James Kyson Lee plays the role of Ando Masahashi, best friend and partner in adventure of Hiro Nakamura. Ando has no extraordinary powers himself but is only too quick to work out how his best friends ability to move through space and time and especially stop the clock can be used to their advatage. Particularly when they visit the world gambling capital Las Vegas. Ando is a loyal friend and by being in contact with Hiro when he jumps can follow him wherever and whenever he may go. Unlike his friend in season one, Ando has one ability his time travelling pal envies, and that is the ability to speak English. In a quirk of fate that seems to be a big part of the Heroes plot development, the first time we meet Ando he is watching Niki Sanders in her online guise as a stripper.
James Kyson Lee was born in Seoul on the thirteenth of January 1975, South Korea and through his role as Ando in Heroes has become quite the sex symbol for his jJpanese female fans. When he reached ten years old his family moved to New York and after a successful academic career, which included Boston University and the New England Institute of Arts where he studied Broadcasting. His TV career kicked off in 2003 with guest appearances in JAG and The Lone Ranger. Since then he has never been out of work and with his role as Ando, James is now enjoying a secure future as an actor. In 2009 he appeared in How To Make Love to a Woman and Hard Breakers, and in 2010 he will appear in Doesn't Texas Ever End and The Roel.
James Kyson Lee is currently single and living in Los Angeles. He is also a talented musician and has a particular love for Jazz.
Other shows where you may have seen James Kyson Lee: Alias, JAG, Threat Matrix, The West Wing, The Poseidon Adventure (TV Movie), Las Vegas, CSI and Disarmed.
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