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Jason Scott Lee (李截, pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American movie actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California, but was raised in Hawaii. As a third-generation Chinese-American, he is three-quarters Chinese American and one-quarter Hawaiian. In the mid-1990s, he had a few leading roles in feature films. Since that time, he has not broken into the ranks of major stardom, but continues to receive supporting roles. He currently owns the Ulua Theatre, which opened in 2005, where he performed as Pale in the production of "Burn This."

As a non-Caucasian actor with an ambiguous ethnic appearance, he has been called upon to portray various races. He played an Inuit in Map of the Human Heart, when cast as Bruce Lee in Dragon he was portraying a Chinese-American man , a Polynesian in Rapa Nui and an Indian in The Jungle Book.

Jason Scott Lee is of no relation to martial arts legend Bruce Lee, whom he portrayed in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.

Partial filmography

• Nomad (2006)
• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) (V) (voice)
• Timecop 2: Berlin Decision (2004)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002) (voice)
• Arabian Nights (2000) (TV)
• Soldier (1998)
• Tale of the Mummy (1998)
• The Jungle Book (1994)
• Picture Bride (1994)
• Rapa Nui (1994)
• Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
• Map of the Human Heart (1993)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Born in East L.A. (1987)

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