Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
1993 American drama film by Rob Cohen
- Released
- 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Rob Cohen
- Screenplay
- Rob Cohen
- Producer
- Raffaella De Laurentiis, John Badham
- Music
- Randy Edelman
- Cinematography
- David Eggby
- Editing
- Peter Amundson
- Starring
- Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Nancy Kwan, Michael Cudlitz, Michael Learned, Paul Mantee, Ric Young
- Running time
- 120 minutes
- Production company
- Universal Subscription
- Distributor
- UIP-Dunafilm, Netflix
- Based on
- Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew
- Set in
- San Francisco, Los Angeles
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American biographical drama film directed by Rob Cohen. The film stars Jason Scott Lee, with a supporting cast including Lauren Holly, Nancy Kwan, and Robert Wagner. The film follows the life of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee (Jason) from his relocation to the United States from Hong Kong to his career as a martial arts teacher, and then as a television and film actor. It also focuses on the relationship between Bruce and his wife Linda, and the racism to which Bruce was subjected.
The primary source of the screenplay is Cadwell's 1975 biography Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew. Other sources include Robert Clouse's book Bruce Lee: The Biography and research by Cohen, including interviews with Cadwell and Bruce's son, Brandon Lee. Rather than a traditional biographical film, Cohen decided to include elements of mysticism and to dramatise fight scenes to give it the same tone as the films in which Bruce starred. Dragon was filmed primarily in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Cast
- Jason Scott Lee
- Lauren Holly
- Robert Wagner
- Nancy Kwan
- Michael Cudlitz
- Michael Learned
- Paul Mantee
- Ric Young
- Rob Cohen
- Shannon Lee
- Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Van Williams
- Aki Aleong
- Clyde Kusatsu
- Jonathan Penner
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q462406 (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.