Lee Craven was born in Hampshire, United Kingdom. For the first five years, he lived in a tower block on the South coast with his younger brother and parents, who instilled respect and discipline. They later moved to a council estate, and Lee attended local infant school, middle school, and secondary school. Throughout his childhood, Lee was a bright and creative child who enjoyed making things and tinkering in his granddad's garage.
When Lee's parents divorced when he was five, his mother had to raise the children on her own. This was a difficult time, and Lee became a "terror from hell" as he struggled with uncontrollable behavior. He eventually moved to his father's home but continued to have trouble and went back and forth between his parents' homes.
As a short boy, Lee was occasionally picked on and bullied, but he kept it to himself until he finally spoke out after a few months. His secondary education was marked by skipping school and bad behavior, but he eventually knuckled down and left school with his grades. Lee couldn't see himself at college, so he went straight into work with his father on furniture removals.
Throughout his teenage years, Lee was more creative and looked ahead to the future. Although he had plenty of ideas and dreams, he couldn't follow them at this stage due to the problems and trouble he was getting into. Around 2004, Lee met a young woman, and after a year together, the trouble slowly drifted away. They moved into a new apartment, but relationship problems started going from bad to worse.
Lee had abuse from outsiders and violence, including broken windows and stolen belongings. After six long, tough months, Lee found out the trouble and violence was planned against him, and he left the relationship. Within these six months, Lee was mentally ill, suffered hair loss and weight loss, and locked himself in his mother's home for months.
After eight months, Lee slowly got himself back on his feet, even though he was always on alert while out. He then found himself a new home a year later and started his life over again, including changing jobs.
Custom cars became part of Lee's life, and he spent thousands on his hobby. After a further relationship failed, Lee disappeared from previous memories, and no one knew where he was. At the age of 25, Lee decided to do his own thing and achieve his dreams, starting to write lyrics for songs and make his own backing tracks for personal use.
Lee then began to create models and artwork, self-taught himself tattooing, and completed three pieces of work. Other interests included stock car racing and American Football. Lee went on to have a beautiful baby girl, although the relationship ended. He saved and managed to buy a property abroad, which he still owns today.
Lee then took his Class 2 test and passed, finding a new job working in traffic management. While working long shifts at night, Lee had spare time in the day and was invited to be an extra in a film. Lee enjoyed every minute of the experience and pushed himself from being an extra to an actor.
Lee has attended auditions in Hollywood for TV and Film in front of casting directors and agents and attended the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles while on the Hollywood program. He has been involved in student TV and feature films with credits on IMDB and has also been published in Marie Claire magazine back in November 2010.
Lee has begun to write his own scripts and plans to start filming in the near future and is continuing his acting career. Lee will follow his dreams and is accomplishing them with a strong mind and a passion for acting. Lee's journey will continue in life.
