J. Lee
Born
St. Louis, Missouri, US
Alma materIndiana University
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, musician
Years active2005–present
External image
image icon Lee at an event for The Orville in 2017

J. Lee (sometimes credited as J Lee) is an American actor, writer, and musician known for playing Lt. Commander John LaMarr on the Fox/Hulu science fiction comedy drama television series The Orville.

Early life and career

Lee was born and grew up in St. Louis.[1][2] He grew up playing piano and plays professionally. "I started playing classical piano when I was 3. I did that all throughout my youth and in high school. I played at Carnegie Hall when I was 12 or 13."[3] He obtained a bachelor's degree from Indiana University's Jacob's School of Music. He worked at Fuzzy Door Productions as a receptionist where he befriended Seth MacFarlane. "People would come up and just have a conversation with me. And Seth and I became cool because when he would come out of his office or the writers room just to get a break, we would just talk about regular life and laugh." He soon began working for MacFarlane on many of his projects, furthering his acting career.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Direct-to-video; production assistant
2005 American Dad: The New CIA Black Dude Short film
2006 Idlewild Band Member Uncredited
2007 A Horror Movie: Starring Smart People Tony Short film; also executive producer and editor
2007 Battle for the Crown Director, writer, producer and editor
2008 Backyard Battle Monsters Molten Menace Short film
2008 Coupled with Love Steve Collins
2012 Naked Eye Director, writer and producer
2013 I Forgot My Phone Partygoer 1 Short film
2017 Career Suicide: Arthur's Edge Director, writer and producer
2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing
Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh		 Stone
2019 The Lion King Hyena (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007–2009 American Dad! Various (voice) 3 episodes
2008–2010 Family Guy 3 episodes;
also production assistant (2005-2008)
2009 Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy Bouncer (voice) Episode: "Fred and Barney Try to Get Into a Club"
2009 Pay It Off Production assistant
2010 The Cleveland Show Additional Voices Episode: "Field of Streams"
also writer (2012-2013)
2011 Bandwagon: The Series J Lee 3 episodes
2015 Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled NYC Citizens / HYDRA Troopers / S.H.I.E.L.D. Walla (voice) TV special
2016 Sidetracked Howard Episode: "Doughnut Sociology"
2017–present The Orville Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr Main role

References

  1. ↑ "J. Lee". bet.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "How a 'Family Guy' Receptionist Rocketed His Way Aboard 'The Orville'". hollywoodreporter.com. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Actor J Lee talks artistry and new Fox series 'The Orville'". rollingout.com. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.


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