Charlie S. Lee, known professionally as C. S. Lee, is a Korean American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for playing sex-obsessed forensics analyst Vince Masuka on the Showtime drama series Dexter. Lee was born in Cheongju, South Korea. Film became his passion in his junior year of high school while playing football at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington. He attended Cornish College of the Arts on an acting scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He graduated from the Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts degree. Lee then spent eight years in New York City acting with various theater companies, regional theater, as well as television and film.
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Bookie (2023)
Guest starring as Jack Han
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Some Whales Nix the Vig (Dec 7, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Trust Your Sphincter (Dec 7, 2023)
East New York (2022)
Guest starring as Sgt. Jimmy Kee
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x18: In The Bag (Apr 16, 2023)
- Episode 1x16: Personal Shopper (Mar 19, 2023)
- Episode 1x11: By the Book (Jan 15, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth (Nov 27, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Court on the Street (Nov 6, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Going Commando (Oct 30, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Snapped (Oct 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: The Small Things (Oct 16, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Misdemeanor Homicide (Oct 9, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 2, 2022)
Pantheon (2022)
Guest starring as Delegate
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Deep Time (Oct 15, 2023) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x07: The World To Come (Oct 15, 2023) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Man
- Episode 2x08: Deep Time (Oct 15, 2023) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Security Guard
- Episode 2x08: Deep Time (Oct 15, 2023) [Co-Star]
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)
Guest starring as Wayne
- Episode 2x08: Shadow Acting (Sep 29, 2021)
For All Mankind (2019)
Guest starring as Lee Jung-Gil
(9 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Perestroika (Jan 12, 2024)
- Episode 4x09: Brazil (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 4x06: Leningrad (Dec 15, 2023)
- Episode 4x05: Goldilocks (Dec 8, 2023)
- Episode 4x03: The Bear Hug (Nov 22, 2023)
- Episode 4x02: Have a Nice Sol (Nov 17, 2023)
- Episode 4x01: Glasnost (Nov 10, 2023)
- Episode 3x10: Stranger in a Strange Land (Aug 12, 2022)
- Episode 3x09: Coming Home (Aug 5, 2022)
Cobra Kai (2018)
Guest starring as Master Kim
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x11: Into the Fire (Feb 13, 2025)
- Episode 6x02: The Prize (Jul 18, 2024)
24: Legacy (2017)
Guest starring as Daniel Pang
- Episode 1x11: 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. (Apr 10, 2017)
Chicago Med (2015)
Guest starring as Bernard Kim
(6 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: With a Brave Heart (May 22, 2019)
- Episode 4x20: More Harm Than Good (May 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x07: The Poison Inside Us (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 4x06: Lesser of Two Evils (Oct 31, 2018)
- Episode 4x05: What You Don't Know (Oct 24, 2018)
- Episode 4x04: Backed Against the Wall (Oct 17, 2018)
Blunt Talk (2015)
Guest starring as Emanuel
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: I Brought a Petting Goat! (Oct 17, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Goodnight, My Someone (Sep 26, 2015)
Sneaky Pete (2015)
Guest starring as Joseph Lee
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Longest Day (Jan 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Coyote Is Always Hungry (Jan 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Aug 7, 2015)
Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
Guest starring as Steve Chen
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Huangsgiving (Nov 17, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Success Perm (Feb 10, 2015)
Power (2014)
Guest starring as Jae Shin
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Trust Me (Sep 4, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Don't Worry, Baby (Aug 7, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: I Got This on Lock (Jul 31, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: It's Never Over (Jul 24, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: Call Me James (Jul 17, 2016)
Silicon Valley (2014)
Guest starring as Lama
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Server Error (Jun 25, 2017)
- Episode 4x09: Hooli-Con (Jun 18, 2017)
True Detective (2014)
Guest starring as Richard Geldof
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Omega Station (Aug 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: Church in Ruins (Jul 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Other Lives (Jul 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Night Finds You (Jun 28, 2015)
The League (2009)
Guest starring as Assistant Minister
- Episode 7x08: The Last Temptation of Andre (Oct 28, 2015)
Chuck (2007)
Guest starring as Harry Tang
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Chuck Versus the Truth (Nov 12, 2007)
- Episode 1x07: Chuck Versus the Alma Mater (Nov 5, 2007)
- Episode 1x06: Chuck Versus the Sandworm (Oct 29, 2007)
- Episode 1x03: Chuck Versus the Tango (Oct 8, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Chuck Versus the Helicopter (Oct 1, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: Chuck Versus the Intersect (Sep 24, 2007)
Dexter (2006)
Starring as Vince Masuka
(63 episodes)
- Episode 8x12: Remember the Monsters? (Sep 22, 2013)
- Episode 8x11: Monkey in a Box (Sep 15, 2013)
- Episode 8x10: Goodbye Miami (Sep 8, 2013)
- Episode 8x09: Make Your Own Kind of Music (Aug 25, 2013)
- Episode 8x08: Are We There Yet? (Aug 18, 2013)
- Episode 8x07: Dress Code (Aug 11, 2013)
- Episode 8x06: A Little Reflection (Aug 4, 2013)
- Episode 8x05: This Little Piggy (Jul 28, 2013)
- Episode 8x04: Scar Tissue (Jul 21, 2013)
- Episode 8x03: What's Eating Dexter Morgan? (Jul 14, 2013)
- Episode 8x02: Every Silver Lining... (Jul 7, 2013)
- Episode 8x01: A Beautiful Day (Jun 30, 2013)
- Episode 7x12: Surprise, Motherfucker! (Dec 16, 2012)
- Episode 7x11: Do You See What I See? (Dec 9, 2012)
- Episode 7x10: The Dark... Whatever (Dec 2, 2012)
- Episode 7x09: Helter Skelter (Nov 25, 2012)
- Episode 7x08: Argentina (Nov 18, 2012)
- Episode 7x07: Chemistry (Nov 11, 2012)
- Episode 7x06: Do the Wrong Thing (Nov 4, 2012)
- Episode 7x05: Swim Deep (Oct 28, 2012)
- Episode 7x04: Run (Oct 21, 2012)
- Episode 7x03: Buck the System (Oct 14, 2012)
- Episode 7x02: Sunshine and Frosty Swirl (Oct 7, 2012)
- Episode 7x01: Are You...? (Sep 30, 2012)
- Episode 6x12: This is the Way the World Ends (Dec 18, 2011)
- Episode 6x11: Talk to the Hand (Dec 11, 2011)
- Episode 6x10: Ricochet Rabbit (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 6x09: Get Gellar (Nov 27, 2011)
- Episode 6x08: Sin of Omission (Nov 20, 2011)
- Episode 6x07: Nebraska (Nov 13, 2011)
- Episode 6x06: Just Let Go (Nov 6, 2011)
- Episode 6x05: The Angel of Death (Oct 30, 2011)
- Episode 6x04: A Horse of a Different Color (Oct 23, 2011)
- Episode 6x03: Smokey and the Bandit (Oct 16, 2011)
- Episode 6x02: Once Upon a Time... (Oct 9, 2011)
- Episode 6x01: Those Kinds of Things (Oct 2, 2011)
- Episode 5x12: The Big One (Dec 12, 2010)
- Episode 5x11: Hop a Freighter (Dec 5, 2010)
- Episode 5x10: In the Beginning (Nov 28, 2010)
- Episode 5x09: Teenage Wasteland (Nov 21, 2010)
- Episode 5x08: Take It! (Nov 14, 2010)
- Episode 5x07: Circle Us (Nov 7, 2010)
- Episode 5x06: Everything is Illumenated (Oct 31, 2010)
- Episode 5x05: First Blood (Oct 24, 2010)
- Episode 5x04: Beauty and the Beast (Oct 17, 2010)
- Episode 5x03: Practically Perfect (Oct 10, 2010)
- Episode 5x02: Hello, Bandit (Oct 3, 2010)
- Episode 5x01: My Bad (Sep 26, 2010)
- Episode 4x12: The Getaway (Dec 13, 2009)
- Episode 4x11: Hello, Dexter Morgan (Dec 6, 2009)
- Episode 4x10: Lost Boys (Nov 29, 2009)
- Episode 4x09: Hungry Man (Nov 22, 2009)
- Episode 4x08: Road Kill (Nov 15, 2009)
- Episode 4x06: If I Had a Hammer (Nov 1, 2009)
- Episode 4x05: Dirty Harry (Oct 25, 2009)
- Episode 4x03: Blinded by the Light (Oct 11, 2009)
- Episode 4x02: Remains to Be Seen (Oct 4, 2009)
- Episode 4x01: Living the Dream (Sep 27, 2009)
- Episode 3x12: Do You Take Dexter Morgan? (Dec 14, 2008)
- Episode 3x11: I Had a Dream (Dec 7, 2008)
- Episode 3x10: Go Your Own Way (Nov 30, 2008)
- Episode 3x09: About Last Night (Nov 23, 2008)
- Episode 3x07: Easy as Pie (Nov 9, 2008)
Guest starring as Vince Masuka
(11 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Born Free (Dec 17, 2006)
- Episode 1x11: Truth Be Told (Dec 10, 2006)
- Episode 1x10: Seeing Red (Dec 3, 2006)
- Episode 1x09: Father Knows Best (Nov 26, 2006)
- Episode 1x08: Shrink Wrap (Nov 19, 2006)
- Episode 1x07: Circle of Friends (Nov 12, 2006)
- Episode 1x06: Return to Sender (Nov 5, 2006)
- Episode 1x05: Love American Style (Oct 29, 2006)
- Episode 1x03: Popping Cherry (Oct 15, 2006)
- Episode 1x02: Crocodile (Oct 8, 2006)
- Episode 1x01: Dexter (Oct 1, 2006)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Vincent Carrado
- Episode 13x13: In Vino Veritas (Feb 6, 2013) [Uncredited]
The Sopranos (1999)
Guest starring as Dr. Ba
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x03: Mayham (Mar 26, 2006) [Co-Star]
- Episode 6x02: Join the Club (Mar 19, 2006) [Co-Star]