Actor Nathaniel Lee Jr. got his acting career started in 1996 at the age of six in his home town of Clinton, MS where he was involved in several community plays. In 1998 Nathaniel got a co-starring role alongside Frankie Muniz in the feature film "My Dog Skip". He played as "Sammy". Nathaniel appeared in "O Brother Where Art Thou"? with George Clooney where he played as one of the "Ice Boys". He played as "Talmadge" in the PBS movie titled "The Ponder Heart" with Peter McNicol, Jennifer Lewis and JoBeth Williams. It was not until Nathaniel moved to California that he got his first starring lead role. That opportunity came in December 2001 at the age of twelve, where he played the role of "Jr." in a Martin Scorsese production called "The Blues". The Blues is a seven part series made for PBS. The episode that Nathaniel stars in is called: "Warming By The Devil's Fire". This film was directed by Charles Burnett. He got his next starring role with Disney where he played "Anthony" in a Disney original film titled: "Tiger Cruise". He also played in "Art School Confidential." Nathaniel has done several national commercials. Nathaniel is now a high school graduate. He is an excellent bass player, but also plays lead guitar, drums and piano. He is also a music producer. Although he loves all types of music, gospel with a mix of blues catches his interest the most. Nathaniel, at the age of 13 along with his brother: actor/comedian/rapper/singer Daniel Curtis Lee released a Gospel album together titled "Warming". Nathaniel played all the instruments on that album.
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.