
Cast: Lee Arenberg as Pintel
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LEE ARENBERG (Pintel) maintains a flourishing acting career -almost 20 yearsspanning television, stage and film. Lee will be seen this summer in Disney's highly anticipated Pirates of the Caribbean third installment, At World's End. He is reprising his popular starring role as the bumbling yet intimidating pirate “Pintel” from the hugely successful films Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opposite Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly. Additionally, at the request of Disney and director Gore Verbinski, Arenberg also wrote, directed, and stars in his own Pirates of the Caribbean DVD featurettes.Arenberg can also be seen in the role of the notoriously arrogant studio head, “Bobby G.”, in the controversial syndicated FOX comedy ACTION opposite series star Jay Mohr and Ileana Douglas.
Arenberg has appeared in more than 30 movies, including " Cradle Will Rock, RoboCop 3, Waterworld, Bob Roberts, The Apocalypse, the fantasy adventure feature Dungeons & Dragons and has worked with such stars as Johnny Depp, Susan Sarandon, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Costner, Bill Murray, John Cusack and Tim Robbins.
A native Angeleno, Lee attended Santa Monica high school with "brat packers" Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and Emilio Estevez, and co-wrote a play with Estevez which was directed by Penn. Arenberg found success early in his career playing scene-stealing roles in such famous TV shows like Seinfeld, Tales From The Crypt, as well as roles on Arli$$, Friends and Star Trek. The Actors' Gang was founded by Lee in 1981 with Tim Robbins and other friends from UCLA. After 20 years as an actor in the group, Lee recently made his writing and directing debut with Foursome, a play about golf, sex and witchcraft. He is involved with St. Jude's Children's Hospital and other children's health causes, animal rights organizations, and participates regularly in fund raising efforts on behalf of those charitable causes.
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