Reggie Lee

Early life Valdez was born in Quezon City, the Philippines, Although fluent in English, he also speaks Tagalog. At the age of five, he moved with his family to the Cleveland, Ohio area, including Parma and Strongsville. While still a student, he performed in shows at the Greenbrier Theatre (now the Cassidy Theatre) in Parma Heights and was an intern at the Cleveland Play House. He graduated from Padua Franciscan High School in Parma.

Although accepted to Harvard, he instead decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He later changed his last name from Valdez to Lee, stating in a 2001 interview that "they kept calling me in for Hispanic roles, and I'm a far cry from Hispanic";

Career In 1992, at the age of 17, Lee moved to Los Angeles, where he joined a national tour of Miss Saigon.

In 2010, he guest-starred as Tom in the NBC series Persons Unknown.

In 2012, he played Ross, a Gotham City police officer in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.

From 2011 to 2017, he played Desk Sergeant Drew Wu in the NBC supernatural police drama Grimm.

In 2018, for NCIS: New Orleans, he appeared as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Steven Thompson. He previously appeared in an unrelated role in an episode of NCIS. In 2021, Blogtalk with MJ Racadio named him one of the "75 Most Influential Filipino-Americans".

Personal life Lee has two younger brothers, musician Nathan and comic book artist R.V. Valdez.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Big Blind 2000 Southstreet Lullaby Mahler Greeter Psycho Beach Party Dancer Drift Ryan as 'R.T. Lee'2001 XCU: Extreme Close Up Huy Phan The Fast and the Furious Lance Nguyen The Parlor Slappy Sue Short film2002 Black Hole Justin Reality School Student The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest Suit 2003 Masked and Anonymous Armed Man Net Games Laurence 2005 Amateur Ron Harper 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Headless Dimples Dr. Ross Hammer 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Tai Huang 2008 I Am Somebody: No Chance in Hell Sing a.k.a. Chinaman's Chance Tropic Thunder Byong 2009 Drag Me to Hell Stu Rubin Star Trek Test Administrator Kobayashi Maru 2010 Life as We Know It Alan Burke 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love Officer Huang 2012 Safe Quan Chang Here Comes the Boom Mr. De La Cruz The Dark Knight Rises GCPD Officer Ross 2019 Disappearance Detective Park 2021 Sweet Girl Dr. WuTBDThe WeepingJimPost-production Above the BreakSheriff LangfordFilming

Television

Video games Year Title RoleNotes 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Tai HuangVoice and likeness