Bruce Lee

Birthday: 1940-11-27
Deathday: 1973-07-20
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Bruce Jun Fan Lee (Lee Siu Lung) 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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2024-07-26 Game of Silence Hai Tien
2020-01-01 Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet Kato
2019-07-20 Game of Death Redux Hai Tien
2005-01-06 The Green Hornet Kato
1978-03-23 Game of Death Billy Lo
1976-10-14 Fury of the Dragon Kato
1974-03-21 The Green Hornet Kato
1973-08-17 Enter the Dragon Lee
1972-12-30 The Way of the Dragon Tang Lung
1972-03-22 Fist of Fury Chen Zhen
1971-10-23 The Big Boss Cheng Chiu On
1969-09-19 Marlowe Winslow Wong
1965-01-01 Dragon Rising: The Green Hornet Screentest Kato
1960-03-02 The Orphan Ah Sam
1957-12-06 Darling Girl
1957-03-14 Thunderstorm Chow Chung
1956-12-22 Too Late for Divorce Kai Cheung
1956-02-15 The Wise Guys Who Fool Around Lee Siu Lung
1955-09-08 Orphan's Song
1955-02-11 An Orphan's Tragedy Wong Fuk-kwan (child)
1955-01-01 We Owe It to Our Children Le fils fainéant
1953-11-26 In the Face of Demolition
1953-10-08 A Myriad Homes
1953-06-28 A Mother's Tears
1953-04-30 The Guiding Light San at 13
1950-05-31 The Kid Kid Cheung
1946-01-01 The Birth of Mankind
1941-05-27 Golden Gate Girl Baby(uncredited)