Top Chinese Star in Hollywood – Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee (Jun Fan, 李振藩, 李小龍; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān, Lǐ Xiăolóng; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinese American and Hong Kong actor, martial artist, philosopher, film director, screenwriter, practitioner of Wing Chun and founder of the Jeet Kune Do concept. He is considered by many as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century, and a cultural icon. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Lee was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the second major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well. He is noted for his roles in five feature length films, Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Bruce Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973), directed by Robert Clouse, and The Game of Death (1978).

 

Complete Listing of Bruce Movies
Game of Death 2 (1981)
Game of Death (1978
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Fist of Fury (1972)
The Big Boss (1971)
Marlowe (1969)
Ren hai gu hong (1960)
Lei yu (1957)
Zha dian na fu (1956)
Zao zhi dang cu wo bu jia (1956)
Er nu zhai (1955)
Gu xing xue lei (1955)
Gu er xing (1955)
Ai (1955)
Wei lou chun xiao (1953)
Ci mu lei (1953)
Ku hai ming deng (1953)
Qian wan ren jia (1953)
Fu zhi guo (1953)
Ren zhi Chu (1951)
Xi lu xiang (1950)
Meng li xi shi (1949)
Fu gui fu yun (1948)
The Birth of Mankind (1946)
Golden Gate Girl (1941)

 

Source: USNews