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.
Wick Is Pain
(archive footage)
2025
The Final Game of Death
Self (archive footage)
2023
History's Greatest Mysteries
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self (archive footage)
2020
Be Water
Self (archive footage)
2020
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
Kato
2020
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self (archive footage)
2019
Game of Death Redux
Hai Tien
2019
Bruce Lee: Tracking the Dragon
Self (archive footage)
2016
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
I Am Bruce Lee
Self / Various (archive footage)
2012
Mentiras verdaderas
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2011
Bruce Lee: In Pursuit of the Dragon
Self (archive Footage)
2011
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
2009
The Brilliant Life of Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
2009
Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Green Hornet
Kato
2005
Bruce Lee - Jeet Kune Do
Self (archive footage)
2004
Bruce Lee - La Destinée du Dragon
Self (archive footage)
2004
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Self (archive footage)
2003
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
Self (archive footage)
2002
Modern Warriors
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2002
The Real Bruce Lee 2
(archive footage)
2002
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
2001
Bruce Lee in G.O.D.
Hai Tien (archive footage)
2000
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
Self (archive footage)
2000
Bruce Lee - Le Parcours d'un Guerrier
Self (archive footage)
2000
Fist to Fist
(archive footage)
2000
The Lees: Action Speaks Louder
Self / Various (archive footage)
1999
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Self / Lee / Tang Lung / Chen / Li Tsung / ... (archive footage)
1999
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Self (archive footage)
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
(archive footage)
1998
Bruce Lee: In His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
1998
The Path of the Dragon
Self (archive footage)
1998
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self (archive footage)
1998
Face to Face
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Way of the Little Dragon
Self (archive footage)
1997
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Self (archive footage)
1996
Top Fighter
(archive footage)
1995
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do
Self / Various / Narrator (archive footage)
1995
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Self (archive footage)
1994
The Life of Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
1994
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
1993
The Curse of the Dragon
Self (archive footage)
1993
Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania
Self (archive footage)
1992
The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari
Self (archive footage)
1991
Death In Hollywood
(archive footage)
1990
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
Self (archive footage)
1990
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts
Self (archive footage)
1985
Bruce Lee: The Legend
Self (archive footage)
1984
Game of Death II
Lee Chen-chiang (archive footage)
1981
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
The Martial Arts Master (archive footage)
1980
Game of Death
Billy Lo
1978
The Real Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
1977
The Young Bruce Lee
1976
Fury of the Dragon
Kato
1976
The Tenant
Bruce Lee (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger
Self (archive footage)
1976
The Warrior Within
Self
1976
La Légende du petit dragon
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Green Hornet
Kato
1974
Kung Fu Killers
Tang Lung (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Self (archive footage)
1973
Enter the Dragon
Lee
1973
Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
Self
1973
Fist of Unicorn
[Himself]
1973
The World of Kung Fu
Self (archive footage)
1973
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
(archive footage)
1973
The Way of the Dragon
Tang Lung
1972
Fist of Fury
Chen Zhen
1972
Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview
Self
1971
The Big Boss
Cheng Chiu On
1971
Longstreet
(0 episode)
1971
Longstreet
Li Tsung · (23 episodes)
1971
Marlowe
Winslow Wong
1969
Blondie
Karate Instructor · (14 episodes)
1968
Here Come the Brides
Lin · (52 episodes)
1968
Ironside
Leon Soo · (1 episode)
1967
The Green Hornet
Kato · (26 episodes)
1966
Batman
Kato · (3 episodes)
1966
Dragon Rising: The Green Hornet Screentest
Kato
1965
The Orphan
Ah Sam
1960
Darling Girl
1957
Thunderstorm
Chow Chung
1957
Too Late for Divorce
Kai Cheung
1956
The Wise Guys Who Fool Around
Lee Siu Lung
1956
Orphan's Song
1955
An Orphan's Tragedy
Wong Fuk-kwan (child)
1955
We Owe It to Our Children
Le fils fainéant
1955
In the Face of Demolition
1953
A Myriad Homes
1953
A Mother's Tears
1953
The Guiding Light
San at 13
1953
The Kid
Kid Cheung
1950
The Birth of Mankind
1946
Golden Gate Girl
Baby(uncredited)
1941