Bruce Lee
November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973
"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

Birth name
Lee Jun Fan

Born
November 27, 1940
San Francisco, California

Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)

The greatest icon of martial arts cinema, and a key figure of modern popular culture. Had it not been for the amazing Bruce Lee and his incredible movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream western cinema & audiences the way it has over the past three decades.

I, Bruce Lee, will be the first highest paid
Oriental super star in the United States. In
return I will give the most exciting
performances and render the best of quality in
the capacity of an actor. Starting 1970 I will
achieve world fame and from then onward till
the end of 1980 I will have in my possession
$10,000,000. I will live the way I please and
achieve inner harmony and happiness.
- Bruce Lee
Jan. 1969

• Bruce Lee - interesting facts
  • Ranked #100 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
  • Died of brain edema in Hong Kong at age 32.
  • He is considered the greatest martial artist of the 20th century.
  • Buried at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Bruce Lee Jun Fan Yuen Kam (Bruce Lee's full birth name) was born in the year of the dragon (1940), at the hour of the dragon (between 6:00AM- 8:00AM).
  • Was an accomplished dancer and Hong Kong cha cha cha champion.
  • A noted brawler in Hong Kong, Lee received formal training in wing chun under legendary sifu Yip Man. He later trained in a variety of arts before creating his Jeet Kune Do style.
  • Weighed only 128 pounds at the time of his death.
  • Was constantly challenged by movie extras and other men seeking to gain fame by beating him in a fight.
  • Was sought after for instruction by established martial artists such as Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris.
  • Defeated British boxer Gary Elms by knockout in the 3rd round in the 1958 Hong Kong amateur boxing championships by using Wing Chun traps and high/low level straight punches. Before he met Elms in the finals, he knocked out three boxers in the first round. Hawkings Cheung, his fellow Wing Chun street fighter, witnessed the event.
  • Lee knocked-out Chung, a Choy Li Fut fighter, in Hong Kong in a 1958 Full-Contact match. The match was refereed by Wong Shun-Leung.
  • Lee knocked-out Uechi in 10 seconds in a 1962 Full-Contact match in Seattle. It was refereed by Jesse Glover.
  • UFC President Dana White considers Bruce Lee as "the father of Mixed Martial Arts".
• Bruce Lee - notable movie and television appearances
  • Game of Death (1978)
  • Enter the Dragon (1973)
    
  • Return of the Dragon (1972)
    -Fury of the Dragon (Europe: English title)
    -Way of the Dragon
  • The Chinese Connection (1972)
    -School for Chivalry (USA)
    
  • Fists of Fury (1971)
  • Longstreet (4 episodes, 1971)
  • Marlowe (1969)
  • Here Come the Brides (1 episode, 1969)
  • Blondie (1 episode, 1968)
  • Ironside (1 episode, 1967)
  • The Green Hornet - Kato (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
  • Batman - Kato (3 episodes, 1966-1967)