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Lee Arenberg Biography

Birth Name:Lee Arenberg

Birth Place:Palo Alto, California, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Co-founded the Actors' Gang, a Los Angeles theatre company, in 1981
  • Charitable causes he has worked for include children's health and animal rights
  • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles
  • He graduated from Santa Monica High School in Southern California, and his classmates included future actors Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr․ and Emilio Estevez
  • His first professional acting job was in a 1986 production of the stage play "Ghetto" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles
  • Quote: "To this day, I still have people say 'ello Poppet․' That's killer․ I love that․ Every time․ Even though they want me to say it a million times I never get tired of it․"
  • In his spare time he golfs, cooks, plays blues harmonica and pitches for a softball team made up of fellow actors, many of whom he has known since high school
  • Wrote and directed the stage play "Foursome․"