Stephen Lee (actor) explained

Stephen Lee
Birth Date:11 November 1955
Birth Place:Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma Mater:Avila College
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1981 - 2014

Stephen Lee (November 11, 1955 – August 14, 2014) was an American actor from Englewood, New Jersey.

Early life

Lee was born in Englewood, New Jersey. He was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He studied at Avila College.

Career

Lee appeared in over 90 television shows, including playing the role of the annoying cabinet installer on Seinfeld, Leo, Ray's friend, in the pilot of Everybody Loves Raymond, season 1 episode 26 of Mike Hammer, deputy norman. the criminal informant Tony B in seven episodes of Nash Bridges, and a foreign diplomat on the 1980s television show Night Court (season 9, episode 3), as well as several episodes of Dark Angel where he played Dan Vogelsang, a private investigator; and a bomb maker in CSI (season 1, episode 13). He had parts in fourteen movies, including La Bamba, Dolls, WarGames, RoboCop 2, The Negotiator, and others. Lee also guest starred in two episodes of .[1]

Death

On August 14, 2014, Lee died of a heart attack at the age of 58.[2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983WarGames Sgt. Schneider
1984Purple Hearts Wizard
1984Crimes of Passion Jerry
1986The Golden Girls Dwayne Episode: “Vacation”
1987Dolls Ralph Morris
1987La Bamba
1988Portrait of a White Marriage Frenchy Kandinsky
1988 Ernie
1989 Chorgon Episode: "The Vengeance Factor"
1989Family Ties Mr. Parker
1990RoboCop 2 Duffy
1991The Pit and the Pendulum Gomez
1993Prehysteria! Rico Sarno
1993Babylon 5 Tharg Episode: "Believers"
1994Who Do I Gotta Kill? Bobby Blitzer
1995Black Scorpion Captain Strickland
1996 Sergeant
1996Black Scorpion II Captain Strickland
1996Everybody Loves Raymond Leo Episode: "Pilot"
1997Seinfeld Conrad Episode: “The Nap”
1997–2000 Nash Bridges Tony B. 7 episodes
1998The Negotiator Farley
2000Lured Innocence Chuck
2002So Little Time Ted Morrison Episode: "The Job"
2003 Line of Fire Brett Rawlings Episode: "Take the Money and Run"
2004 The West Wing Registered Voter Episode: "The Benign Prerogative"
2005 Commander in Chief Stephen Wilding Episode: "First Choice"
2007Boston LegalAaron SearsEpisode: "Son of the Defender"
2007 NCIS Chuck Bayliss Episode: "Designated Target"
2010Ghost Whisperer George Masters
2010Burlesque Dwight (final film role)

Notes and References

  1. News: Remembering Stephen Lee (1955-2014). August 29, 2014. StarTrek.com. April 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20140901090516/http://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-stephen-lee-1995-2014/. September 1, 2014. dead. CBS Entertainment.
  2. News: Stephen Lee, Character Actor in ‘Burlesque,’ ‘The Negotiator,’ Dies at 58. Dagan. Carmel. August 27, 2014. Variety. April 29, 2018.