14 Facts About BC Lee

Bar Chya Lee, known professionally as BC Lee, was a Taiwanese-Canadian actor and former politician who served on the Vancouver City Council from 2005 to 2008.

BC Lee began to learn how to read and write Chinese at the age of 12 after moving to Taiwan with his family.

BC Lee studied at Ren-Ai Junior High School in Taipei and Chengcheng Junior High School in Tainan before attending National Tainan First Senior High School, and went on to obtain a bachelor's degree and master's degree in political science from National Chengchi University.

BC Lee eventually moved to live in Vancouver permanently in 1994.

BC Lee participated in the establishment of East Meets West Productions and Fireglo Strategic Marketing Communications Inc.

BC Lee was the vice president of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in BC.

In 2005, BC Lee was elected to the Vancouver City Council.

BC Lee was appointed as a board member of the BC Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Administration by the British Columbia provincial government in 2012, and was elected to serve as vice chairman of the board until 2016.

BC Lee regularly authored columns for print media outlets, and both hosted and featured in digital current affairs programs such as Monday Forum on LS Times TV, for which he hosted 155 episodes between 2013 and 2019.

In 2012, BC Lee was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his long-term contributions to communication, cooperation, and mutual understanding between ethnic communities.

BC Lee's roles spanned across theatre, television dramas, and movies, and he was nominated for Best Supporting Performance Male Dramatic Series in the 2017 Leo Awards.

On 11 September 2019, BC Lee died from liver cancer at Burnaby Hospital in British Columbia, Canada at the age of 64.

In 2002, BC Lee was nominated by the Non-Partisan Association to run for the Vancouver City Council but was not elected.

In 2015, BC Lee was elected President of the Non-Partisan Association.