Stephen Lee was an actor who appeared in more than 200 television episodes during a career that spanned more than 30 years. He is remembered by fans of the popular NBC comedy Seinfeld for a 1997 episode in which he played a contractor hired to install cabinets in the apartment of series lead Jerry Seinfeld.

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Lee spent much of his youth living in Europe, where his father, who sold slot machines, often did business.

He began performing in the early 1970s, after returning to the United States. He began acting professionally after graduating from Avila College in Kansas CIty, Missouri.

His first credit was a 1981 episode of the ABC drama Hart to Hart, and in the years that followed, he appeared in dozens of series and more than 20 pilots. They included Remington Steele, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Dukes of Hazzard, Who's the Boss?, Hill Street Blues, The Love Boat, thirtysomething, Family Ties, Roseanne, Babylon 5, Everybody Loves Raymond, Becker, Chicago Hope, CSI, The West Wing, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, NCIS and many others.

In addition, he had regular or recurring roles in the series City, Gung Ho, To Have and to Hold, Dark Angel, Quantum Leap and Nash Bridges.

His feature films included La Bamba, WarGames, Robocop 2, The Negotiator and Burlesque.

Lee died August 14, 2014, in Los Angeles. He was 58.