Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

Personal context

Summary

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is a Canadian actor best known for Kim’s Convenience and for playing Carson Teva in Star Wars series and Uncle Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender. His work includes comedy and genre roles, while interviews show a recurring focus on Asian representation and the effects of typecasting. He has called increased Asian representation a movement rather than a trend, spoken about becoming a representative for Asian audiences in Star Wars, and criticized Asian characters being treated as background decoration. No public record of party campaigning, DEI roles, or advocacy on causes beyond Asian representation is established.