---
name: "Lee Ving"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-ving"
fi1m_id: "lee-ving"
imdb_id: "nm0898962"
tmdb_id: 80745
wikidata_id: "Q5972482"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 April 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:12:48.614097+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lee Ving

## Identity

Lee Ving

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-ving
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-ving
- **IMDb ID:** nm0898962
- **TMDB ID:** 80745
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5972482
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Ving, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5972482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80745

Actor. Born 10 April 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 April 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Also known as:** Fear
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Ving, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5972482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80745

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Flashdance*](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md) (54)

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## Biography

Lee Ving, also credited as Lee James Jude, is an American actor and musician. He is the frontman of the Los Angeles hardcore punk band Fear.

Ving played Johnny C. in the film *Flashdance* (1983). His other film roles include Greer in *Streets of Fire* (1984), Mr. Boddy in *Clue* (1985), and Marvin Ringer in *Black Moon Rising* (1986). He appeared as a punk rocker (voice) in *American Pop* (1981) and as William Henry Glazier in *Nightmares* (1983).

Ving has also appeared in television series including *Who's the Boss?* (1984) and the documentary *The Decline of Western Civilization* (1981).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, as Johnny C. — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997* (2017), Actor
- *National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer* (2009), as Hot Rod Guy
- *Fast Sofa* (2001), as Leather Jacket
- *Commercial Entertainment Product* (1992), as Greer
- *The Taking of Beverly Hills* (1991), as Varney
- *Masters of Menace* (1990), as Roy Boy
- *Grave Secrets* (1989), as Zack
- *Pulse Pounders* (1988), as (Dungeonmaster 2 sequence)
- *The Dungeonmaster II: A Sorcerer’s Nightmare* (1988), as Elliot
- *Scenes from the Goldmine* (1987), as Ian Weymouth
- *Dudes* (1987), as Missoula
- *Oceans of Fire* (1986), as Pembroke
- *Fast Times* (1986), series, as Intimidating Guy
- *Black Moon Rising* (1986), as Marvin Ringer
- *Clue* (1985), as Mr. Boddy
- *Street Hawk* (1985), series, as Virgil Powell
- *The Ratings Game* (1984), as The Dawn Patrol Actor
- *The Wild Life* (1984), as Cable Installer
- *Who's the Boss?* (1984), series, Actor
- *Streets of Fire* (1984), as Greer
- *Nightmares* (1983), as William Henry Glazier (segment "Terror in Topanga") (as Lee James Jude)
- *Get Crazy* (1983), as Piggy
- *Flashdance* (1983), as Johnny C. — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *The Slog Movie* (1982), Actor
- *Fame* (1982), series, Actor
- *American Pop* (1981), as Punk Rocker (voice)

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