J. Lee

J. Lee (sometimes credited as J Lee) is an American actor, writer, and musician known for playing Lt. Commander John LaMarr on the Fox/Hulu science fiction comedy drama television series The Orville.

Early life and career Lee was born and grew up in St. Louis. He grew up playing piano and plays professionally. "I started playing classical piano when I was 3. I did that all throughout my youth and in high school. I played at Carnegie Hall when I was 12 or 13." He obtained a bachelor's degree from Indiana University's Jacob's School of Music. He worked at Fuzzy Door Productions as a receptionist where he befriended Seth MacFarlane. "People would come up and just have a conversation with me. And Seth and I became cool because when he would come out of his office or the writers room just to get a break, we would just talk about regular life and laugh." He soon began working for MacFarlane on many of his projects, furthering his acting career.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Direct-to-video; production assistant 2005 American Dad: The New CIA Black Dude Short film 2006 Idlewild Band Member Uncredited 2007 A Horror Movie: Starring Smart People Tony Short film; also executive producer and editor 2007 Battle for the Crown Director, writer, producer and editor 2008 Backyard Battle Monsters Molten Menace Short film 2008 Coupled with Love Steve Collins 2012 Naked Eye Director, writer and producer 2013 I Forgot My Phone Partygoer 1 Short film 2017 Career Suicide: Arthur's Edge Director, writer and producer 2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By PassingThrough the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh Stone 2019 The Lion King Hyena (voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 2007–2009 American Dad! Various (voice) 3 episodes 2008–2010 Family Guy 3 episodes;also production assistant (2005-2008) 2009 Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy Bouncer (voice) Episode: "Fred and Barney Try to Get Into a Club" 2009 Pay It Off Production assistant 2010 The Cleveland Show Additional Voices Episode: "Field of Streams"also writer (2012-2013) 2011 Bandwagon: The Series J Lee 3 episodes 2015 Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled NYC Citizens / HYDRA Troopers / S.H.I.E.L.D. Walla (voice) TV special 2016 Sidetracked Howard Episode: "Doughnut Sociology" 2017–2022 The Orville Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr Main role