Will Yun Lee

William Yun Lee (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Danny Woo in the supernatural drama Witchblade and Jae Kim in the sci-fi series Bionic Woman. He has also appeared in the films Die Another Day, Elektra (2005) and The Wolverine (2013). He had a recurring role as Sang Min in Hawaii Five-0, played the original body of series protagonist Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon, appeared as Marvelous Man in The Guardians of Justice (2022) and voiced Wei Shen in the game Sleeping Dogs (2012). From 2018 to 2024, he has appeared on the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor playing Dr. Alex Park.

Early life Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, to Korean parents: mother Jung Ja Lee and father Soo Woong Lee, a taekwondo grandmaster.

His parents later divorced. He began training in taekwondo at the age of three and spent part of his youth teaching at his father’s school, Lee’s Taekwondo, in Napa, California. In 2013, he re-earned his black belt and documented the process in a three-part video series, Back to Black: The Training of Will Yun Lee, which also featured his father.

Lee spent his youth moving across the United States and attended 23 schools.

Lee attended UC Berkeley with a full athletic scholarship to study political science and ethnic studies.

Lee’s parents divorced when he was four years old, and he spent much of his childhood moving between relatives and family friends before reuniting with his father in Hawaii at age ten. During this time his father, one of the first taekwondo masters to immigrate to the United States, encouraged him to pursue a professional career, but Lee eventually chose to follow acting instead. In 2018, Lee appeared in the Netflix science fiction series Altered Carbon as the original body of protagonist Takeshi Kovacs.

Lee provides the voice of Wei Shen, the protagonist in Square Enix's Hong Kong open-world crime game Sleeping Dogs.

In 2002, People named Lee as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People", which quickly led to high-profile roles. In November 2007, he was named one of the 15 "Sexiest Men Alive".

Lee is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in Jeff Adachi's 2006 documentary The Slanted Screen, about the representation of Asian and Asian-American men in Hollywood. He was featured in the music video of Mariah Carey's "Boy (I Need You)" as well as Ice Cube's "Real Nigga Roll Call. In February 2025, he was cast in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, opportunities for Asian American actors were limited. Lee has recalled competing with peers such as Daniel Dae Kim, John Cho, and Sung Kang for a narrow range of stereotyped roles, often gangsters or computer experts. Their son, Cash, was born in June 2013. Cash was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease, a rare disorder of the cerebral blood vessels, at the age of three. Lost for Words Stanford The Wolverine Kenuichio Harada Make Your Move Kaz

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Television Year Film Role Notes 1997 Nash Bridges Quick Episode: "Gun Play"1998 Profiler Andrew Young Episode: "Ties That Bind" Brimstone Roger Episode: "Poem"1999 V.I.P. Bobby Wu Episode: "Mao Better Blues" The Disciples Yoyo LeeTelevision film 2000 Witchblade Detective Danny Woo 2001 The Agency Sam Episode: "The Year of Living Dangerously" 2001–2002 Witchblade Detective Danny Woo 23 episodes 2003–2004 10-8: Officers on Duty Detective Danny Chang 2 episodes2004 Threat Matrix Danny Roh Episode: "PPX" Law & Order Hiroji Yoshida Episode: "Gaijin"2006 Thief Vincent Chan Miniseries CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dennis Kim Episode: "Time of Your Death" Tsunami: The Aftermath Chai Miniseries2007 Hustle Shiro Episode: "Conning the Artists" Fallen Mazarin 4 episodes Bionic Woman Jae Kim 7 episodes 2008 Finnegan TakiTelevision film 2010 Boston's Finest Eddie Lao 2010–2017 Hawaii Five-0 Sang Min 11 episodes2014 The Novice The Big Bang Television film True Blood Mr. Gus 5 episodes Intelligence Jin Cong 2 episodes 2015 Strike Back: Legacy Kwon 5 episodes Dr. Ken Kevin O'Connell Episode: "Kevin O'Connell" The Player Liu Zeng Episode: "House Rules" Warrior Susano 2016–2018 Falling Water Taka Main role 2018–2020 Altered Carbon Original Takeshi Kovacs Recurring role (seasons 1–2); 12 episodes 2018–2024 The Good Doctor Dr. Alex Park Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–7) 2021–2022 Blade Runner: Black Lotus Joseph Voice; main role 2022 The Guardians of Justice Marvelous Man Main role TBA The Off Weeks Willy Upcoming miniseries

Video games Year Title Voice role Ref 2011 Saints Row: The Third Pedestrians2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Additional voices Infex IngenBio Guard Sleeping Dogs Wei Shen 2020 Yakuza: Like a Dragon Masato Arakawa (Ryo Aoki) 2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth