Seth Lee

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Seth Lee is an American actor best known for his work as young Christian Wolff in the Warner Bros. film The Accountant . [1]

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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.[ citation needed ]

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.[ citation needed ] 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 NBCUniversal. Lee also appeared in the film Runt. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
2013 Grow Up, TonyPhillips Brian Cooper Emily Hagins
2015 Underdog Kids JakePhilip Rhee
2016 The Accountant Young Chris Gavin O'Connor
2019Addicted to YouTeenage LukeMike Cochnar
2019 Runt ChrisWilliam Coakley
2020West MichiganScottRiley Warmoth

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Young Dennis 1 episode
2014 More than Human David3 episodes

Shorts

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011A Few Tales of Hard Times:

Chapter 4 - The Name

The SonDirector Samuel R. Barrera
2012Incident at Public School 173Goon #2Director Andrew Tilley
2012The Guest SpeakerBlakeDirector Kevin Nguyen
2015MasksN/ADirected himself
2018Depression and InsanityN/ADirected himself
2018The CircleCalebDirector Sheldon Wong Schwartz
2018The DebtBlakeDirector Max Decker

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Teen Actor The Accountant Won [4]
2017Young Entertainer AwardsBest Supporting Young Actor - Feature FilmWon [3]

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References

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