Joseph Lee: Joseph Lee. Actor: Beef. Joseph Lee is an American actor and visual artist. Raised in West Lafayette, Indiana, he began acting in theatre while attending Purdue University, where he studied political science and history. Lee made his film debut in Searching (2018), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He is best known for his role in the Netflix-A24 limited series Beef (2023), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for...