My Take
I'll just say it: nobody has ever made me feel like I was watching a human being move faster than the camera could keep up the way Bruce Lee did. There's that flicker of a grin he flashes mid-fight, like he's letting you in on a joke only he understands, and I love him for it. What really gets me, though, is that he wasn't just a phenomenal fighter and screen presence in Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon, he was an actual thinker, building Jeet Kune Do around this gorgeous idea of staying fluid, formless, "like water." He died way too young in 1973, right as the world was catching on, and that still aches. But thirty-two years and he's immortal. That's not luck. That's the real thing.
Overview
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bruce Lee
- Name (Japanese)
- ブルース・リー
- Reading
- ぶるーす・りー
- Born
- November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- San Francisco Chinese Hospital, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / television actor / film actor / writer / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Washington
Awards & achievements
- 2015 California Hall of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Green Hornet | — | |
| Notable work | The Big Boss | — | |
| Notable work | Fist of Fury | — | |
| Notable work | Way of the Dragon | — | |
| Notable work | The Game of Death | — | |
| Notable work | Enter the Dragon | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://brucelee.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/brucelee/
- Xhttps://x.com/brucelee
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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.