Cinqué Lee Biography
Cinqué Lee is an actor and filmmaker from the United States. He has worked in the film industry as a camera operator, video archivist, and, most notably, as a co-screenwriter on the 1994 film Crooklyn. He appeared in the Jim Jarmusch films Mystery Train and Coffee and Cigarettes and some other independent films as an actor.
How old is Cinqué Lee? – Age
He is 54 years old as of July 2020. He was born in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Is Cinque Lee related to Spike Lee? Family – Parents and Siblings
Cinqué is the son of Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton), an arts and black literature teacher, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician, and composer. He has three siblings, Joie lee, David lee, and Spike Lee. His cousin, director Malcolm D. Lee, is his uncle.
Cinqué Lee Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million.
Cinqué Lee Oldboy
He was cast as Bellhop in the 2013 American neo-noir action thriller film Oldboy, which was directed by his brother Spike.
Storyline
A man known only as the “Stranger” held Joe Doucett captive for 20 years. Donna, Joe’s ex-wife, was raped and murdered, and his 3-year-old daughter Mia was adopted via the welfare system. After being rescued by Marie Sebastian, a nurse who offers to assist him, he manages to flee. A group of men led by the Stranger kidnaps Joe and Marie. Both of Joe’s children accuse their father of sexually abusing them and blame him for revealing the abuse to Joe. Joe is released from prison after three-year incarceration. The series is set to premiere in September. Joe and Marie are separated after Joe tells her they will never see each other again after they met in a hotel room near the end of the World Trade Center. Joe then writes his wife a letter informing her that he is leaving her for Chaney. He gives her the majority of the diamonds and uses the rest to compensate Chaney for his return.
Cinqué Lee School Daze
He appeared as Buckwheat in the 1988 American musical comedy-drama film School Daze.
Storyline
Vaughan Dunlap is a politically and socially aware black student at Atlanta’s Mission College, a historically black college. Dap leads an anti-apartheid rally, urging the school to divest from South Africa. Julian Eaves orders his cousin Darrell “Half-Pint,” a Gamma pledge, to bring a girl to the fraternity night. At the homecoming parade, the Gamma brothers almost come to blows with Dap and his fellow protestors.
Cinqué Lee Coffee and Cigarettes
He was cast as the titular twins in the title of three short films Coffee and Cigarettes.
Storyline
This segment is based on the 1989 short Coffee and Cigarettes, Memphis Version – aka Coffee and Cigarettes II – and stars Joie Lee and Cinqué as the titular twins, with Steve Buscemi as the waiter who expounds on his theory about Elvis Presley’s evil twin. “Jack Shows Meg his Tesla Coil” also features Cinqué. A recounting of the urban legend that Elvis Presley made racist remarks about African Americans during a magazine interview is also included in the scene.