What was Jackie Chan's character's full name in the Rush Hour movies?

In the Rush Hour movies, Jackie Chan's character is referred to as just Lee, Inspector Lee, Detective Inspector Lee, or some variant (e.g. by Rush Hour 2, he's become Chief Inspector Lee).

Does he have a full name? On Wikia and Wikipedia his full name is given as Yan Naing Lee. I'm not sure where the source for this is. Is it mentioned in a script? Somewhere in the movies?

Update: I'm pretty sure "Yan Naing Lee" is vandalism. It was added in this revision: Wikipedia Revision together with other vandalized names.

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Best Answer

I don't know if it helps but in the TV show the character was named Jonathan Lee. Since Jonathan is clearly not a Chinese name it sounds more like a name adopted to avoid having Americans stumbling over pronouncing (or remembering) his actual name.

Yan Naing Lee does seem to be used consistently around the internet but they might all be based on the Wikipedia article (though it seems like an unlikely thing for someone to make up). If the name wasn't used in the movies, perhaps it appeared that way in the credits.

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How much was Jackie Chan paid for Rush Hour?

After the commercial success of the first and second films in the franchise, Tucker received a salary of $25 million, Chan received $15 million, and Ratner $7.5 million.

Who is Lee in Rush Hour?

Chief Inspector Lee is one of the two main protagonists of the Rush Hour trilogy. He is the main protagonist of the Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 and the deuteragonist of Rush Hour 3. He is a Chief Inspector with the Hong Kong Police Force. Lee appears in all three of the films.

Who is Kenji in Rush Hour?

Kenji is the main antagonist of the 2007 action comedy film Rush Hour 3. He is the leader of the Triads who happens to be the adoptive brother of Chief Inspector Lee. He was portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Shingen Yashida in The Wolverine and Akihiko in Avengers: Endgame.

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