| “ | If you really want to talk, I'll let you talk, so it's easier to find out, how full of shit they are. | „ |
| ~ Lee to Carter |
Chief Inspector Lee is one of the two main characters of the Rush Hour trilogy (the main protagonist of the first two movies, and the deuteragonist of the third). He is a Chief Inspector with the Hong Kong Police Force. Lee appears in all three of the films. He is partnered with Detective James Carter, who at first he doesn't get along with, but they later become best friends. Lee is portrayed by Jackie Chan.
History
Before The Series
Lee and his partner Carter
Not much is known about Lee before the series but it is known that his father was a legendary cop in Hong Kong who Lee claimed once caught a bullet with his bare hands. His father later investigated an international smuggling case with his partner Ricky Tan (whom Lee met and befriended during his teen years). But when he discovered Tan worked for the Triads he attempted to tell his superior but Tan confronted Lee's father at gun point. When his father begged Tan to promise not to kill his son, Tan was upset by this so he shot Lee's father dead. The evidence disappeared the case was never solved and Tan resigned from the force. It is later revealed that although Lee had parents, he originally grew up in an orphanage with a foster brother named Kenji. They protected each other and were close as brothers as Lee likes to call him "Shoyng Dih". Lee was eventually adopted, leaving Kenji behind.
Lee is revealed to have been in the Police department for some time and is a personal friend of Chinese Consul Solon Han and is Kung-Fu instructor to Han's daughter Soo-Yung Han.