Yee Jee Tso

Yee Jee Tso is best known to British Sci Fi fans for his role as Chang Lee in the 1996 television movie Doctor Who, opposite Paul McGann's 8th Doctor.


Tso was born in Hong Kong, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was 6 months old. He grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, and booked his first role at 15.


His early television roles include appearances in The Commish, Highlander, and Sliders (1995), and the 1996 Doctor Who movie. His Doctor Who connection continued when he played the part of Doctor Goddard in the webcast Real Time produced by Big Finish Productions, the part of Major Jal Brant in the audio drama Excelis Decays in 2002 and the role of Warrant Officer Charlie Sato in 2011's Tales from the Vault, 2013's Mastermind and 2014's The Screaming Skull.


He played Jared Chan in the sci-fi thriller TV movie Impact, released worldwide in spring 2009. In 2007 he played the part of child-devouring monster in the other-worldly horror film They Wait, featured at the Toronto Film Festival.


In 2001, he played Teddy Chin in the MGM feature film AntiTrust. Other credits include a recurring role in the hit sci-fi TV series Stargate: Atlantis, and guest appearances in dozens of other films and TV shows.


More recently, Yee Jee had a recurring role in the post apocalyptic dystopian thriller Snowpiercer, and has a starring role in an upcoming TV movie titled A Wild Endeavor.