John Rafter Lee
| John Rafter Lee | |
|---|---|
| Born | Birmingham, England |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, playwright, producer |
John Rafter Lee is a British actor, voice actor, professional narrator and playwright who is best known for his portrayal of the mysterious Trevor Goodchild in Peter Chung's Æon Flux. Other notable 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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Bugsy Malone | Benny Lee | |
| 1986 | Comrades | Juggler | |
| 1988 | Rikky and Pete | High Ranking Officer | |
| 1992 | Small Kill | Hit Man | |
| 1993 | Hammers Over the Anvil | Charles McAlister | |
| 1999 | George Lucas in Love | Ranter | Short film |
| 1999 | Princess Mononoke | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2001 | Breathing Hard | John Duggan | Also writer and producer |
| 2001 | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust | Meier Link (voice) | |
| 2003 | Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of Imagination | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2007 | Forfeit | N/A | Writer and producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Æon Flux | Trevor Goodchild (voice) | 10 episodes |
| 1996 | Mercury | Jim Mulvaney | |
| 1997–1999 | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Jason Wynn (voice) | 17 episodes |
| 2000 | Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki | Azusa Jurai (voice) | Episode: "Here Comes Jurai" |
| 2003 | Reign: The Conqueror | Aristotle (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Ninja Scroll: The Series | Renya Yagyu (voice) | |
| 2003 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Yaku Humimari, Kusunoki, Zaitsef, Security Guard (voice) | 4 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Vampire Hunter D | Meier Link | |
| 2006 | Final Fantasy XII | Cid Bunansa |