Geoff Lee

American-Asian musician and actor, #americanasianactor, native New Yorker. Geoff's first musical experience, the local church choir at age 10. Studied contemporary Afro-American music at SUNY Old Westbury under jazz professor Makanda McIntryre. His first theater experience was as musical director for Pan-Asian Repertory@La Mama, Bullet-Headed Birds, directed by Tisha Chang. After college Geoff taught music to teenagers at Project Reach in Chinatown, NY, but left teaching to answer the call of the vibrant New York rock music scene, joining The Heat as bassist and composer for this multiracial rock band was ultimately signed to Polygram Records. The Heat regularly played Friday and Saturday gigs at clubs such as CBGBs and Max's Kansas City, and also toured England and Wales. After The Heat, Geoff co-founded another rock band, Fierce Jones, which also played at CBGBs - this time Geoff was playing guitar. The acting bug bit hard when Geoff studied drama with Mako (East/West Players, Pacif