Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was born Lee Jun Fan on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, California, in both the hour and year of the Dragon. His father Lee Hoi Chuen, a Hong Kong opera singer, moved with his wife, Grace Ho, and three children to the United States in 1939. Hoi Chuen's fourth child was born while he was on tour in San Francisco.

Hoi chuen was a famous Cantonese opera star. As a result, the junior Lee was introduced to the world of cinema at a very young age and appeared in several films as a child. Lee had his first role as a baby who was carried onto the stage in the film Golden Gate Girl.

Lee received the name "Bruce" from a nurse at his birthing hospital, and his family never used the name during his preschool years.

As a 9year old, he would co-star with his father in The Kid in 1950, which was based on a comic book character and was his first leading role. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in 20 films.

 

"Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful. Reject what is useless. Add what is essentially your own"

 

As a teenager, he was taunted by British students for his Chinese background and later joined a street gang. In 1953, he began to hone his passions into a discipline, studying kung fu under the tutelage of Master Yip Man. By the end of the decade, Lee moved back to the U.S. to live with family friends outside Seattle, Washington, initially taking up work as a dance instructor. pher. He was born Lee Jun Fan on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, California, in both the hour and year of the Dragon. His father Lee Hoi Chuen, a Hong Kong opera singer, moved with his wife, Grace Ho, and three children to the United States in 1939. Hoi Chuen's fourth pher. He was born Lee Jun Fan on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, California, in both the hour and year of the Dragon. His father Lee Hoi Chuen, a Hong Kong opera singer, moved with his wife, Grace Ho, and three children to the United States in 1939. Hoi Chuen's fourth the name "Bruce" from a nurse at his birthing hospital, and his family never used the name during his preschool years.

As a 9year old, he would co-star with his father in The Kid in 1950, which was based on a comic book character and was his first leading role. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in 20 films.Hoi chuen was a famous Cantonese opera star. As a result, the junior Lee was introduced to the world of cinema at a very young age and appeared in several films as a child. Lee had his first role as a baby who was carried onto the stage in the film Golden Gate Girl.

Lee received the name "Bruce" from a nurse at his birthing hospital, and his family never used the name during his preschool years.

As a 9year old, he would co-star with his father in The Kid in 1950, which was based on a comic book character and was his first leading role. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in 20 films.



arried onto the stage in the film Golden Gate Girl.

Lee received the name "Bruce" from a nurse at his birthing hospital, and his family never used the name during his preschool years.

As a 9year old, he would co-star with his father in The Kid in 1950, which was based on a comic book character and was his first leading role. By the time he was 18, he had appeared in 20 films.

 

"Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful. Reject what is useless. Add what is essentially your own"

 

As a teenager, he was taunted by British students for his Chinese background and later joined a street gang. In 1953, he began to hone his passions into a discipline, studying kung fu under the tutelage of Master Yip Man. By the end of the decade, Lee moved back to the U.S. to live with family friends outside Seattle, Washington, initially taking up wo