---
name: "Bruce Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-lee"
fi1m_id: "bruce-lee"
imdb_id: "nm0000045"
tmdb_id: 19429
wikidata_id: "Q16397"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 November 1940"
died: "20 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T17:41:20.058981+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruce Lee

## Identity

Bruce Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000045
- **TMDB ID:** 19429
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16397
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19429

Producer. Born 27 November 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 20 July 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 November 1940, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 20 July 1973
- **Also known as:** Lee Jun Fan, Lee Jun-fan, Λι Τζουν-φαν, Μπρους Λι, 李振藩, Lei Zan faan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19429

## Biography

Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong-American actor and martial artist. He was born on 27 November 1940 in San Francisco and died on 20 July 1973 in Hong Kong. Raised in Hong Kong, he appeared in more than twenty films as a child before training in Wing Chun kung fu under Yip Man.

Lee moved to the United States in 1959. He studied philosophy at the University of Washington and opened martial arts schools in Seattle, Oakland and Los Angeles, where he developed his own system, Jeet Kune Do. He gained wider attention playing Kato in the television series *The Green Hornet* (1966–67).

Returning to Hong Kong, he starred in and helped shape a series of martial arts films, including *The Big Boss* (1971), *Fist of Fury* (1972) and *The Way of the Dragon* (1972). His final completed film was *Enter the Dragon* (1973), in which he also received a producer credit.

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Enter the Dragon* (1973), Fi1m 79, as Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/enter-the-dragon.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Final Game of Death* (2023), as Hai Tien / Self (archive footage)
- *Game of Death Redux* (2019), as Hai Tien · Director, Writer, Producer, Fight Choreographer
- *Big Stan* (2007), Thanks
- *The Green Hornet* (2005), as Kato
- *The Real Bruce Lee  2* (2002), as (archive footage)
- *The Unbeatable Bruce Lee* (2001), Actor
- *Reflections on 'the Little Dragon'* (2001), Actor
- *Game of Death II* (1981), as Lee Chen-chiang (archive footage)
- *Fist of Fear, Touch of Death* (1980), as Bruce Lee (archive footage)
- *Circle of Iron* (1978), Story
- *Game of Death* (1978), as Billy Lo · Producer, Writer
- *The Young Bruce Lee* (1976), Actor
- *Fury of the Dragon* (1976), as Kato
- *Slaughter in San Francisco* (1974), Original Concept
- *The Green Hornet* (1974), as Kato
- *Enter the Dragon* (1973), as Lee · Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/enter-the-dragon.md)
- *Fist of Unicorn* (1973), as Martial Arts Choreographer
- *The Way of the Dragon* (1972), as Tang Lung · Director, Martial Arts Choreographer, Screenplay, Producer
- *Fist of Fury* (1972), as Chen Zhen
- *The Big Boss* (1971), as Cheng Chiu On
- *Longstreet* (1971), series, as Li Tsung
- *Marlowe* (1969), as Winslow Wong · Fight Choreographer
- *The Wrecking Crew* (1968), Technical Advisor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Leon Soo
- *The Green Hornet* (1966), series, as Kato
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Kato
- *The Orphan* (1960), as Ah Sam
- *Darling Girl* (1957), Actor
- *Thunderstorm* (1957), as Chow Chung
- *Too Late for Divorce* (1956), as Kai Cheung
- *The Wise Guys Who Fool Around* (1956), as Lee Siu Lung
- *Orphan's Song* (1955), Actor
- *An Orphan's Tragedy* (1955), as Wong Fuk-kwan (child)
- *We Owe It to Our Children* (1955), as Le fils fainéant
- *In the Face of Demolition* (1953), Actor
- *A Myriad Homes* (1953), Actor
- *A Mother's Tears* (1953), Actor
- *The Guiding Light* (1953), as San at 13
- *The Kid* (1950), as Kid Cheung
- *The Birth of Mankind* (1946), Actor
- *Golden Gate Girl* (1941), as Baby (Uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Bruce Lee](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-f63ea311a290.jpg) Bruce Lee — National General Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Bruce_Lee_1973_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen National General Pictures publicity photo distributed for The Chinese Connection (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-73727987b59a.jpg) Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen National General Pictures publicity photo distributed for The Chinese Connection (1972) — National General Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Bruce_Lee_as_Chen_Zhen_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bruce_Lee_as_Chen_Zhen_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bruce lee and his family,when he was a child. (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-8bab2837ded8.jpg) Bruce lee and his family,when he was a child. (1946) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Bruce_Lee_in_1946.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bruce Lee](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-d0cc479d40ee.jpg) Bruce Lee — Image via TMDB
- ![Bruce Lee](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-8b430db74534.jpg) Bruce Lee — Image via TMDB
- ![Bruce Lee](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-5ccccb9dc4e6.jpg) Bruce Lee — Image via TMDB
- ![Bruce Lee](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-16c63b682a24.jpg) Bruce Lee — Image via TMDB
- ![Bruce Lee](https://film.one/media/person/3918404/gallery-4776b67283c3.jpg) Bruce Lee — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- California Hall of Fame 2015: California Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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