Stephen Lee, Character Actor in ‘Burlesque,’ ‘The Negotiator,’ Dies at 58Variety
Carmel Dagan
August 27, 2014
Stephen Lee, a talented character actor who spent more than three decades in the business, died of a heart attack on August 14. He was 58.
Some of his more notable credits include the films “Burlesque” (2010), with Cher and Christina Aguilera; “The Negotiator” (1998), with Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey; and, much earlier, 1983’s “WarGames” with Matthew Broderick.
Lee also did a great deal of TV work, with credits dating back to “Hart to Hart” in 1981 and “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “Who’s the Boss?” in 1984.
The actor’s more recent TV credits include “NCIS,” “Numbers,” “Bones” and “Ghost Whisperer,” and he worked last in 2010.
On the way he appeared on such TV shows as “thirtysomething,” soap “Santa Barbara,” “Family Ties,” “Night Court,” “Roseanne,” “Quantum Leap,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Grace Under Fire,” “Babylon 5,” “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Seinfeld.”
Other films in which he appeared included “La Bamba” and “RoboCop 2.”
LEE, Stephen
Born: 11/11/1955, Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Died: 8/14/2014, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Stephen Lee’s westerns – actor:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV) – 1983 (Jimmy
Dream West (TV) – 1986
Guns of Paradise (TV) – 1989 (Jacob Brandt)