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Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Birthday: 1940-11-27 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Bruce Jun Fan Lee (Lee Siu Loong) was born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, CA while his parents were on tour with the Chinese Opera. Ultimately raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was a child actor appearing in more than 20 films. At the age of 13, Bruce took up the study of wing chun gung fu under renowned wing chun master, Yip Man. Bruce left Hong Kong at the age of 18, came to the United States and made his way to Seattle, Washington where he worked in the restaurant of a family friend. He soon enrolled in the University of Washington where he pursued a degree in philosophy. Bruce began to teach gung fu in Seattle and soon opened his first school, the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. Two more schools followed in Oakland and Los Angeles. Concurrently Bruce married his wife, Linda and had his two children, Brandon and Shannon. In the mid sixties, Bruce was discovered while doing an exhibition at the Long Beach Internationals and a role as Kato in the tv series The Green Hornet soon followed. During this time, Bruce was also developing his own martial art, which he ultimately named Jeet Kune Do (translated: the way of the intercepting fist). Bruce's art was steeped in a philosophical foundation and did not follow long held martial traditions. Instead it had at its core the ideas of simplicity, directness and personal freedom. After The Green Hornet series was canceled, Bruce encountered resistance while working in Hollywood and so headed to Hong Kong to pursue a film career. In Hong Kong he made 3 films, which consecutively broke all box office records and showcased martial arts in an entirely new way. Hollywood took notice and soon Bruce was making the first Hollywood / Hong Kong coproduction with a film called Enter the Dragon. Unfortunately, Bruce Lee died in 1973 before this film was released. This film catapulted him to international fame. Today Bruce Lee’s legacy of self expression, equality, and pioneering innovation continues to inspire people all around the world.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Be Water

as    Self (archive footage)

2012
I Am Bruce Lee

as    Self / Various (archive footage)

2009
How Bruce Lee Changed the World

as    Himself (archive footage)

2003
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu

as    Self (archive footage)

2002
2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

as    Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

2001
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

as    Himself (archive footage)

2000
Bruce Lee in G.O.D.

as    Hai Tien (archive footage)

2000
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

as    Self (archive footage)

1998
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist

as    Self (archive footage)

1998
The Path of the Dragon

as    Self (archive footage)

1995
Top Fighter

as    (archive footage)

1995
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

as    Self / Various / Narrator (archive footage)

1993
The Curse of the Dragon

as    Self (archive footage)

1990
The Best of the Martial Arts Films

as    Self (archive footage)

1984
Bruce Lee: The Legend

as    Self (archive footage)

1980
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

as    The Martial Arts Master / (Archive footage)

1979
Game of Death

as    Billy Lo

1979
The Real Bruce Lee

as    Self (archive footage)

1976
Fury of the Dragon

as    Kato

1974
The Green Hornet

as    Kato

1973
Enter the Dragon

as    Lee

1973
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend

as    Self (archive footage)

1972
Fist of Fury

as    Chen Zhen

1972
The Big Boss

as    Cheng Chiu On

1972
The Way of the Dragon

as    Tang Lung

1971
Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview

as    Himself

1971
Longstreet

as    Li Tsung

1969
Marlowe

as    Winslow Wong