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My Take
Brandon Lee's story hits me harder than almost any in Hollywood. The son of Bruce Lee could have coasted on imitation; instead he studied at Emerson College, honed his own screen presence, and stood on the verge of real stardom with The Crow when a preventable on-set accident took him at 28. What I admire is the path he was choosing: not a tribute act to his father, but a darker, more interior kind of action hero. The Crow remains haunting precisely because it doubles as his farewell. I think of him whenever film-set safety makes the news; his loss should never have happened.
Overview
Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. Establishing himself as a rising action star in the early 1990s, Lee landed what was to be his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in the supernatural superhero film The Crow (1994). However, Lee's career and life were cut short by his accidental death during the film's production.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brandon Lee
- Name (Japanese)
- ブランドン・リー
- Reading
- ぶらんどん・りー
- Born
- February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Oakland, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / martial artist / Thai boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bishop Montgomery High School
- University
- Emerson College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.