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Jason Lee (born April 25 , 1970 ) is an American Actor and Professional Skateboarder . Jason Lee was born in the city of ) in 1992 , a company which has been revived by the pair as of 2004 after having been defunct for several years. He was one of the first skateboarders to receive a pro model shoe, produced by Airwalk , and his part in the 1991 Blind skateboards promotional video '' Video Days ,'' shot by Spike Jonze , remains very influential to this day. Today, he is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative street skaters of the early 90s. Intrigued by a few minor acting roles, including the Spike Jonze -directed music video for Sonic Youth 's 1992 music video for ''100%'' and a small part in Allison Anders' 1993 film ''Mi Vida Loca'', Lee decided to leave professional skating for a full-time acting career, taking the skateboarding world by surprise. His first major Movie role was in Kevin Smith 's '' Mallrats '' which became a cult hit. He remained a close friend of Smith and has appeared in most of the director's works—including '' Chasing Amy '', '' Dogma '', '' Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back '', and '' Jersey Girl ''. Most consider Lee's acting career to have truly launched with his Independent Spirit Award -winning role in ''Chasing Amy'' as Banky Edwards, the Homophobic Comic Book Artist and Best Friend for life to Ben Affleck 's character. Lee soon graduated to leading man roles in '' Stealing Harvard '' (alongside Tom Green ) as well as '' A Guy Thing '' (alongside Julia Stiles ). He has also appeared as a secondary character in '' Enemy Of The State '', '' Almost Famous '', '' Vanilla Sky '', '' Dreamcatcher '', '' Big Trouble '', and '' The Ballad Of Jack And Rose ''. He also Voiced the evil Syndrome in the animated movie '' The Incredibles '' and the DVD Bonus Video '' Jack-Jack Attack '', and a "robot copy" of Syndrome the Disney On Ice play ''Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles in a Magic Kingdom Adventure''. Lee's new 2005 NBC Sitcom , '' My Name Is Earl '', in which he finds Karma as his life guide and 'rights' all his wrongs from the past using a compiled list of things he must make up, debuted to critical acclaim and impressive ratings on September 20 , 2005 , on NBC , and was quickly picked up for a full season order, the first sitcom of the season to do so. Several months later, it was also quickly renewed for a second season. His performance on the show has resulted in a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy as well as a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Lee is a follower of standards, was reportedly inspired by the song '' He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot '', by the band Grandaddy . Lee is a fan of actor Burt Reynolds and he often tries to incorporate a reference to Reynolds in his works. In the films ''Mallrats'' and ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' he uses the phrase "Reynold's style", in the film ''Dogma'' he goes to "Mrs. Reynolds" door, in the film ''Jersey Girl'' he refers to Matt Damon 's character as "Reynolds", in ''My Name is Earl'' an entire episode was devoted to Earl's brother wanting to go to the County Fair to see the car from the Reynolds film ''Smokey and the Bandit''. FILMOGRAPHY
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