Brandon Lee
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 李國豪 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 李国豪 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lǐ Guóháo (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Gwok3 Hou4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Brandon Bruce Lee |
| Born |
February 1, 1965 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 1993 (aged 28) Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Years active | 1985–1993 |
| Partner(s) | Eliza Hutton (1990–1993; his death) |
| Parents |
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Linda Lee Cadwell (born 1945) |
| Siblings | Shannon Lee (born 1969) |
| Ancestry | Shunde, Guangdong, China |
Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. He was the son of martial artist and film actor Bruce Lee and teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, the grandson of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-chuen, and brother of Shannon Lee.
Starting his career with a supporting role in the 1986 television film Kung Fu: The Movie, Lee starred in several low-budget action films during the late 1980s and early 1990s such as Legacy of Rage (1986), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) and Rapid Fire (1992). In 1992, he landed his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in The Crow, based on the comic book of the same name.
On March 31, 1993, Lee died during the filming of The Crow in an accident involving a prop gun. The film was released posthumously in 1994 with the help of stunt doubles and special effects.
Lee was born on February 1, 1965, in Oakland, California, the son of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee and Linda Emery. The family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was three months old. The family lived in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1973, after which his mother moved back to the United States following the death of his father.
He attended high school at Chadwick School, but was asked to leave for insubordination—more specifically, driving down the school's hill backwards. He briefly attended Bishop Montgomery High School, located in Torrance from 1979 to 1980. He received his GED in 1983 at the age of 18, and then went to Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts where he majored in theater. After one year, Lee moved to New York City where he took acting lessons at the famed Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and was part of the American New Theatre group founded by his friend John Lee Hancock. The bulk of Lee's martial arts instruction came from his father's top students, and best friends Dan Inosanto and Richard Bustillo.
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