner | Beth Riesgraf (2001–2007) |
Children | 5 |
Sports career | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Skateboarding |
Turned pro | 1988 |
Retired | 1996 |
Jason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder. He is known for playing
He is also known for his roles in
A former professional skateboarder, Lee is the co-founder and co-owner of Stereo Skateboards, founding the company in 1992 with fellow skateboarder
Early life
Lee was born in Santa Ana, California, on April 25, 1970.[2] His father, Greg Lee, was a car dealership manager and his mother, Carol Lee, a homemaker.[3][4] He has an older brother, James (b. 1968). Lee was raised in Huntington Beach and attended Ocean View High School.[5] A hyperactive and energetic child, Lee took up skateboarding after his mother bought him a skateboard with the hope that he would use it to burn off excessive energy.[citation needed] Hooked on the art of skateboarding, Lee spent the majority of his time perfecting his craft, that would eventually lead to him dropping out of Ocean View High School so he could turn pro.[citation needed]
Career
Skateboarding
Lee was a professional skateboarder in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1992, he founded Stereo Sound Agency, known as Stereo Skateboards, with fellow skater Chris "Dune" Pastras. In 2003, after it had been defunct for a few years, the pair successfully revived the company.[6][7] As of October 2013, Lee and Pastras remained on the professional "Classics" team roster.[8]
Lee was featured in the skateboarding promotional video, Video Days (1991), filmed for the skateboarding company Blind Skateboards.[9] In 2004, Lee's skateboarding was featured in Way Out East!, a film produced by Stereo Skateboards.[10][11]
In August 2012, Lee was also featured in a brief video on the skateboard website The Berrics entitled "Jason Lee decided to come to the park."[12]
In August 2012, Lee participated in the ninth annual Stand-Up for Skateparks Event, which he chaired with Tony Hawk.[13] The event is held annually by the Tony Hawk Charitable Foundation and seeks to "help create free, quality public skateparks for youth in low-income communities."[14]
In October that same year, a video was released by the
Lee later worked with Tony Hawk when he lent his voice and likeness to Tony Hawk's Project 8 to become a playable character.[16] Lee then voiced Coach Frank, a character created during the development of Stereo, in video game Skate 3.[17][18]
Professional skateboarder and owner of the Girl and Lakai Limited Footwear skateboard brands Mike Carroll[19] has cited Lee as one of his skating influences.[20]
Lee has been particularly cited for his
Acting
After taking some minor acting roles in 1992–1994 (including the music video for the
Lee graduated to leading man roles in
In 2005, Lee was offered the lead role in television series
On June 22, 2010,
As of December 2011, Lee appeared in
Lee is in the
Photography
Lee began shooting photos regularly in the early 2000s, and became interested in instant photography.[46] He released his first photo book through Refueled Magazine. It consists of "184 pages of Polaroid & Fuji Instant Film photographs from 2006-2016", printed in an edition of 500 copies.[47] In 2018 he published, A Plain View, a photo book consisting of color 4×5 photographs from his exploration of rural and urban America.[48] From June to December 2019, his photographs of Oklahoma were exhibited in exhibit OK: Jason Lee Photographs in Philbrook Museum of Art.[49] These works are scheduled to be released as the book OK in 2022.[50] In December 2020, British publishing house Stanley/Barker released In the Gold Dust Rush, consisting of black and white photographs of rural America.[51] In 2021, Lee released Galveston, commissioned by the Galveston Historical Foundation.[50] He is inspired by work of New Topographics movement, notably by Henry Wessell. He photographs on film.[52]
Personal life
Lee married actress and photographer Carmen Llywelyn in 1995. They divorced in 2001. Llywelyn later cited Lee's commitment to Scientology as the principal cause for their separation.[53] Llywelyn wrote that their relationship collapsed when she revealed to her talent manager and fellow Scientologist, Gay Ribisi (mother of actor Giovanni Ribisi), that she had read A Piece of Blue Sky, an anti-Scientology book. Two days after her conversation with Ribisi, Llywelyn received a one-paragraph "disconnection letter" from Lee and was labeled a suppressive person.[54][55]
Following his divorce from Llywelyn, Lee became engaged to actress Beth Riesgraf. Together, they have a son, Pilot Inspektor, born in 2003. Lee states their son's name was inspired by "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." by rock band Grandaddy.[56]
Lee married Turkish model Ceren Alkaç in California in July 2008. A month later, Alkaç gave birth to a daughter named Casper.[56][57][58] The couple had their second child, a son named Sonny, in 2012.[59] Their third child, a daughter named Alberta 'Birdy' Lee, was born in 2017.[60]
In 2016, Lee revealed he is no longer a Scientologist.[61][62] When asked by The Guardian why he became a Scientologist he said, "Everybody wants answers, Everybody wants to feel less depressed or less anxious or they want to try to understand some issue that they might have with themselves." He added: "Ultimately, it was just not for me. That's it. I wasn't really involved going back many, many years now."[63]
Lee currently resides in Los Angeles, California, with his family after living in Denton, Texas, for four years.[63] He is a 1/5th co-owner of the restaurant Barley and Board.[61][64]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Video Days | Himself | Blind Skateboards |
1993 | A Visual Sound | Himself | Stereo Skateboards |
1993 | Mi Vida Loca | Teenage Drug Customer | |
1994 | Chance and Things | Dance Instructor on the Television | |
1995 | Mallrats | Brodie Bruce
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1996 | Drawing Flies | Donner | |
1996 | Tincan Folklore | Himself | Stereo Skateboards |
1997 | Chasing Amy | Banky Edwards
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
A Better Place | Dennis Pepper | ||
1998 | Kissing a Fool | Jay Murphy | |
American Cuisine | Loren Collins | ||
Enemy of the State | Daniel Zavitz | ||
1999 | Dogma | Azrael | |
Mumford | Skip Skipperton | ||
2000 | Almost Famous | Jeff Bebe | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama/Romance
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
2001 | Heartbreakers | Jack Withrowe | |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Brodie Bruce / Banky Edwards |
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Vanilla Sky | Brian Shelby | ||
2002 | Big Trouble | Puggy | |
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator | Himself | Documentary | |
Stealing Harvard | John Plummer | ||
2003 | A Guy Thing | Paul Morse | |
Dreamcatcher | Beaver Clarendon | ||
I Love Your Work | Larry Hortense | ||
2004 | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Himself | Documentary |
Jersey Girl | PR Exec #1 | ||
The Incredibles | Buddy Pine / Syndrome | Voice | |
2005 | Jack-Jack Attack | Voice, short film | |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Gray | ||
Drop Dead Sexy | Frank | ||
2006 | Clerks II | Lance Dowds
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Rising Son: The Legend of Christian Hosoi | Himself | Documentary | |
Monster House | Bones | Voice | |
2007 | Underdog | Shoeshine / Underdog | Voice |
The Man Who Souled the World | Himself | Documentary | |
Alvin and the Chipmunks | David "Dave" Seville | ||
2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | ||
2010 | Cop Out | Roy | |
2011 | Noah's Ark: The New Beginning | Japheth | Voice |
The Other Side | Mortimer Flybait | Voice | |
Columbus Circle | Charlie | ||
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | David "Dave" Seville | ||
2014 | Behaving Badly | Father Krumins | |
Tell | Ray | ||
2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | David "Dave" Seville | Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
2017 | Growing Up Smith | Butch Brunner | |
2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Brodie Bruce | |
2020 | We Bare Bears: The Movie | Charlie | Voice |
TBA | Diamond | Billy Curtis | Also producer and writer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Phillip Messenger | Television film |
2005–2009 | My Name Is Earl | Earl Hickey
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Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006–2007) Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2005–2006) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2006–2007) Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor – Comedy (2006) |
2005 | Saturday Night Live | Host / various roles | 1 episode |
2006, 2016 | American Dad! | Officer Bays / Sam | Voice, 2 episodes |
2010–2011 | Memphis Beat | Dwight Hendricks | 20 episodes |
2011–2012 | Up All Night | Kevin | 7 episodes |
2010–2013 | Raising Hope | Smokey Floyd | 3 episodes |
2013 | Men at Work | Donnie | Episode: "Tyler the Pioneer" |
2015 | Cocked | Grady Paxson | Television film |
2015 | Away and Back | Jack Peterson | Television film |
2015–2019 | We Bare Bears | Charlie | Voice, 22 episodes |
2021 | The Harper House | Freddie Harper | Voice, 10 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Incredibles | Buddy Pine / Syndrome | |
2004 | The Incredibles: When Danger Calls | Buddy Pine / Syndrome | |
2006 | Tony Hawk's Project 8 | Himself | Also motion capture |
2007 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | David "Dave" Seville | |
2010 | Skate 3 | Coach Frank | |
2013 | Disney Infinity | Buddy Pine / Syndrome | |
2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | ||
2018 | Lego The Incredibles |
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External links
- Jason Lee at IMDb