Reggie Lee (actor)

Valdez was born in Quezon City, the Philippines, Although fluent in English, he also speaks Tagalog. At the age of five, he moved with his family to the Cleveland, Ohio area, including Parma and Strongsville. While still a student, he performed in shows at the Greenbrier Theatre (now the Cassidy Theatre) in Parma Heights and was an intern at the Cleveland Play House. He graduated from Padua Franciscan High School in Parma. Although accepted to Harvard, he instead decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He later changed his last name from Valdez to Lee, stating in a 2001 interview that "they kept calling me in for Hispanic roles, and I'm a far cry from Hispanic"; ==Career==

In 1992, at the age of 17, Lee moved to Los Angeles, where he joined a national tour of Miss Saigon. In 2010, he guest-starred as Tom in the NBC series Persons Unknown. In 2012, he played Ross, a Gotham City police officer in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. From 2011 to 2017, he played Desk Sergeant Drew Wu in the NBC supernatural police drama Grimm. In 2018, for NCIS: New Orleans, he appeared as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Steven Thompson. He previously appeared in an unrelated role in an episode of NCIS. In 2021, Blogtalk with MJ Racadio named him one of the "75 Most Influential Filipino-Americans". ==Personal life==

Lee has two younger brothers, musician Nathan and comic book artist R.V. Valdez. ==Filmography==

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