Nelson Lee

Nelson Lee (born October 16, 1975 in Taipei , Taiwan ) is a Canadian actor of Taiwanese origin. He gained fame primarily through his role as Shen in the US science fiction series Blade - The Hunt Goes On .

Life

Born in the capital of the island republic of Taiwan, Lee grew up in Canada, spent almost all of his youth there, and from 1993 attended the University of Toronto Schools and the University of Toronto . In 1995 he went on a student exchange and spent a year in the town of Swansea , South Wales . After returning to Canada, he did his bachelor's degree and moved to the United States , where he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) from 1998 . In 2001 he left private drama school with an associate degree , more precisely with the associate of arts degree , one of three different categories.

He had his first notable television appearance in 2001, when he got a role in the series Law & Order and its first offshoot Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, among others . Two consecutive appearances in the drama series Oz - Hell Behind Bars followed in 2002, followed by another appearance on Law & Order in 2003. After he appeared in the 2004 miniseries Traffic , he got his first offer in one at around the same time Feature film. In the US TV movie Strip Search , however, Lee only had a minor brief appearance. The following years were less characterized by Lee's involvement in films, but more by his appearances in television series. After an episode in Criminal Intent , another offshoot of Law & Order , the native Taiwanese followed in 2006 a leading role in the series Blade - The Hunt Goes On , in which he was used in eleven of a total of twelve episodes was.

After a less important year in 2007, in which Lee did not appear in any notable production, three different film appearances followed in 2008. On the one hand, he was seen in Cold Play as Detective Woo and made another appearance each in the films Ring of Death and Motel: The First Cut , a prequel of the 2007 horror thriller Motel . In 2009, Lee starred in the US series Cold Case , which was discontinued the following year. He also played an important supporting role in the science fiction television film Virtuality - Killer im System . In 2010 he can be seen in the film production Bold Native .

Others

In 2001 Lee was the first assistant director in the film The Accident , the following year he also held this position in the production of the film The Significance of Seventeen .

In 2005 he lent his voice to the computer game The Warriors , a rock star Toronto production.

Lee also hosted the HBO talk show Chat Zone around 2004 .