---
name: "Reggie Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reggie-lee"
fi1m_id: "reggie-lee"
imdb_id: "nm0498046"
tmdb_id: 22075
wikidata_id: "Q1341761"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T15:09:43.271462+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."
---

# Reggie Lee

## Identity

Reggie Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reggie-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reggie-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0498046
- **TMDB ID:** 22075
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1341761
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Lee_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1341761, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22075

Actor. Born 4 October 1975 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 October 1975, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
- **Active:** 2006–2012
- **Also known as:** Reggie Telmo Valdez, Reggie Valdez, Ρέτζι Λι, Регги Ли, رجی لی
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (3), 2010s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,496m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Lee_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1341761, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22075

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)

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## Biography

Reggie Lee is a Filipino-American actor. Born Reggie Telmo Valdez on 4 October 1975 in Quezon City, Philippines, he moved with his family to the Cleveland, Ohio area at the age of five. He graduated from Padua Franciscan High School and, after being accepted to Harvard, instead moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He later changed his professional surname to Lee.

Lee began his career in theatre, including a national tour of Miss Saigon and the 1994 Broadway revival of Carousel. He is known for his television roles as Bill Kim in Prison Break (2006–07) and as Sgt. Drew Wu in Grimm (2011–17). He later appeared as Thomas Choi in All Rise (2019–23). Film credits include Lance Nguyen in The Fast and the Furious (2001), Tai Huang in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and At World's End (2007), and Ross in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Ross — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, as Drew Wu — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Star Trek* (2009), Fi1m 81, as Test Administrator — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Fi1m 55, as Tai Huang — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), Fi1m 63, as Headless — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), series, as Angelo Soto
- *CSI: Vegas* (2021), series, as Undersheriff Bobby Zhao
- *Sweet Girl* (2021), as Dr. Wu
- *The Fugitive* (2020), series, Actor
- *Inside Game* (2019), as Danh 'The Chinaman' Tran
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Thomas Choi
- *Disappearance* (2019), as Detective Park
- *Fanboy* (2019), as Greg
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Mike Weston
- *Behind the Walls* (2018), as Rick
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, as Julius
- *NCIS: New Orleans* (2014), series, as Steven Thompson
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Dr. Ronald Yee — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), as Mr. De La Cruz
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), as Ross — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Safe* (2012), as Quan Chang
- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Drew Wu — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Crazy, Stupid, Love.* (2011), as Officer Huang
- *Life As We Know It* (2010), as Alan Burke
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Joey Kang — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *White Collar* (2009), series, as Ambassador Kyi
- *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), as Stu Rubin
- *Star Trek* (2009), as Test Administrator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Tropic Thunder* (2008), as Byong
- *Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance* (2008), as Sing
- *Dimples* (2008), as Doctor Hammer
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), as Tai Huang — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end.md)
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), as Headless — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest.md)
- *Night Stalker* (2005), series, as Stanley Kim
- *Prison Break* (2005), series, as Bill Kim — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *Blind Justice* (2005), series, as Don Yun
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Hideki Yoshida (voice)
- *Frankenfish* (2004), as Anton
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Jonathan Chow — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Luis* (2003), series, as Zhing Zhang
- *Masked and Anonymous* (2003), as Armed Man
- *Net Games* (2003), as Laurence
- *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002), as Suit
- *The Parlor* (2001), as Slappy Sue
- *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), as Lance Nguyen
- *XCU: Extreme Close Up* (2001), as Nuey Phan
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Officer Jim Chang
- *Psycho Beach Party* (2000), as Dancer · Choreographer
- *Drift* (2000), as Ryan (as R.T. Lee)
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Dr. Nakashima
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Paul Lee
- *Cyberdorm* (1999), as Zachary
- *Two of a Kind* (1998), series, as Waiter
- *Working* (1997), series, as Applicant
- *The Magic Pearl* (1997), as Wu Lung (voice)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Christian — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Sam
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Orderly — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Lawson
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Chen Hikaru — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Kim Ho
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, as Gardner's Assistant
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Richard — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Concepción*, series, Producer
- *Above the Break*, as Sheriff Langford
- *The Weeping*, as Ranger Jim

## Gallery

- ![The actor Reggie Lee at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011](https://film.one/media/person/377259/gallery-b3e0cd1ff6c7.jpg) The actor Reggie Lee at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011 — Keith McDuffee, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Reggie_Lee_at_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg/1280px-Reggie_Lee_at_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Reggie Lee](https://film.one/media/person/377259/gallery-e57c6d8e183c.jpg) Reggie Lee — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Reggie_Lee_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026.jpg/1280px-Reggie_Lee_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The actor Reggie Lee. (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/377259/gallery-cc1b8a717286.jpg) The actor Reggie Lee. (2007) — Roger Wo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Reggie_Lee.jpg/1280px-Reggie_Lee.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Reggie Lee](https://film.one/media/person/377259/gallery-3b8f0a764b2d.jpg) Reggie Lee — Image via TMDB

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