Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of Appa in the Kim's Convenience television series. Lee was selected to host the fourth season of the reality competition show Canada's Smartest Person, entitled Canada's Smartest Person Junior and featuring children as contestants. Lee is also a playwright, with his own play Dangling premiering at Toronto's fu-GEN theatre festival in 2010. In 2021 he appeared as a panelist on Canada Reads, championing Natalie Zina Walschots's novel Hench. In the same year, Lee's five seasons on Kim's Convenience came to an abrupt end when the two show runners left the project. In 2022 he was announced as the host of Fandemonium, a factual series which will profile the internal cultures of various pop culture fandoms. He also appeared on the 2022 revival of The Kids in the Hall. He is set to play Uncle Iroh in the Netflix live action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links BitterAsianDude.com Personal website 1972 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male writers Best Actor in a Comedy Series Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian male actors of Korean descent Canadian male dramatists and playwrights Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian television hosts Canadian writers of Asian descent Male actors from Alberta People from Daejeon South Korean emigrants to Canada University of Toronto alumni