Filipino to star in Hollywood film “Tropic Thunder”

Reggie Lee will next be seen this summer in Ben Stiller's directorial debut, Tropic Thunder, opposite Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. Reggie is best known for his role as Secret Service Agent Bill Kim on FOX's hit show "Prison Break" and for playing Chow Yun Fat's villainous right hand man Tai Huang in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He is currently filming Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell which is due in theaters in 2009. Later this year, Lee will be seen playing the lead role in the independent feature Chinaman's Chance opposite Ernest Borgnine, Timothy Bottoms, and Danny Trejo.

Since having starred as Lance Nguyen - the snakeskin-wearing, motorcycle-riding, cold-blooded killer - in Universal's high-octane blockbuster "The Fast and the Furious" in 2001, Lee has also appeared in "Masked and Anonymous" with Bob Dylan, the Sci-Fi Channel's thriller Frankenfish, Net Games, X.C.U. and most recently, the horror film Dimples.

On television, Lee portrayed the role of Zhing Zhang in the Fox comedy "Luis." He also appeared as Officer Jim Chang on Lifetime's "The Division," Dr. Oliver Lee on "Judging Amy" and Assistant District Attorney Brian Chin on "Philly."

Lee has guest-starred on more than 20 television shows, including "ER," "Ellen Again," "Strong Medicine," "Mad About You," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Diagnosis Murder," "Chicago Hope," "Beverly Hills 90210," "Babylon 5," "Party of Five" and "The Magic Pearl," the first all-Asian animation for TV.

Born in Quezon City, Philippines, Lee is the oldest of three sons and in addition to English, continues to speak Tagalog and Cantonese. As a child, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where Lee graduated from a Franciscan High School. The 1990s found him relocating to Los Angeles where he immediately found work as a dancer for Prince on the MTV Awards. He then hit the road and toured nationally in the musical "Heartstrings," and later in "Miss Saigon." He was then cast in the original company of the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammsterstein's "Carousel." In 1997, Lee received a Dramalogue Critics Award for his performance in "F.O.B." at East West Players. He also starred in that company's production of "Carry the Tiger to the Mountain."

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