Orion Lee

Orion Lee is a Hong Kong-Australian actor. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film First Cow.

Early life and education Orion Lee was born in Hong Kong. He later lived in Malaysia, Australia, New York, San Francisco, Zurich, and London. Before attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and training as an actor, Lee worked in the financial industry as a fund manager.

Career In addition to his career as a film and television actor, Lee has performed at various theatres in Scotland, England and Ireland, including in 2015 at the Swan Theatre of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in Ben Jonson's Volpone in a production by Trevor Nunn as Mosca, at the National Theatre of Scotland in Edinburgh, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge and in the West End.

In Kelly Reichardt's drama film First Cow, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August 2019, Lee played the lead role of King-Lu. His performance earned widespread acclaim and several accolades, including Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations.

Filmography Feature film Year Title Role Notes2012 Skyfall Shanghai Barman 2014 X+Y Deng Lagoshi Panic Yi Fury Tired GI 2015 Narcopolis Mr. Chang M.L.E. Sebastian 2017 Justice League Star Labs Scientist Star Wars: The Last Jedi Canady's First Order Monitor 2018 Dead in a Week or Your Money Back Lawrence I Am Vengeance Burke Catacombe Charlie Yuen Only You Eddie 2019 First Cow King-Lu 2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Star Labs Scientist Reedit of Justice League Followers Edward Lee 2022 Turning Red Jin (voice) 2025 Rosemead Charles 2026Project Hail MaryDr. Li

Short film Year Title Role Notes 2010 Macbeth No More Big Mac 2012 Portraits of London Jonathan Formalities 2013 #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei Sportsman Happy Birthday Cindy Wei Michael 2016 The Sea, the God, the Man Son That Day Comes Tony Lin Xiao 2017 Pov Michael 2018 Pommel Dad 2019 Vanish in Smoke Ralph

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Silent Witness Dr. Oliver Matthews 2 episodes 2013 Dates Tony 2 episodes Run Andy Episode: "Ying" 2015 EastEnders Obstetrician 2 episodes Critical Brian Zhao 6 episodes Code of a Killer Jack Wu Episode: "Episode 2" Tyrant Ambassador Zhang 4 episodes 2016 DCI Banks Chang Li 2 episodes 2018 Strangers Allen Ma 2 episodes Informer Jin Weijun 3 episodes 2019 Chimerica Tang Wen Lei 3 episodes Warrior Po Episode: "If You're Going to Bow, Bow Low" 2022 Significant Others Father Shirley 2 episodes Bump Karl 2 episodes 2024 Rematch P.C. 6 episodes

Video games Year Title Voice role(s) Notes 2016 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Tau Air Caste, Tau Water Caste 2017 007 Legends Mr. Ling, Moonraker Scientist 2022 The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend Cheung Po Tsai

Web Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Expert Anderson

Theatre

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