- First Hollywood film audition was for Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood. Lee auditioned for the roles of 'Tao' and 'Smokey.' Eastwood had interest in Lee being either 'Smokey' or one of the gangsters. The roles however went to other Hmong actors.
- Auditioned for the role of Prince Zuko in M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.
- First recognizable appearance in a film was as a featured extra in the film 'Vamps' starring Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, and Sigourney Weaver.
- While working as an extra on the set of Transformers 4 in Detroit, MI, director Michael Bay and various crew kept mistaking Lee for one of the stunt team members. At one point director Michael Bay asked Lee to jump out of a truck from the drivers seat. Lee agreed and did the take three times. The shot however does not appear in the movie.
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