Friday, July 22, 2011

Reggie Lee, a Filipino in Hollywood



At first glance you would not suspect that Reggie Lee is a Filipino because of his Chinese features. But he is a 100% Filipino! He was born in Quezon City, Philippines, to Zenaida Telmo and Jesus Espiritu Valdez. Upon hearing his interview in ABS-CBN, I eagerly called a friend (who is also an avid fan of Prison Break). He is "Kim" on that famous tv series and he was sooo good in portraying his villain character that we "hated" him for that. I told my friend, "Kim is a Filipino! The Chinese guy in Prison Break speaks Tagalog!". We're really proud of him. Reggie Lee was also in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Drag Me To Hell, and many other Hollywood movies. He will be portraying (for the first time) a Filipino character in Here Comes the Boom, a film with Kevin James, Salma Hayek and Charice.


source ABS-CBN
photo credit http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/