Jason Michael Lee, commonly known as Jason Lee, is a famous American actor, film and television producer, comedian, as well as a businessman. To the public, Jason Lee is perhaps best known for his appearance in Greg Garcia’s comedy series called “My Name Is Earl”. The series first aired on television screens in 2005, with Lee, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples and Nadine Velazquez in the main roles. Over the years, the show proved to be a decent success, and even inspired the creation of a comic book based on the series. However, since “My Name Is Earl” was cancelled in 2009 after four seasons, the comic book project was abandoned as well. Aside from the latter series, Jason Lee is known for his appearances in “Alvin and the Chipmunks” film series, where he plays one of the main characters by the name of Dave Seville, as well as his voice work in “The Incredibles”, “Underdog” and “Jack-Jack Attack”. More recently, in 2014 Jason Lee has starred in a comedy film entitled “Behaving Badly” with Nat Wolff and Selena Gomez.
Jason Lee Net Worth $18 Million
A well-known actor and a voice actor, how rich is Jason Lee? According to sources, Jason Lee’s net worth is estimated to be $18 million, most of which he has accumulated due to his appearances on television screens, as well as his many business ventures.
Jason Lee was born in 1970, in California, United States, where he studied at the Ocean View High School. As a teenager, Lee expressed an interest in skate-boarding, as a result of which he became a prominent professional skate-boarder, which earned him a variety of sponsorships, including “Dekline Footwear”, “Stereo”, as well as “Airwalk”, which also sponsors Tony Hawk. In addition to that, he established a company called “Stereo Skateboards” with Chris Pastras.
Lee debuted in the film industry in 1991, when he appeared in a skateboarding video directed and produced by Spike Jonze entitled “Video Days”. Several minor roles followed, until in 1995 he was cast to play the main character in Kevin Smith’s romantic comedy film entitled “Mallrats”. Lee’s friendship with Smith gained him numerous appearances in his films, including “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” with Jason Mewes and Ben Affleck, “Dogma” and “Chasing Amy”. For his role in the latter film, Jason Lee was rewarded with an Independent Spirit Award. Prior to his success with “My Name Is Earl”, Lee starred in “The Ballad of Jack and Rose”, “Enemy of the State” and “Vanilla Sky” among others. In 2013, Lee guest starred in Breckin Meyer’s comedy series entitled “Men at Work”.
Jason Lee is also notable for his voice acting in such video games as “Disney Infinity”, “Skate 3” and “Tony Hawk Project 8”.
In regards to his personal life, Jason Lee celebrated his marriage to Carmen Llywelyn in 1995, yet the couple split-up in 2001. Afterwards, Lee was involved with Beth Riesgraf, with whom he has a child. Upon their separation in 2007, he started dating Ceren Alkac, whom he married in 2008. Together, they have two children, namely Casper and Sonny Lee.
