Bruce Lee
Acting
🎂 1940-11-27
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.
Cast credits(94)
Kato
1966
Leon Soo
1967
Self (archive footage)
2011
Kato
1966
Chen Zhen
1972
Lee
1973
Tang Lung
1972
Cheng Chiu On
1971
Billy Lo
1978
Self (archive footage)
2020
Lin
1968
Lee Chen-chiang (archive footage)
1981
1971
Li Tsung
1971
(archive footage)
1990
Self (archive footage)
1991
Self (archive footage)
1984
Bruce Lee (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self (archive footage)
2012
Kato
1974
Winslow Wong
1969
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
1971
Self (archive footage)
2020
Karate Instructor
1968
Self / Various (archive footage)
2012
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
1976
Self (archive footage)
1990
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage)
1973
Self (archive footage)
2000
Kato
2020
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self (archive footage)
2003
Kato
2005
[Himself]
1973
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
1993
Chow Chung
1957
Self (archive footage)
1996
1957
Self / Lee / Tang Lung / Chen / Li Tsung / ... (archive footage)
1999
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2002
Self / Various (archive footage)
1999
Kato
1976
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Martial Arts Master (archive footage)
1980
Self (archive footage)
1998
(archive footage)
1995
Wong Fuk-kwan (child)
1955
1953
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self (archive footage)
1998
Kid Cheung
1950
(archive footage)
1973
1953
Self (archive footage)
1992
Self (archive footage)
1977
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self (archive footage)
1994
Tang Lung (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Self (archive Footage)
2011
Hai Tien (archive footage)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2016
Baby(uncredited)
1941
Le fils fainéant
1955
Self (archive footage)
1998
1953
Hai Tien
2019
Self / Various / Narrator (archive footage)
1995
Self (archive footage)
2002
San at 13
1953
(archive footage)
2000
Kai Cheung
1956
(archive footage)
2002
1976
Self (archive footage)
1973
Kato
1965
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
1985
Ah Sam
1960
Self (archive footage)
2004
Lee Siu Lung
1956
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
1975
Self
1973
1946
Self
1976
Self (archive footage)
2004
Self (archive footage)
2000
1955
