Bruce Lee

Biography

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 fo…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Enter the Dragon (1973) — Lee
2. The Way of the Dragon (1972) — Tang Lung
3. Fist of Fury (1972) — Chen Zhen
4. The Big Boss (1971) — Cheng Chiu On
5. Game of Death (1978) — Billy Lo
6. Batman (1966) — Kato
7. Game of Death II (1981) — Lee Chen-chiang (archive footage)
8. I Am Bruce Lee (2012) — Self (archival)
9. Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984) — Self (archival)
10. Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000) — Self (archival)
11. Marlowe (1969) — Winslow Wong
12. The Green Hornet (1966) — Kato
13. Ironside (1967) — Leon Soo
14. Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) — Self (archive footage)
15. Crazy Safari (1991) — Self (archive footage)
16. Be Water (2020) — Self (archival)
17. The Curse of the Dragon (1993) — Self (archive footage)
18. The Green Hornet (1974) — Kato
19. Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) — Self (archival)
20. How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009) — Self (archival)
21. History's Greatest Mysteries (2020) — Self (archive footage)
22. Fury of the Dragon (1976) — Kato
23. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980) — Bruce Lee (archive footage)
24. Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview (1971) — Self
25. Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976) — Self (archive footage)
26. Fist of Unicorn (1973)
27. The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002) — Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
28. Longstreet (1971) — Li Tsung
29. The Kid (1950) — Kid Cheung
30. Jackie Chan: Building an Icon (2021) — Self (archive footage)
31. The Path of the Dragon (1998) — Self (archive footage)
32. Too Young to Die (2012) — Self (archive footage)
33. The Orphan (1960) — Ah Sam
34. Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998) — self
35. Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon (2004) — Self (archival)
36. Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (1994) — Self (archival)
37. Cinema of Vengeance (1994) — Self (archive footage)
38. Death In Hollywood (1990)
39. Amazing Masters of Martial Arts (1985) — Self (archive footage)
40. The Guiding Light (1953) — San at 13

Directed

1. The Way of the Dragon (1972) — Director
2. Game of Death Redux (2019) — Director