John Rafter Lee

John Rafter Lee is an English actor, voice actor, audiobook narrator, playwright and producer.

John Rafter Lee
Born
Birmingham, England
Occupation
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • narrator
  • playwright
  • producer

Biography

Lee was born in England with Irish ancestry.[1] His father worked as a carpenter and other men in his family were blacksmiths, brick layers and plumbers.[1] Lee himself has worked in agriculture, picking fruit, which he considers much more difficult than voice acting.[1]

Career

Lee has narrated hundreds of audiobooks.[1] "His trademark rich, smooth voice with its hint of a growl turns the word into a seduction", according to AudioFile.[1] He has won numerous Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards, and he was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile in 2009.[1]

In film, he portrayed the mysterious Trevor Goodchild in Peter Chung's Æon Flux. Other voice credits include Meier Link in both Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Vampire Hunter D, Pavlo Zaitsev in episode 16 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Jason Wynn in HBO's Spawn animated series, and Aristotle in Reign: The Conqueror. John also had a role as a voice actor playing Cid Bunansa in the video game Final Fantasy XII.

Lee was also the producer and screenwriter for the 2001 film Breathing Hard, in which he played the character John Duggan. His Æon Flux co-star Denise Poirier plays his wife Carol.

He has written the plays Blood and Milk, Hitler's Head, Passchendaele, Clean Souls and Frankincense. He has adapted into English Schiller's Don Carlos, Racine's Britannicus and Grabbe's Jest, Satire, Irony and Deeper Significance. Passchendaele received its first production at the New York Fringe Festival in August 2010.

His latest film, which he wrote and co-produced, is Forfeit, which received its premier at the 2007 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. He is currently writing a film to be shot in his hometown, Birmingham, England.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1976Bugsy MaloneBenny Lee
1986ComradesJuggler
1988Rikky and PeteHigh Ranking Officer
1992Small KillHit Man
1993Hammers Over the AnvilCharles McAlister
1998Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2Jason WynnVoice
1999Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate BattleJason Wynn
1999George Lucas in LoveRanterShort
1999Princess MononokeVoice
2000Vampire Hunter D: BloodlustMeier LinkVoice
2001Breathing HardJohn DugganAlso writer and producer
2003Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of ImaginationNarratorDocumentary
2007ForfeitN/AWriter and producer

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Æon FluxTrevor GoodchildVoice, 10 episodes
1996MercuryJim MulvaneyUnknown episodes
1997–1999Todd McFarlane's SpawnJason WynnVoice, 17 episodes
2000Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-OhkiAzusa JuraiVoice, Episode: "Here Comes Jurai"
2003Reign: The ConquerorAristotleVoice, 4 episodes
2003Ninja Scroll: The SeriesRenya YagyuVoice
2003–2004Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexKusunoki, Zaitsef, Security Guard, Yaku Humimari (voices)Voice, 4 episodes

Video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Vampire Hunter DMeier Link
2000Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption
2006Final Fantasy XIICid Bunansa

References
  1. "Spotlight on John Lee". AudioFile. 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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