Draft:Johnny Jay Lee

Johnny Jay Lee is an award winning. American Actor and Writer. He is best known for roles on Snowfall, NCIS: Los Angeles playing a young Chris O'Donnell, and the award winning indie feature film Murmur.

Early Life and Education.
Lee was born in Duncanville, TX on May 3rd, 1995 but was raised in small town Ovilla, TX. He had his first stage role at the age of 11 at a local community theater.

In his free time, he studied martial arts, horseback riding, and his musical abilities as a singer and guitarist.

He studied music composition and classical voice at Cedar Valley College.

2013--2017: Early acting roles and transition to Film
Lee performed extensively in the local Dallas theater scene, both plays and musicals starting in 2013.

In 2016, Lee starred in and composed original music for the stage production The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane at the Dallas Children's Theater.

In 2018 Lee accepted his first television role on Realz series Murder Made Me Famous portraying domestic terrorist (Ted Kaczynski), quickly followed by a lead role in Lifetime movie, One Nightmare Stand.

2018--2022: Move to Los Angeles and transition to mainstream roles
In 2018, Lee wrote, Produced and starred in web series Nuke Nelson

After moving to Los Angeles in 2019, Lee transitioned to higher profile roles in projects Netflix's Selena: the Series, Martial Arts movie Born a Champion, Ed Helm's sitcom Rutherford Falls and TV Soap General Hospital.

In 2022 Lee was cast as a series regular in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News alongside co-stars Ravi Patel, Eric Edelstein, Rich Sommer, Jayma Mays, and Executive Produced by Matt Warburton.

2023-Present: Transition to leading roles
Lee will next appear on Murmur after having won several film festival awards, including Best Ensemble, alongside fellow co-stars Logan Polish, Colin Ford, Megan Lee, Cyrus Arnold, and Brandon Wilson, and directed by Mark Polish

In 2024, Lee is set to lead the cast in horror-comedy Infernal, directed by Eric Mathis.