Orion Lee

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Orion Lee
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Lee at the screening of the film First Cow during the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.
Born
Education London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Orion Lee is a Hong Kong-born Chinese Australian theatre and film actor.

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Biography

Orion Lee was born in Hong Kong. He later lived in Malaysia, Australia, New York, San Francisco, Zurich, and London. [1]

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. [2] 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, [3] 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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Macbeth No MoreBig MacShort film
2012Portraits of LondonJonathanShort film
2012 Skyfall Shanghai Barman
2012FormalitiesShort film
2013#aiww: The Arrest of Ai WeiweiSportsmanShort film
2013Happy Birthday Cindy WeiMichaelShort film
2014The ExpertAndersonseries of online short films directed by Lauris Beinerts [4] [5] [6]
2014 X+Y Deng Lagoshi
2014PanicYi
2014 Fury Tired GI #1
2015 Narcopolis Mr. Chang
2015M.L.E.Sebastian
2016The Sea, the God, the ManSonShort film
2016That Day ComesTony Lin XiaoShort film
2017 Justice League Star Labs Scientist
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Canady's First Order Monitor
2017PovMichaelShort film
2018 Dead in a Week or Your Money Back Lawrence
2018 I Am Vengeance Burke
2018 Catacombe Charlie Yuen
2018 Only You Eddie
2018PommelDadShort film
2019Vanish in SmokeRalphShort film
2019 First Cow King-Lu
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Star Labs Scientist
2021 Followers Edward Lee
2022 Turning Red Jin (voice) [7] [8]
2025 Rosemead Charles

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Silent Witness Dr. Oliver Matthews2 episodes
2013 Dates Tony2 episodes
2013 Run AndyEpisode: "Ying"
2015 EastEnders Obstetrician2 episodes
2015 Critical Brian Zhao6 episodes
2015 Code of a Killer Jack WuEpisode: "Episode 2"
2015 Tyrant Ambassador Zhang4 episodes
2016 DCI Banks Chang Li2 episodes
2018 Strangers Allen Ma2 episodes
2018 Informer Jin Weijun3 episodes
2019 Chimerica Tang Wen Lei3 episodes
2019 Warrior PoEpisode: "If You're Going to Bow, Bow Low"
2022 Significant Others Father Shirley2 episodes
2022 Bump Karl2 episodes
2024 Rematch P.C.6 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Tau Air Caste, Tau Water Caste
2017 007 Legends Mr. Ling, Moonraker Scientist
2022 The Pirate Queen Cheung Po Tsai

Theatre roles

Awards

References

  1. "Actor Orion Lee Travels Back In Time In A24's 'First Cow' - Character Media". 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  2. "Netflix Movies Starring Orion Lee". www.netflixmovies.com. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  3. "Orion Lee theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  4. "Can You Draw Seven Perpendicular Lines?". www.mmsonline.com. 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  5. Ferro, Toni (2015-02-24). "The Real Problem with "The Expert"". UX Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  6. Lauris Beinerts (2014-03-23). The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch) . Retrieved 2025-05-16 via YouTube.
  7. "Jin Lee - Voice Actor". www.behindthevoiceactors.com.
  8. "Review: 'Turning Red' is a thrilling funhouse ride fueled by the empowering message to be yourself". abcnews.go.com.