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My Take
I'll always picture C. S. Lee as Vince Masuka, the forensics analyst whose inappropriate one-liners somehow made Dexter's grim lab feel human. What strikes me is the path: born in Cheongju, raised in Washington State, trained at Cornish College of the Arts, then making his mark in American television and theater. That kind of stage-grounded craft is why his comedic timing landed so cleanly, even when the jokes were uncomfortable. I respect that he later moved into directing too. He's the sort of character actor I notice scene to scene without always knowing the name, and I think that quiet reliability is a real skill.
Overview
Charlie Seunghee Lee (Korean: 이승희; born December 30, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing forensics analyst Vince Masuka on the Showtime drama series Dexter.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- C. S. Lee
- Name (Japanese)
- C・S・リー
- Reading
- C・S・りー
- Born
- December 30, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hudson's Bay High School
- University
- Cornish College of the Arts
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/csleeofficial/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E3%83%BBS%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.