Dana Lee was born in a village outside of Guanzhou (Canton) China. His family immigrated to the U.S. when he was seven and settled in Houston, Texas. For most of his childhood, Dana was an introvert. When he got to high school, he was determined to enroll in acting classes in order to overcome his shyness. He quickly fell in love with the arts, gained the confidence to perform onstage and in front of the camera, and discovered that which would become his life’s work. One early lesson Dana took to heart from his high school acting teacher, Mr. Jerry Long, was idea that "A good actor can transcend race, ethnicity, and color.” Immediately after graduating from high school, Dana relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his career. However, because of his parent's disapproval of acting, it was not until many years later that he finally plunged headlong into “the biz." In the intervening years, Dana joined the Marine Corps Reserve and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. Dana credits Jerry Thorpe with giving him his entry into SAG with a role on "Kung Fu" and Stephen J. Cannell for giving him a career in TV, appearing in many of Cannell's shows. He is also grateful to Sylvester Stallone for the opportunity to work with him in "Rambo: First Blood, Part II." In addition to his prolific film and TV career, Dana has also been active on stage, performing at such prestigious venues as The Public Theatre in New York City, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and The Doolittle and The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. He has acted in classics by Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov and in modern plays by Miller, Albee, and Shepard. For many years, Dana was a major driving force at East-West Players, America's most renowned Asian-American theatre. Among his most memorable stage work was playing George to Nancy Kwan's Martha in The Singapore Repertory Theatre's production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and Dr. Rank to Shabana Azmi's Nora, in "Nora," Ingmar Bergman's translation/adaptation of Ibsen's "A Doll's House," also at SRT. Dana is an accomplished theatre director as well, having won many awards for directing. Dana is married to his college sweetheart, Michele. They have two beautiful daughters. Their eldest, Jennifer, is a physical therapist, and the youngest, Danielle graduated with a Master's Degree in production design from AFI. In 2002, Dana won the Award of Excellence at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. He was also recognized for his acting achievements by the Chinese-American Society of Los Angeles.