In 2020, Lee began co-hosting the Bad Friends podcast with Andrew Santino. Lee hosted the 9th MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert in 2013. Lee also pitched a sitcom to Comedy Central in 2007 about a Korean family which was to star his own family. Lee has included his family in some of his work his younger brother has appeared in several non-speaking roles on MADtv, and his entire family has appeared in a sketch on the show. However, after his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno his father called him, asked how much he had to pay to be on the show, and then apologized for not supporting his comedy career. During a podcast interview conducted by fellow actor and comedian Joe Rogan on February 1, 2011, Lee stated that during the first few years he did stand-up, his parents barely spoke to him. Lee has said that his parents had hoped he would continue on with the family business and were less than supportive of his comedic pursuits at first. Lee went on to work regularly at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, a comedy club owned by Pauly Shore's mother Mitzi. Within a year of doing regular comedy sets, he received offers to open for both Pauly Shore and Carlos Mencia. After a few months of working odd jobs at the club, he decided to try stand-up during one of their amateur nights. "I just went next door to get a job," he said, "which was The Comedy Store in San Diego" (also known as the La Jolla Comedy Store). In 1994, the coffee shop where he was working abruptly closed. Lee worked various jobs at cafes and restaurants before pursuing a career in comedy.
At 18, Lee moved out of his parents' home and took jobs in restaurants and coffee shops in the San Diego area while attending Palomar College, which he later dropped out of. In high school, he was part of a breakdancing team. He attended Painted Rock Elementary School, Twin Peaks Middle School, and Poway High School. Lee has said he was sexually assaulted at nine years old by a man with Down syndrome.
His parents owned clothing stores in both Escondido and Encinitas, California. He and his younger brother Steve grew up in Poway, California. Lee was born on September 17, 1971, to Korean immigrant parents Jeanie and Robert Lee. Lee co-hosts the podcast TigerBelly with his ex-partner, Khalyla Kuhn he is also the co-host of the podcast Bad Friends with Andrew Santino.
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Kang on FX on Hulu's TV comedy series Reservation Dogs. He had a guest appearance as the cynical, burned-out Dr. Lee has also appeared in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Pineapple Express (2008), and The Dictator (2012). From 2001 to 2009, Lee was a cast member on MADtv, and he co-starred in the ABC single-camera sitcom series Splitting Up Together alongside Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson between 20. (born September 17, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Human behavior, human sexuality, American politics, gender differences Observational comedy, black comedy, blue comedy
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