Bruce Lee

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AKA: Bruce Lee Siu-Lung
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/27/1941
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Death Date: 07/20/1973

biography

The dominant figure in martial arts related entertainment in modern culture, and one of the most enduring pop icons of the twentieth century, Bruce Lee was an actor, director, and instructor whose films and philosophy popularized martial arts in both Western and Eastern cultures in the late 1960s and into the early 1970s. Though as a mature performer, he made only a handful of films between 1971 and 1973, his graceful yet lethal screen presence was so magnetic – and such a source of pride for Asian audiences – that his influence continued to eclipse subsequent martial arts superstars like Continued

Credits

Himself--Intelligence Clerk
1994
Cheng
1973
Chen Chen
1972
From Story
Billy Lo

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Moved to Hong Kong as a child; acted in a number of films there in the late 1940s and early 50s
1958 
Won a cha-cha dancing contest in Hong Kong at age 18 (date approximate)
 
Returned to the US; attended college and lectured at Washington (state) high schools on the subject of Oriental philosophies; later opened "gung fu" (a.k.a. Kung fu) studio; students included James Coburn and Lou Al Cinder (later Kareem Abdul-Jabaar)
1966 
Co-starred as Kato, manservant and crime-fighting sidekick on the ABC action series, "The Green Hornet"
1969 
Played a supporting role in the Hollywood feature, "Marlowe", starring James Garner
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