Seth Lee

Seth Lee is an American actor, writer, director and martial artist best known for his work as young Christian Wolff in the Warner Brothers film The Accountant.[1]

Early life

Lee was born in Austin, Texas, on January 17, 2003[2] and began his career in entertainment at the age of 7 after chance meeting with Ernie Reyes Jr (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Rundown). After watching some of Reyes's films with martial arts routines, Lee began taking acting classes along with martial arts, stunts, and gymnastics. Lee won three world titles and holds multiple black belts.

Career

After getting his start in a small role in Spy Kids 4, Lee began booking local commercials, print campaigns, and short films before gaining his first television credit as Young Dennis on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Lee's big break in acting came portraying the younger version of Ben Affleck’s character in the film The Accountant in which he was praised for his portrayal of a child with autism; he later received the Young Artist Award and Young Entertainer award for Best Supporting Teen Actor in a Feature Film.[3][4]

Lee then joined the Ghetto Film School as the youngest in the Fellows program for his class graduating in 2019. Lee has written and directed several short films and music videos, was able to pitch a pilot he wrote to executives at FX and had another film he directed screened for executives at NBC Universal. Lee also appeared in the film Runt.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director
2013 Grow Up Tony Phillips Brian Cooper Emily Haggins
2015 Underdog Kids Jake Philip Rhee
2016 The Accountant Young Chris Gavin O'Connor
2019 Addicted to You Teenage Luke Mike Cochnar
2019 Runt Chris William Coakley
2020 West Michigan Scott Riley Warmoth

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Young Dennis 1 episode
2014 More Than Human David 3 episodes

Shorts
Year Title Role Notes
2011 A Few Tales of Hard Times:

Chapter 4 - The Name

 The Son Director Samuel R. Barrera
2012 Incident at Public School 173 Goon #2 Director Andrew Tilley
2012 The Guest Speaker Blake Director Kevin Nguyen
2015 Masks N/A Directed himself
2018 Depression and Insanity N/A Directed himself
2018 The Circle Caleb DirectorSheldon Wong Schwartz
2018 The Debt Blake Director Max Decker

Awards
Year Award Category Nominated Work Result Ref.
2017 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Teen Actor The Accountant Won [4]
2017 Young Entertainer Awards Best Supporting Young Actor - Feature Film The Accountant Won [3]

References
  1. Cristi, Andrew (2016-10-19). "A YOUNG BEN AFFLECK; Rising Star SETH LEE Takes On An Intense Role In THE ACCOUNTANT!". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  2. "Seth Lee". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  3. "Young Entertainer Awards (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  4. "Young Artist Awards (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  5. McNary, Dave (2018-08-21). "Film News Roundup: Taraji P. Henson Comedy 'What Men Want' Moves to February". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
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