In September 2008, British actor Lee Neville made his catwalk modelling debut at the Fonthill Road Fashion Festival, a prelude to London Fashion Week: it was here that Lee modelled the wedding wear for the Novomoda Collection and the Goate Goat Bag collection featuring brands Dolce Gabbana and Truzzi from Milan. Whilst looking for diverse film, television and theatre acting projects and honing his acting skills, Lee is eager to welcome modelling as an additional attribute to his career.
2008 began in the theatre with leading roles in the short musical comedy '**** Crossed Lovers' in which Lee had the opportunity to sing a new duet of the classic song "Especially For You", and as Brito in the full length play 'Four Nights in Knaresborough' a film version of which is currently in development by The Weinstein Company. Lee also directed his third short play: 'The C Word' - the love story of a clown and his wish to be taken seriously as a children's entertainer. Other projects have followed including a corporate video and a music video for new group The Silence Within, filmed at Ealing Studios and directed by Guerilla Filmmaker's Handbook author and director Chris Jones.
High profile acting work for Lee includes taking on the role of a thug in the short film 'Medium Rare' which won its first award in late March 2008, the Jim DeMulling prize, at the 41st Humboldt Film Festival in California; as well as playing Nazi soldier SS Scharuhrer Himmrich Henler in the independent feature 'The Man Who Sold The World' which screened at Cannes.
Lee is sought after for various film, television, theatre, commercial and other performing projects, companies of which have included Disney, the BBC, Sunkist, Living Spirit Pictures, Finger Store Films, London Weekend Television (LWT) and Actors Touring Company (ATW) to name a few.
Training as an actor has been undertaken at renowned institutions including RADA, Pinewood Film Studios, London Actors Workshop, Harris Drama School, Young Actors Theatre, the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and the Theatre Royal Haymarket where he has learned from the likes of Samantha Bond, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Pryce, Natasha Richardson, Richard Wilson, Jeremy Irons, Imelda Staunton, Jane Krakowski, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Anita Dobson and many, many more. His Los Angeles acting coaches include Art Wolff and Elisa Eliot. London coaches include acting and dialect coach Mel Churcher and acting coach John Melainey.
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Personal projects in which Lee has taken an active leading role as actor, writer and director include the short play 'Tea & Biscuits 'first presented in 1999 and then re-presented as a Special Edition version alongside its sequel 'Tea & Biscuits (Part 2)' in 2001; and the student film 'Only Love' presented in 1997.
Lee also welcomes working and playing alongside children - the most fun experiences of which have been playing Honest John in a children's touring production of 'Pinocchio', in addition to playing Goofy and Tigger at Disneyland Paris and being a cast member at Walt Disney World in Florida: the most exciting experience of which was singing in the 2003 Epcot Candlelight Processional.
Further exciting experiences include Lee making a positive difference as a volunteer for Give Kids The World in Florida and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in the UK.
Having most recently become an advocate for health and fitness, Lee is eager to furher push himself beyond his limits and is actively seeking and embracing such new opportunities.