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Bruce Lee

Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

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Born
27 November 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital
Died
20 July 1973, Kowloon Tong
Citizenship
British Hong Kong, United States
Sport
martial arts
Occupation
film director, television actor, film actor, writer, film producer
Height
172 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought. With a career spanning Hong Kong and the United States, Lee is regarded as the first global Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history of cinema. Known for the five feature-length martial arts films that he starred in as an adult, he is credited with helping to popularize martial arts films in the 1970s and promoting Hong Kong action cinema.

Awards and honours

Films

FilmYearCredit
The Game of Deathcast
The Game of Deathdirector
The Big Boss1971cast
Fist of Fury1972cast
Way of the Dragon1972cast
Way of the Dragon1972director
Enter the Dragon1973cast
The Green Hornet1974cast
The Real Bruce Lee1977cast
Game of Death1978cast
Game of Death1978director
The Clones of Bruce Lee1981cast
Game of Death II1981cast
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey2000cast
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey2000director

Teachers

Students

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q16397 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.