Bruce Li
| Bruce Li | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 黎小龍 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 黎小龙 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lí Xiǎolóng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | lai4 siu2 lung4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | 何宗道 (Ho Chung-tao) |
| Born |
June 5, 1950 Taiwan |
| Other name(s) | James Ho |
| Years active | 1973 - 1990 |
Bruce Li (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hé Zōngdào) (born Ho Chung-tao June 5, 1950) is a Taiwanese actor, martial artist and Bruce Lee imitator who starred in martial arts films from the Bruceploitation movement.
Li is perhaps best known for his role as Bruce Lee in the 1976 film Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth.
He went to play a stuntman in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the name of James Ho.
At the death of Bruce Lee, Ho Chung-tao's real career began. Hong Kong studios noticed that Ho resembled the kung fu star. They first employed him in Conspiracy before the producers of Game of Death asked him to finish their movie in Lee's role. Ho declined the offer.
After this, Ho was employed by producer actor Jimmy Shaw who gave him the name of Bruce Li.
While Ho was finishing his military service, he appeared in Good Bye Bruce Lee. He would star in other documentaries in 1976 with The Young Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth.
As Li, his career improved dramatically. Some Taiwanese and Hong Kong producers decided to directly credit him as "Bruce Lee", even going so far as to use the real Bruce Lee's picture on posters. Li even appeared in Bruce Lee vs Supermen where he stars as Kato, assistant of the Green Hornet, a role originally played by the real Bruce Lee.
The producers really wanted to show Li as the "official" successor of Bruce Lee. In the 1976 movie Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger, Li meets Lee who points to him as the one who shall replace him. Li was dubbed the "Tiger" to Lee's "Dragon". Li appeared in Return of the Tiger, starring Angela Mao. In it, Bruce Li fights Paul Smith.
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