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Jason Lee
Birth name	Jason Michael Lee
Born	April 25, 1970 (1970-04-25) (age 37) Orange, California, U.S.A.
Occupation	actor, professional skateboarder
Children	Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee
Influences	Burt Reynolds, Bill Murray

Jason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor and professional skateboarder. Lee was born in Orange, California and raised in nearby Huntington Beach. He attended Ocean View High School, though he did not graduate.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Skateboarding 1.2 Acting 1.2.1 Television success 1.2.2 Producing 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 Television Work 5 References 6 External links

Lee was a prominent professional skateboarder in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Notable tricks performed by Lee included: 360 flips, kickflip backside tailslides, and curb cut launched Japan airs. He was co-founder of Stereo Skateboards with Chris Pastras in 1992; the pair revived the company in 2003 after it had been defunct for several years. Chris Pastras' first Stereo Skateboard was famously thrown into a sulfur pit as part of the company's edgy advertisement campaign.^[1]

Lee and Tony Hawk were the first two skateboarders to receive a pro model shoe with Airwalk.^[2][3] He had a part in the 1991 Blind skateboards video Video Days, shot by Spike Jonze. He also lent his voice and likeness to the skateboarding video-game Tony Hawk's Project 8.

After taking some minor acting roles, including the Jonze-directed Sonic Youth music video for "100%," in 1992 and a small part in Allison Anders' 1993 film Mi Vida Loca, Lee left professional skating for a full-time acting career. His first major movie role was in Kevin Smith's Mallrats which became a cult hit. He remained a close friend of Smith and has appeared in most of the director's works, including Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl and Clerks II. Lee won an Independent Spirit Award for his role in Chasing Amy as a comic book inker.

Lee graduated to leading main roles in Heartbreakers (alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Stealing Harvard (alongside Tom Green) as well as A Guy Thing (alongside Julia Stiles). He has had supporting roles in Vanilla Sky, Almost Famous as an egotistical rock star, Dreamcatcher, Big Trouble, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Mumford, as well as a minor role in Enemy of the State. Lee also voiced the supervillain Syndrome in the animated movie The Incredibles and its DVD bonus video Jack-Jack Attack. Lee reprised the role as a "robot copy" of Syndrome in the 2006 Disney on Ice play Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure. He is also the voice of Underdog in Underdog , and plays David Seville in the upcoming film Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Lee was offered the lead role in the 2005 NBC sitcom, My Name Is Earl. According to interviews on the first season DVD, he passed on the series twice before finally agreeing to read the pilot. In the series, Lee stars as Earl Hickey, a petty thief who finds karma and sets out to put right all his past wrongs. The series received critical acclaim and strong ratings on its debut (September 20, 2005). A hit for NBC, the show was quickly ordered for a full season — the first sitcom of the season to do so. Several months later, it was renewed for a second season. Lee received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy as well as a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. My Name is Earl is currently in its third season, once again receiving high ratings from viewers. The third season is also seeing appearances from past cast members as well as celebrities such as comedian Howie Mandel.

Earl's brother Randy is played by Ethan Suplee, with whom Lee previously appeared in the movies Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Clerks II.

He is a fan of the indie rock band Midlake, and his support of the act has led to new levels of success for them. He even produced and directed the music video for their song, "Balloon Maker" .^[4]

Lee married actress and photographer Carmen Llywelyn in 1995, but they divorced in 2001. Lee and his fiancée Beth Riesgraf (who appeared on an episode on My Name Is Earl called "Faked His Own Death") have a son named Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee (b. September 28, 2003).^[5] Lee is also the godfather of Kevin Smith's daughter, Harley.^[5] Lee is a member of the Church of Scientology.^[6][7]

• My Crazy Life (1993)
• Mallrats (1995)
• Drawing Flies (1996)
• Chasing Amy (1997)
• A Better Place (1997)
• Kissing a Fool (1998)
• American Cuisine (1998)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Dogma (1999)
• Mumford (1999)
• Almost Famous (2000)
• Heartbreakers (2001)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Vanilla Sky (2001)
• Big Trouble (2002)
• Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002) (documentary)
• Stealing Harvard (2002)
• A Guy Thing (2003)
• Dreamcatcher (2003)
• I Love Your Work (2003)
• Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party (2004) (documentary)
• Jersey Girl (2004)
• Ninth November Night (2004) (short subject)
• The Incredibles (2004) (voice)
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
• Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
• Clerks II (2006)
• Monster House (2006) (voice)
• Underdog (2007) (voice)
• The Man Who Souled the World (2007) (documentary)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Upcoming:

• Noah's Ark: The New Beginning (2008) (voice)
• The Other Side (2008)
• Thicker (2009)

• Hiatus (1996) (unsold pilot)
• Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
• My Name Is Earl (2005 - present)

• Jason Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• Stereo Skateboards
• Interview conducted Nov 2006
• Jason Lee at the Open Directory Project
• Pictures of Jason at the View Askew Pixel Pound
• LA Weekly interview May 9, 2007

v • d • e Kevin Smith
Films	The View Askewniverse Clerks • Mallrats • Chasing Amy • Dogma • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back • Clerks II Outside the Askewniverse Jersey Girl • An Evening with Kevin Smith • An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder • Kevin Smith: Sold Out Upcoming Red State • Zack and Miri Make A Porno • Clerks: Sell Out Productions Drawing Flies • A Better Place • Big Helium Dog • Vulgar • Now You Know Abandoned The Green Hornet • Superman Lives • Fletch Won
Comics	Bluntman and Chronic • Chasing Dogma • Clerks • Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target • Green Arrow • Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do • Walt Flanagan's Dog
Notable characters	Jay and Silent Bob • Dante • Randal • Caitlin • Willam • Brodie • Banky • Alyssa • Leonardo • Bluntman and Chronic • Mooby • Buddy Christ • Minor characters
Notable People	Scott Mosier • Walt Flanagan • Bryan Johnson • Dave Klein • Jason Mewes • Brian O'Halloran • Jeff Anderson • Ben Affleck • Jason Lee • Joey Lauren Adams • Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
Miscellaneous	View Askew Productions • View Askewniverse motifs • View Askew Media • The Flying Car • Clerks: The Animated Series • Clerks: The Lost Scene • Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash • Silent Bob Speaks • My Boring Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith • Sucks Less With Kevin Smith • SModcast • View Askew timeline • Reaper (TV series)