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
Seth 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 Ernie's films with his dazzling array of martial arts, Seth instantly wanted to follow in his footsteps and began taking acting classes along with martial arts, stunts and gymnastics. Seth even became a world class martial artist, winning three world titles and holding multiple blackbelts in several disciplines and has given him insight into some of the top stunt coordinators and stunt men in Hollywood.
Career
After getting his start in a small role in “Spy Kids 4”, Seth 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.” Seth's big break in acting came portraying the younger version of Ben Affleck’s character in the Warner Bros’ film “The Accountant” in which he received a lot of praise and accolades for his portrayal of a young genius child with Autism (including both the Young Artist Award and Young Entertainer award for Best Supporting Teen Actor in a Feature Film). For the film Seth was able to use his martial arts skills doing his own stunts After filming for The Accountant wrapped director Gavin O'conner[3] took Seth under his wing and he brought Seth along to several post production sessions exposing Seth to his other passion behind the camera. Seth then joined the exclusive Ghetto Film School (a studio funded program for the next generation of story tellers and film makers) as the youngest in the Fellows program for his class graduating in 2019. This experience has given him exposure to some of the top producers and directors in Hollywood today. Seth 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. Seth starred along Cameron Boyce in his last film Runt[4] in one of Cameron's last projects before he tragically past away.
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 | [5] |
2017 | Young Entertainer Awards | Best Supporting Young Actor - Feature Film | The Accountant | Won | [6] |
References
- 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.
- "Seth Lee". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- "Exclusive Interview with The Accountant's Seth Lee". Talk Nerdy With Us. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- McNary, Dave (2018-08-21). "Film News Roundup: Taraji P. Henson Comedy 'What Men Want' Moves to February". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- "Young Artist Awards (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- "Young Entertainer Awards (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-03.