---
name: "Nelson Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nelson-lee"
fi1m_id: "nelson-lee"
imdb_id: "nm1116914"
tmdb_id: 109019
wikidata_id: "Q465406"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T01:22:12.971008+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."
---

# Nelson Lee

## Identity

Nelson Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nelson-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nelson-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm1116914
- **TMDB ID:** 109019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q465406
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465406, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1116914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109019

Actor. Born 16 October 1975 in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1975, Taipei, Taiwan
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 70 (1), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $197m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465406, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1116914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109019

## Biography

Nelson Lee is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor. He was born on 16 October 1975 in Taipei, Taiwan, and raised in Canada. He graduated from Saint John High School in New Brunswick and studied at the University of Toronto before training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

Lee began his career with roles in *Oz* (2002) and several *Law & Order* series. He is known for playing the Chancellor in *Mulan* (2020), Dragon King / Dr Shiro Ito in *DC's Stargirl* (2020–2022), Senator Hamato Xiono in *Ahsoka* (2023), and Tony in *Civil War* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Civil War* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Tony — [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *Mulan* (2020), Fi1m 54, as The Chancellor — [page](https://film.one/film/mulan-2020.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, as Special Agent Eric Zhang — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, as Li Chen — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Secret Level* (2024), series, as Sean (voice)
- *Civil War* (2024), as Tony — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *Ahsoka* (2023), series, as Senator Xiono
- *The Company You Keep* (2023), series, as Drug Kingpin
- *The Wheel* (2022), as Ben
- *I Was a Simple Man* (2021), as Mark
- *Pretty Hard Cases* (2021), series, as Tee Lin
- *Mulan* (2020), as The Chancellor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/mulan-2020.md)
- *DC's Stargirl* (2020), series, as Dr. Shiro Ito / Dragon King
- *Evil* (2019), series, as Daniel Ling
- *Good Trouble* (2019), series, as Emile Shao
- *A. I. Tales* (2018), as Nathan · Director, Writer
- *Ten Days in the Valley* (2017), series, as Sheldon
- *All Saints* (2017), as Ye Win
- *Madtown* (2017), as Burt
- *Shooter* (2016), series, as Adam Lee
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Limbic Dealer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Lethal Weapon* (2016), series, as Paul Mason
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, as Tenzin
- *Longmire* (2012), series, as Mr. Chen — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/longmire.md)
- *About Cherry* (2012), as Jessica
- *The Chicago Code* (2011), series, as Matthew Chow
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Nae Shan — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Virtuality* (2009), as Kenji Yamamoto
- *Virtuality* (2009), series, Actor
- *Vacancy 2: The First Cut* (2008), as Groom
- *Ring of Death* (2008), as Chow
- *Blade: House of Chthon* (2006), as Shen
- *Blade: The Series* (2006), series, as Shen
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Special Agent Eric Zhang — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Traffic* (2004), series, as Ronny Cho
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Dr. Andiman
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Kevin Lee
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Johnny Chen, Sergeant Joe Chin
- *Oz* (1997), series, as Li Chen — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Kenny Eng, Roy Leung — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Don’t Look Inside*, Actor

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nelson-lee