Jason Scott Lee
Jason Scott Lee is an American actor and martial artist. He played Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book and Bruce Lee in the 1993 martial arts film Dragon: The [Bruce Lee Story].
Personal life
Lee was born in Los Angeles. He was raised in Hawaii and is of Hawaiian and Chinese descent. He attended school at Pearl City High School.Career
Lee started his acting career with small roles in Born in East L.A. and Back to the Future Part II. In 1990, he appeared in the television film The Lookalike. In 1992, he played his first leading role in the romantic drama Map of the Human Heart. In 1993, he portrayed Bruce Lee in the biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.Lee has trained in Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do since portraying Lee and continues to train and became a certified instructor under former Bruce Lee student Jerry Poteet. He is not related to Bruce Lee. In 1994, he starred in Rapa-Nui and as Mowgli in the live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book with Lena Headey and John Cleese. Lee was originally considered for the role of Liu Kang in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, but Lee turned down the role and was replaced by Robin Shou instead. He was also cast to star in the immigrant epic An American Dream to be filmed by Michael Cimino in 1997.
In 2007, he played Eddie in the sports comedy film Balls of Fury alongside Dan Fogler, in his first theatrically released film since 2002. Lee performed as The King of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I in a production at the London Palladium in 2000 opposite Elaine Paige. Lee made his operatic debut in the non-singing role of Pasha Selim in Hawaii Opera Theatre's production of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu in February 2009.
In 2020, he played the villain Böri Khan in Disney’s Mulan, a live action remake of the 1998 animated film of the same name. He also joined the cast of the historical drama The Wind & the Reckoning as Koʻolau, a cowboy who took part in a rebellion against soldiers of the recently instated Provisional Government of Hawaii forcing the displacement of leprosy patients to the Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony in Molokaʻi. Film production happened as the COVID-19 pandemic reached its peak in the islands.
In 2021, Lee starred in the Disney+ series Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a reboot of Doogie Howser, M.D..
Credits
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Born in East L.A. | Paco | Film debut |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Chester "Whitey" Noguera | |
| 1991 | Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College | Kyle | |
| 1992 | Map of the Human Heart | Avik | |
| 1993 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Bruce Lee | |
| 1994 | Rapa-Nui | Noro | |
| 1994 | The Jungle Book | Mowgli | |
| 1997 | Murder in Mind | Holloway | |
| 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Riley | |
| 1998 | Soldier | Caine 607 | |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch | David Kawena | |
| 2003 | Dracula II: Ascension | Father Uffizi | Direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision | TEC Agent Ryan Chang | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | Dracula III: Legacy | Father Uffizi | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch | David Kawena | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | The Prophecy: Forsaken | Dylan | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | Nomad | Oraz | Limited release |
| 2006 | Only the Brave | Glenn Takase | Limited release |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Eddie | |
| 2008 | Dance of the Dragon | Cheng | |
| 2014 | Seventh Son | Urag | |
| 2016 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny | Hades Dai | |
| 2016 | Burn Your Maps | Shaman's Assistant | |
| 2016 | Alaska Is a Drag | Diego | |
| 2019 | The Haunted Swordsman | The Swordsman | Short |
| 2020 | Mulan | Böri Khan | |
| 2021 | The Wind & the Reckoning | Ko'olau | |
| 2022 | Boon | Killa | |
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | Luau Manager |
Television
| Year | TV series | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Matlock | Lee Tran | 2, episode 2: "The Fisherman" |
| 1989 | Wolf | Chin | Season 1, episode 6: "Curtains of Silence" |
| 1990 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | John Henderson | Season 7, episode 4: "American Eyes" |
| 1990 | The Lookalike | John "Charlie" Chan | Television movie |
| 1990 | Vestige of Honor | Ha-Kuhn | Television movie |
| 1997 | The Hunger | Craig Yun | Season 1, episode 4: "The Secret Shih Tan" |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Aladdin | Miniseries |
| 2010–2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Detective Kaleo | 3 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. | Benny Kameāloha | Main Role |
Documentary
| Year | Documentary | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Slanted Screen | Himself | Documentary |
| 2012 | Secrets of Shaolin | Himself | TV documentary |
| 2014 | Trekking Malaysia with Jason Scott Lee | Himself | Travel documentary |