He made his first feature film, Legacy of Rage (1986), in Hong Kong, which was in Cantonese, a language he knew since childhood.Īround that time, Lee appeared in Kung Fu: The Movie with David Carradine, which aired on television. Initially staying away from martial arts films, Lee eventually embraced his heritage. While college wasn’t for him, acting was definitely his passion. He later spent a year at Emerson College in Boston studying drama.

As a teenager, he got into trouble and dropped out of high school several times. Lee struggled growing up, moving around a lot and coping with being the son of a martial arts legend. After his father’s death, he moved to Seattle with his mother and sister. Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema, a build-up of fluid in the brain, in Hong Kong under mysterious circumstances. Sadly, Lee lost his father when he was only 8 years old. He spent some of his early years in Hong Kong. The film was completed and released after Lee's death. Lee was cast in The Crow and, during the accident-ridden production, was shot by a mishandled prop gun and died of the injury. After his father’s death, Lee moved to Seattle with his mother and sister. Lee was born on February 1, 1965, in Oakland, California to martial arts star Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Cadwell (née Linda C. After a promising start in action movies and the signing of a multi-film contract with 20th Century Fox, Brandon Lee, son of martial arts expert and actor Bruce Lee, had his promising career cut short by tragedy when he was accidentally shot and killed in North Carolina at the age of 28 while filming The Crow.

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