Daniel Curtis Lee

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Daniel Curtis Lee
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Lee at the 2009 premiere for Up
Born (1991-05-17) May 17, 1991 (age 34)
Education California State University, Long Beach
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • rapper
  • basketball player
Years active2001–present
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Daniel Curtis Lee (born May 17, 1991) [1] is an American actor, comedian and rapper, best known for portraying Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide from 2004 to 2007.

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Early life

Lee was born in Jackson, Mississippi [1] to Nathaniel Lee Sr., a producer, [2] and Sharial Lee. His older brother, Nathaniel Lee Jr., is also an actor. He lived in Mississippi until the age of 10, when he relocated to Long Beach, California. [3]

Career

His breakthrough role came in 2004 when he started playing Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

In the original 2003 pilot, “Cookie” was called “Boogie” and was played by actor Stephen Markarian, before Lee was cast a year later. [4]

After Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide ended in 2007, Lee would go on to play Kornelius "Kojo" Jonesworth on the Disney XD sitcom Zeke and Luther . He has also appeared in other television shows, such as First Monday and The Shield , and films such as Friday After Next .

Lee is also a rapper and releases his own solo works to Spotify. His debut album, Double Lit Double It, was released in 2020. [5]

In February 2023, Lee started a podcast called Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide with Devon Werkheiser and Lindsey Shaw under the network PodCo. [6] [7]

In November of 2024, Lee along with Werkheiser and Shaw, announced that their partnership with PodCo has ended and that they will be running the podcast themselves, following the fall out from a comment made on a tik tok live by Werkheiser around the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] and Shaw's frustration about why their show has not received a reboot. [13]

Personal life

Lee is a former member of the Hollywood Knights, a celebrity basketball team. [14] Lee graduated with a degree in linguistics from California State University Long Beach. [3]

Filmography

Television and film

Television and film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001The Rising PlaceStudentFilm; uncredited[ citation needed ]
2002 First Monday Corner Boy #1Episode: "Court Date"
2002 Friday After Next Bad Boy #2Film
2003 The Shield CassiusEpisode: "Dead Soldiers"
2004–2007 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Simon "Cookie" Nelson-CookMain role
2009–2012 Zeke and Luther Kornelius "Kojo" JonesworthMain role
2011 Good Luck Charlie Raymond "Ray Ray" Blues2 episodes
2011 Pixie Hollow Games Starter SparrowmanTelevision special; voice role
2012 Glee Phillip "Phil" Lipoff4 episodes
2015 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Ike the Waiter1 episode
2019 9-1-1 Rude Handler / Wade Weaver2 episodes
2019Evening InstallationGuyFilm
2020 Game On: A Comedy Crossover Event Butch1 episode

Songs and music videos

References

  1. 1 2 "Disney XD Bio". Archived from the original on 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  2. "Nathaniel Lee Sr". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. 1 2 "Daniel Curtis Lee". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  4. "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (partially found pilots of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2003) - The Lost Media Wiki". lostmediawiki.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. 1 2 "Double Lit Double It (Outro) (Original Mix) by Daniel Curtis Lee, Sean2 Miles on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  6. "'Wizards of Waverly Place,' 'Even Stevens,' 'Ned's Declassified' Rewatch Podcasts to Launch From Christy Carlson Romano's PodCo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 6 February 2023.
  7. "Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide Official YouTube Channel" via YouTube.
  8. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ned-declassified-stars-address-drake-233632817.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABM33R9G1knGdEZnwKZ7GTADy_xN20ax89jb19pJCop80FcNWptPW-otBXjLb9QoIakUkuMsGet2Q79w5f7hfXB_wHHsbppVSUMwagjzkvoYgBa3f9WuYpSu0BjWGMrMYReVjLJ5Tavyaec6xD6Fq35qpSucDXAfuREuvc3ffrFW
  9. https://www.tmz.com/2024/03/23/neds-declassified-stars-quiet-on-set-jokes-apology-responsibility-drake-bell/
  10. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB1ws0qSOrJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading
  11. https://www.tvinsider.com/1128159/neds-declassified-stars-quiet-on-set-jokes-apology/
  12. https://people.com/neds-declassified-stars-apologize-for-mocking-quiet-on-set-drake-bell-assault-8614994
  13. https://www.j-14.com/posts/is-neds-declassified-podcast-canceled-reboot-drama-explained/?utm_campaign=true_anthem_j-14&utm_content=bestof_lastmonth&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawK_XNxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFlVHJHMkIzTENXZ1JKdjYyAR43p3SosmQCO0LXT-KtUCO659Z6wHozaSU5bhKP1kUUbE-Yykc7leBXbADDRA_aem_CQ9FtZUbHxRYTYfexFyQ6A
  14. 2010 Hollywood Knights Team Roster