John Lee

> John Rafter Lee is an English actor, narrator, playwright and producer.
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## Biography

Lee was born in England with Irish ancestry. His father worked as a carpenter and other men in his family were blacksmiths, brick layers and plumbers. Lee himself has worked in agriculture, picking fruit, which he considers much more difficult than voice acting.

## Career

Lee has narrated hundreds of audiobooks. "His trademark rich, smooth voice with its hint of a growl turns the word into a seduction", according to *AudioFile*. He has won numerous Audie Awards and *AudioFile* Earphones Awards, and he was named a Golden Voice by *AudioFile* in 2009.

In film, he portrayed the mysterious Trevor Goodchild in Peter Chung's *Æon Flux*. Other voice credits include Meier Link in both *Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust* and *Vampire Hunter D*, Pavlo Zaitsev in episode 16 of *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex*, Jason Wynn in HBO's *Spawn* animated series, and Aristotle in *Reign: The Conqueror*. John also had a role as a voice actor playing Cid Bunansa in the video game *Final Fantasy XII*.

Lee was also the producer and screenwriter for the 2001 film *Breathing Hard*, in which he played the character John Duggan. His *Æon Flux* co-star Denise Poirier plays his wife Carol.

He has written the plays *Blood and Milk*, *Hitler's Head*, *Passchendaele*, *Clean Souls* and *Frankincense*. He has adapted into English Schiller's *Don Carlos*, Racine's *Britannicus* and Grabbe's *Jest, Satire, Irony and Deeper Significance*. *Passchendaele* received its first production at the New York Fringe Festival in August 2010.

His latest film, which he wrote and co-produced, is *Forfeit*, which received its premier at the 2007 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

## Talking with John Lee (excerpt)

If it's possible to specialize in epically long audiobooks, then John Lee must certainly feel secure in his niche. Lee's 31-hour narration of Ken Follett's historical novel, FALL OF GIANTS, comes on the heels of the 29-hour marathon that is James Joyce's ULYSSES and the 22-hour HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD--and that's just this year (and not counting the score of audiobooks of more modest length he's also recorded recently). "That's what narrators say to each other, you know," Lee confides. "'Whoo, that was a long one!' They very rarely go, 'That was fantastic.'"

> Read the rest of Audiofile Magazine's interview with John Lee at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/john-lee/
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### John's Accolades

* The Splendid and the Vile AudioFile Best of 2020 History & Biography
* The Thirst AudioFile Best of 2017 Mystery & Suspense
* The Hero With A Thousand Faces AudioFile Best of 2016 Nonfiction & Culture
* Sweetland AudioFile Best of 2015 Fiction
* The Redeemer AudioFile Best of 2013 Mystery & Suspense
* Darkest Hour Audie Award 2019 History/Biography
* The Swan Thieves AudioFile Best of 2010 Fiction
* The Bell Ringers AudioFile Best of 2010 Mystery & Suspense
* The Price of Love and Other Stories AudioFile Best of 2010 Mystery & Suspense
* The History of the Medieval World AudioFile Best of 2010 History & Historical Fiction
* The Count of Monte Cristo AudioFile Best of 2009 Classics, Audie Award 2009
* The Solitude of Thomas Cave AudioFile Best of 2008 Fiction
* The White Tiger AudioFile Best of 2008 Fiction
* White Fang: Call of the Wild AudioFile Best of 2008 Classics
* A Death in Vienna AudioFile Best of 2004 Mystery & Suspense

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Rafter\_Lee
2. ↑ https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/john-lee/
3. ↑ https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/john-lee/