Bruce Lee (I) (1940–1973)

Actor | Miscellaneous Crew | Producer

Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media...

Born: November 27, 1940
Died: July 20, 1973 (age 32)

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Filmography

Known For

The Way of the Dragon Tang Lung (1972)
Enter the Dragon Lee (1973)
Fist of Fury Chen Zhen (1972)
Known For

Game of Death Billy Lo / Hai Tien (original 1972 footage) (1978)
Actor

Enter the Dragon Lee (1973)
The Way of the Dragon Tang Lung (1972)
Fist of Fury Chen Zhen (1972)
Longstreet Li Tsung (1971)
The Big Boss Cheng Chao-an (1971)
Marlowe Winslow Wong (1969)
Here Come the Brides Lin (1969)
Blondie Karate Instructor (1969)
Ironside Leon Soo (1967)
The Green Hornet Kato (1966-1967)
Batman Kato (1966-1967)
The Milton Berle Show Kato (1966)
The Orphan Ah Sam (1960)
Thunderstorm Chow Chung (1957)
Zao zhi dang cu wo bu jia Kai Cheung (1956)
Zha dian na fu Yeung Siu-lung (1956)
Er nu zhai Ah Cai (1955)
Gu er xing (1955)
Gu xing xue lei Frank / Fuk-Wan (child) (1955)
Ai xia ji Ma Si-Hau's son (1955)
Ai Ma Si-Hau's son (1955)
Wei lou chun xiao (1953)
Qian wan ren jia (1953)
Fu zhi guo (Juvenile) (1953)
Ci mu lei (1953)
The Guiding Light Tin Sang (Juvenile) (1953)
Ren zhi Chu Ngau Tsai (1951)
Xi lu xiang Ah-Cheung (Juvenile) (1950)
Meng li xi shi (1949)
Fu gui fu yun [intro] (1948)
The Birth of Mankind (1946)
Actor

Golden Gate Girl Infant (1941)
Producer

Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi (2000)
The Story (2000)
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
Game of Death (1978)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Producer

The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Writer

Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi (2000)
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
Circle of Iron (1978)
Game of Death (1978)
Writer

The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Director

The Story (2000)
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
Game of Death (1978)
Director

The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Archive footage

Dragon to Dragon (2018)
Celebrity Page (2017-2018)
Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2017)
The Drunken Peasants (2017)
Welcome to the Basement (2016)
Extra (2015)
EA Sports UFC (2014)
Blue Gold: American Jeans (2014)
Pioneers of Television (2014)
Missing Reel (2014)
Rude Tube (2013)
The Path of the Dragon (2012)
Special Collector's Edition (2012)
I Am Bruce Lee (2012)
Ftw (2011)
Limitless (2011)
So You Think You Can Dance (2010)
5 Second Movies (2010)
Bruce Lee: In Pursuit of the Dragon (2009)
The Grandmaster & the Dragon: William Cheung & Bruce Lee (2009)
American Masters (2009)
How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)
L'urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente - Dragonland (2008)
Fighter (2007)
La rentadora (2007)
Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006)
Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004)
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2003)
Dark World: Duel of the Assassins (2003)
I Love the '70s (2003)
Bruce Lee the Legend The Man and the Legend (2003)
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious (2002)
Modern Warriors (2002)
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002)
E! True Hollywood Story (2002)
Interview with Anders Nelsson (2001)
The Jon Benn Interview (2001)
Reflections on 'The Little Dragon' (2001)
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
On the Inside (2001)
Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi (2000)
The Story (2000)
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
I Love 1970's (2000)
Fist to Fist (2000)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999)
Famous Families (1999)
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1999)
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999)
Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts (1998)
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998)
Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)
Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998)
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)
The Immortal Masters (1998)
The Secrets of the Warrior's Power (1997)
Top Fighter (1995)
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995)
Cinema of Vengeance (1994)
Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview (1994)
The Life of Bruce Lee (1994)
Biography (1994)
Face to Face: Jackie Chan vs. Bruce Lee (1993)
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee (1993)
The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
City Hunter (1993)
Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993)
Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania (1992)
Crazy Safari (1991)
Bruce Lee - Best of the Best (1990)
The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)
Death in Hollywood (1990)
Holy Batmania (1989)
Young Dragons: Kung Fu Kids (1986)
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
Game of Death II (1981)
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)
The True Game of Death (1979)
Game of Death (1978)
Yung chun ta hsiung (1977)
Fists of Fury II (1977)
The Real Bruce Lee (1977)
Bruce's Fingers (1976)
Fury of the Dragon (1976)
The Tenant (1976)
Kung Fu Killers (1974)
Bruce Lee's Original Screen Test (1974)
The Green Hornet (1974)
Archive footage

The Last Days of Bruce Lee (1973)
The Bruce Lee Stories
Miscellaneous Crew

Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi (2000)
Game of Death (1978)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Longstreet (1971)
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Marlowe (1969)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Wrecking Crew (1969)
The Green Berets (1968)
Stunts

Enter the Dragon (1973)
Bruce Lee and I (1973)
Stunts

The Way of the Dragon (1972)

Awards

2 wins.

Did You Know

Legend has i that he came up with the concept for Kung Fu (1972) and was going to star in it. However, the network got cold feet about casting an Asian actor in the lead role and it went to David Carradine. But according to the producers, although ...

Quotes

When an opportunity in a fight presents itself, "I" don't hit, "it" hits all by itself.

Trademark

Often had a scene in his films where in a fight, he gets wounded. Standing stunned, he tastes his own blood and then he goes berserk wiping out any opponent in his path.