Biography

BORN: 1 February, 1965
DIED: 31 March, 1993

Brandon Lee was the son of martial arts expert Bruce Lee. He was Asian American, with a Swedish American mother. Lee began performing in regional theater while still in high school. After studying theater in college, Lee received his first break when cast in Kung Fu: The Movie (1986). He portrayed an assassin on the trail of David Carradine's Caine. (Ironically, the role of Caine was originally conceived for Bruce Lee). Lee made his feature debut that same year in Legacy Of Rage (1986), after which he appeared in two more little-seen action films before breaking into the mainstream with Rapid Fire, a standard genre entry that signaled Lee's arrival as an action star with considerable global potential. Tragically, it was to be Lee's last fully completed film.
Lee was nearing the end of principal photography on his next film, a supernatural thriller titled The Crow (1994), when he was accidentally shot and killed by another actor using a prop pistol that had not been properly inspected prior to filming. He died, sadly, twelve days before his wedding to fiancee Eliza.
Lee was buried beside his father in Seattle, Washington

Filmography

Path of the Dragon, The (1998) (V)(archive footage) .... Himself
Crow, The (1994) .... Eric Draven (The Crow)
Curse of the Dragon (1993) .... Himself
... aka Bruce Lee: Curse of the Dragon (1993)
Rapid Fire (1992) .... Jake Lo
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) .... Johnny Murata
Laser Mission (1990) .... Michael Gold
... aka Soldier of Fortune (1990)
Kung Fu: The Next Generation (1987) (TV) .... Johnny Caine
Long zai jiang hu (1986) .... Brandon Ma
... aka Legacy of Rage (1986)
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) (TV) .... Chung Wang
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1977) .... Himself