Reggie Lee of Prison Break is a Filipino

There are so many local actors trying to break into Hollywood but many of them even with ther good looks did not make it.

It is different for Reggie Lee, a Hollywood actor who is a Filipino descent and was born in Quezon City, Philippined. Here is his biography.

Born of Filipino-Chinese descent, Lee, the oldest of three sons, was born in Quezon City, Philippines to Zenaida Telmo and Dr. Jesus Espiritu Valdez, a retired Ob-Gyn.^[1] He continues to speak Tagalog, his native language, as well as Cantonese. As a child, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where Reggie graduated from a Franciscan High School. The 1990s found Lee relocating to Los Angeles only to hit the road again and tour nationally in the musical Heartstrings and later in Miss Saigon. With his tremendous success on stage, it is no surprise that Broadway came calling when he was cast in the original company of the Tony Award-winning musical, Carousel. In 1997, he received a Dramalogue Critics Award for his performance in F.O.B. at East West Players. With his critical acclaim, Lee also starred in their production of Carry the Tiger to the Mountain.

Career

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, Lee has been on his way to screen success. He recently finished filming a supporting lead role in the highly anticipated Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the third installment to Disney’s incredibly successful Pirates of the Caribbean series. Lee also plays Special Secret Service Agent Bill Kim in the popular FOX drama Prison Break - a character he describes as "a guilty pleasure to play – wonderfully complex and devious". And later this year, Lee stars in the independent feature Chinaman's Chance opposite Timothy Bottoms, Danny Trejo, Theresa Russell, and Ernest Borgnine. “It’s an important story that definitely needs to be told and humanized,” says Lee of this film that is billed as a Western/ Drama. “Plus I get to play pretend in the Old West. How great is that?!”