Robert Lee Jr. (born 18 September 1971) is an American actor and comedian of Korean descent. He is best known for being a cast member on MADtv from 2001 to 2009 and for his roles in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Pineapple Express, and The Dictator.
He plays Jin Jeong in the 2018 series Magnum P.I.
Career[]
In 1994 the coffee shop for which he was working closed. "I just went next door to get a job," he said, "which was The Comedy Store in San Diego" (also known as the La Jolla Comedy Store). After a few months of working odd jobs at the club he decided to try stand-up during one of their amateur nights. Within a year of doing regular comedy sets he got offers to open for both Pauly Shore and Carlos Mencia. Lee also went on to work regularly at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, a comedy club owned by Pauly Shore's mother Mitzi.
Lee has admitted in several interviews that his parents had hoped he would continue on with the family business and were less than supportive of his comedic pursuits at first. During a podcast interview conducted by fellow actor and comedian Joe Rogan on 1 February 2011, Lee stated that during the first few years he did stand-up his parents barely spoke to him, however after his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno his father called him and asked how much he had to pay to be on the show and then apologized for not supporting his comedy career after he found out that in fact The Tonight Show had asked him to appear. Lee has included his family in some of his work; his younger brother has appeared in several non-speaking roles on MADtv and his entire family has appeared in a sketch on the show. Lee also pitched a sitcom to Comedy Central in 2007 about a Korean family which was to star his very own family.
In 2001, Lee joined the cast of MADtv, making him the show's first and only Asian cast member. Lee remained with the cast until the series' cancellation in 2009 and returned briefly when MADtv was revived in 2016 on The CW.
Appearances[]
Magnum P.I., Season 2 | |||||||||
"Payback Is for Beginners": | "Honor Among Thieves": | "Knight Lasts Forever": | "Dead Inside": | "Make It 'Til Dawn": | "Lie, Cheat, Steal, Kill": | "The Man in the Secret Room": | |||
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"He Came by Night": | "A Bullet Named Fate": | "Blood Brothers": | "Day I Met the Devil": | "Desperate Measures": | "Mondays Are for Murder": | "A Game of Cat and Mouse": | |||
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"Say Hello to Your Past": | "Farewell to Love": | "The Night Has Eyes": | "A World of Trouble": | "May the Best One Win": | "A Leopard on the Prowl": | ||||
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Magnum P.I., Season 3 | |||||||||
"Double Jeopardy": | "Easy Money": | "No Way Out": | "First The Beatdown, Then The Blowback": | "The Day Danger Walked In": | "Tell No One": | "Killer on the Midnight Watch": | |||
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"Someone To Watch Over Me": | "The Big Payback": | "The Long Way Home": | "The Lies We Tell": | "Dark Harvest": | "Cry Murder": | "Whispers of Death": | |||
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"Before the Fall": | "Bloodline": | ||||||||
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Magnum P.I., Season 4 | |||||||||
"Island Vibes": | "The Harder They Fall": | "Texas Wedge": | "Those We Leave Behind": | "Til Death": | "Devil On The Doorstep": | "A New Lease On Death": | |||
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"A Fire in the Ashes": | "Better Watch Out": | "Dream Lover": | "If I Should Die Before I Wake": | "Angels Sometimes Kill": | "Judge Me Not": | "Run, Baby, Run": | |||
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"Dead Man Walking": | "Evil Walks Softly": | "Remember Me Tomorrow": | "Shallow Grave, Deep Water": | "The Long Sleep": | "Close to Home": | ||||
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Magnum P.I., Season 5 | |||||||||
"The Passenger": | "The Breaking Point": | "Number One with a Bullet": | "NSFW": | "Welcome to Paradise, Now Die!": | "Dead Ringer": | "Birthright": | |||
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"Dark Skies": | "Out of Sight, Out of Mind": | "Charlie Foxtrot": | "Hit and Run": | "Three Bridges": | "Appetite for Danger": | "Night Has a Thousand Eyes": | |||
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External links[]
- Bobby Lee on Wikipedia
Magnum P.I. Cast | |
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Current | Jay Hernandez • Perdita Weeks • Zachary Knighton • Stephen Hill • Tim Kang • Amy Hill |
Other | Domenick Lombardozzi • Kimee Balmilero • Corbin Bernsen • Ken Jeong • Taylor Wily • Christopher Thornton • Bobby Lee • Lance Lim • Jay Ali • Martin Martinez • Chantal Thuy • Betsy Phillips • Michael Rady |