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Brandon Bruce Lee (李國豪 Cantonese: Léi Gwokhòu Pinyin: Lǐ Guóháo; February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor of Chinese, English, German and Swedish descent. He was the son of the late legendary martial arts film star Bruce Lee and his wife Linda Lee Cadwell, and brother of actress Shannon Lee. Brandon Lee is the name of: Brandon Lee, a martial artist, actor, and the son of Bruce Lee Brandon Lee (porn star), a pornographic film actor Brandon Lee, a member of the band The Nodd Brandon Lee, the name of a song off of the Blessed Be album by The... Brandon Lee, from cover of Brandon Lee (They Died Too Young) by Cindy Dyson This work is copyrighted. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Oakland redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Wilmington is a city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 kmÂ²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (900 km) - % water 9. ... This article is about all of the Cantonese (Yue) dialects. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Bruce Lee (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: LÇ XiÇŽolÃ³ng; Cantonese Yale: LÃ©ih SÃulÃ¹hng; November 27, 1940 â€“ July 20, 1973) was a Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a... Linda Lee Cadwell (born 21 March 1945), a. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Shannon Lee at the premiere of The Story of Us in 1999 Shannon Emery Lee (36 years old) (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress. ...

Early life

Brandon Lee was born in Oakland, California, to the legendary martial artist actor Bruce Lee and his wife Linda Emery. Only a week after his birth, his grandfather Lee Hoi-Chuen died. The family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was three months old, but when offers for film roles became limited for his father the family moved back to Hong Kong in 1971; Bruce Lee made three films there between 1971 and 1973. Oakland redirects here. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Bruce Lee (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: LÇ XiÇŽolÃ³ng; Cantonese Yale: LÃ©ih SÃulÃ¹hng; November 27, 1940 â€“ July 20, 1973) was a Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a... Linda Lee cadwell. ... Lee Hoi-Chuen (æŽæµ·æ³‰, 4 February 1901 â€“ 7 February 1965) was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer with the Cantonese Opera Company and film actor. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

When Lee was eight, his father died suddenly from a cerebral edema. After her husband's death, Linda Lee moved the family (including daughter Shannon Lee, who was born in 1969) back to the United States. They lived briefly in his mother's hometown of Seattle, Washington, and then in Los Angeles, where Lee grew up in the affluent area of Rolling Hills. According to his mother, he was "a handful... either the teacher's pet, or the teacher's nightmare."^{[citation needed]} Cerebral edema (cerebral oedema in British English) is an excess accumulation of water in the intra- and/or extracellular spaces of the brain. ... Seattle redirects here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ... Location of Rolling Hills in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1957-01-24 [2] Government - Mayor B. Allen Lay [1] Area - City 3. ...

He attended high school at Chadwick School, but was expelled for insubordination three months before graduating. He received his GED in 1983, 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 Academy 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 student, Dan Inosanto. Chadwick School is a K-12 coed private day school located in the Palos Verdes Peninsula in California. ... Insubordination is the act of a subordinate deliberately disobeying a lawful order. ... The GED, General Educational Development, or General Equivalence Degree Test, is a test that certifies the taker has attained American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Boston redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. ... Dan Danny Inosanto (born July 24, 1936) is a Filipino martial arts (FMA) instructor from California who is best-known as a student of the late Bruce Lee and the worlds foremost authority on Jeet Kune Do. ...

Career

Lee returned to Los Angeles in 1985, where he worked for Ruddy Morgan Productions as a script reader. He was asked to audition for a role by casting director Lyn Stalmaster and then made his acting debut in Kung Fu: The Movie, which was a feature-length television movie and a follow-up to the 1970s television series Kung Fu. The film aired on ABC on February 1, 1986 which was also Lee's birthday. â€œTelefilmâ€ redirects here. ... Kung Fu (1972-1975) was an award-winning American television series which starred David Carradine. ... This article is about the American broadcast network. ...

In Kung Fu: The Movie, Lee played Chung Wang, the suspected son of Kwai Chang Caine (played by David Carradine). This seemed ironic at the time as Brandon's father Bruce Lee was originally intended to have played the leading role in the Kung Fu TV series as he had also come up with the original concept for the TV series but in the end he was turned down for playing the lead in favor for Carradine. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine on December 8, 1936 in Hollywood, California) is an American actor. ... Bruce Lee (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: LÇ XiÇŽolÃ³ng; Cantonese Yale: LÃ©ih SÃulÃ¹hng; November 27, 1940 â€“ July 20, 1973) was a Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a...

Herbie Pilato, in his 1993 book The Kung Fu Book of Caine: The Complete Guide to TV's First Mystical Eastern Western, commented on the casting of the original Kung Fu series:

Later that same year in 1986 Lee got his first major film role in the Hong Kong action thriller Legacy of Rage in which he starred alongside Michael Wong and Bolo Yeung, the latter of whom also appeared in his father's last film, Enter the Dragon. The film was made in Cantonese, and directed by Ronny Yu. It was the only film Lee made in Hong Kong in his entire career. Legacy of Rage movie poster Legacy of Rage (aka Long Zai jiang hu Cantonese title) is a 1986 Hong Kong action movie starring Brandon Lee in his Hong Kong movie debut, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Chung Lam and Bolo Yeung. ... Michael Fitzgerald Wong or Wong Man-Tak (çŽ‹æ•å¾·, pinyin: WÃ¡ng MÇndÃ©) born in Troy, New York on April 16, 1965, is a Hong Kong based actor, director, singer and producer. ... Yang Sze (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), better known as Bolo Yeung (born July 3, 1938) is a former competitive bodybuilder and a martial arts film actor. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about all of the Cantonese (Yue) dialects. ... Ronny Yu (Chinese: ) (born 1950) is a Chinese director, producer, and movie writer. ...

In 1987 Lee went onto star in an unsuccessful television pilot which was another follow-up to the television series Kung Fu and was titled Kung Fu: The Next Generation. In this film the story moved to the present day, and centered on the story of Johnny Caine (played by Lee), who is the great-grandson of Kwai Chang Caine. The pilot was not picked up for a series but aired on the CBS Summer Playhouse. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... CBS Summer Playhouse was an anthology series that ran from 1987 to 1989 on CBS. It aired unsold television pilots during the Summer season. ...

Lee then made a guest appearance in an episode of the short-lived American television series Ohara (1988) as a villainious character named Kenji opposite Pat Morita who played the title role. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Ohara was an American TV crime drama series that first aired on the ABC television network in January 1987 until May 1988 starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt Ohara. ... Noriyuki Pat Morita (June 28, 1932 â€“ November 24, 2005) was an American actor who is probably best known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. ...

In 1990, Lee starred in his first English language B-grade film, Laser Mission, which was filmed cheaply in South Africa. In 1991, he starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in the buddy cop action thriller Showdown in Little Tokyo which marked his first studio film and American film debut. Lee signed a multi-picture deal with 20th Century Fox in 1991. He had his first starring role in the action thriller Rapid Fire in 1992, and was scheduled to do two more films for them. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Laser Mission is a 1990 action movie starring the late Brandon Lee and Ernest Borgnine. ... Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1957[1]) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. ... The Buddy Cop subgenre of buddy films are actions films with plots involving two men of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process. ... Showdown in Little Tokyo is a Mark L. Lester film released in 1991. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... Rapid Fire is a 1992 action film starring the late Brandon Lee in his first leading role in an American film and the last film to be released while he was alive. ...

In 1992, Lee landed the lead role of Eric Draven, in the movie adaptation of The Crow, a popular underground comic book. About his character, an undead rock musician avenging his and his fiancée's murder, Lee said, "He has something he has to do and he is forced to put aside his own pain long enough to go do it". The Crow is a 1994 American film adaptation of the comic book of the same name by James OBarr (who himself makes a cameo in the film). ... James OBarrs original comic The Crow is a comic book series created by James OBarr. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Undead is a collective name for mythological beings that are deceased yet behave as if alive. ...

It would be Lee's last film. Filming began on February 1, 1993, which was his 28th birthday. is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Death

On March 31, 1993, the film crew filmed a scene in which Lee's character walked into his apartment and discovered his girlfriend being raped by thugs. Actor Michael Massee, who played one of the film's villains, was supposed to fire a gun at Lee as he walked into his apartment with groceries. Image File history File links Eric-draven. ... Image File history File links Eric-draven. ... The Crow is a 1994 American film adaptation of the comic book of the same name by James OBarr (who himself makes a cameo in the film). ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Michael Massee is an American actor from Kansas City, Missouri. ...

Because the movie's second unit team were running behind schedule, it was decided that dummy cartridges (cartridges that outwardly appear to be functional, but contain no gunpowder) would be made from real cartridges. A cartridge with only a primer and a bullet was fired in the pistol prior to the scene. It caused a squib load, in which the primer provided enough force to push the bullet out of the cartridge and into the barrel of the revolver, where it became stuck. In film, the second unit is a separate team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture, as opposed to the first unit, which shoots all scenes involving actors, or at least the stars of the film. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Smokeless powder Gunpowder is a pyrotechnic composition, an explosive mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate that burns rapidly, producing volumes of hot gas which can be used as a propellant in firearms and fireworks. ... A squib load, also known as a squib round or just a squib, is a firearms malfunction in which a fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck. ...

The malfunction went unnoticed by the crew, and the same gun was used again later to shoot the death scene, having been re-loaded with blanks. However, the squib load was still lodged in the barrel, and was propelled by the blank cartridge's explosion out of the barrel and into Lee's body. Although the bullet was traveling much more slowly than a normally fired bullet would be, the bullet's large size and the extremely short firing distance made it powerful enough to fatally wound Lee. A malfunction is a partial or total failure of a parachuting device to operate as intended. ...

When the blank was fired, the bullet shot out and hit Lee in the abdomen. He fell down instantly and the director shouted "CUT!" but Lee did not respond. The cast and crew filming rushed to him and noticed he was wounded. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where the doctors tried to revive him for five hours. It was too late however and he was pronounced dead at 1.03pm. For the human abdomen, see human abdomen. ...

It is unknown whether the footage of the incident was destroyed without ever being developed or if it was handed over to the local police for their investigation. Another rumor is that it was given to Brandon's family.

His funeral was held several days later; he was buried next to his father in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle. The following day, a memorial service was held in Los Angeles. Lake View Cemetery is a cemetery located on Seattle, Washington, USAs Capitol Hill just north of Volunteer Park, so named because of its view of Lake Washington to the east. ... Capitol Hill Capitol Hill is the second most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, after Belltown (north of downtown). ...

The shooting was ruled as an accident, although many fans suspected foul play. (Bruce Lee's own death in 1973, at the age of 32, apparently from a reaction to an analgesic he had taken, was also considered suspicious.) The theory of the Lee "family curse" was also carried over from Bruce Lee's death to Brandon's death as he had died almost 20 years after his father and before the release of the film which could have potentially catapulted him to stardom. An analgesic (colloquially known as a painkiller) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain (achieve analgesia). ...

At the time of his death, he was allegedly in talks with filmmakers about making sequels to Rapid Fire and The Crow.

Legacy

After Lee's death, his fiancée Eliza Hutton and his mother supported director Alex Proyas' decision to complete The Crow. At the time of Lee's death, only eight days were left before completion of the movie. A majority of the film had already been completed with Lee and only a few scenes had to be done. Brandon Bruce Lee (æŽåœ‹è±ª Cantonese: LÃ©i GwokhÃ²u Pinyin: LÇ GuÃ³hÃ¡o; February 1, 1965 â€“ March 31, 1993) was a Chinese-American actor of Chinese, German, English and Swedish descent. ... Alex Proyas (born September 23 , 1963) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer. ...

To complete the film, stunt double Chad Stahelski, who was a friend of Lee's at the famed Inosanto Academy, was used as a stand-in; special effects were used to add Lee's face on to the stunt double. Another stunt double named Jeff Cadiente was also used to complete the movie. These scenes were filmed after Lee's death: Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ...

The Crow was released in May 1994 and became a box office hit. The film is dedicated to Lee and Hutton. They were to have been married on April 17, 1993, in Mexico. Lee is survived by his mother and sister. David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951) is an American actor and musician who has appeared in several films, including some major roles. ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

In an interview just prior to his death, Lee quoted a passage from Paul Bowles' book The Sheltering Sky that he had chosen for his wedding invitations; it is now inscribed on his tombstone: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 162 KB) Bruce Lees head stone I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 162 KB) Bruce Lees head stone I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999), was an American composer, author, and traveler. ... The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles. ...

The quotation is not attributed to Bowles in either Lee's final interview or on his tombstone, leading some fans to the mistaken impression that Lee composed the passage himself. The interview can be seen on VHS and DVD releases of the The Crow. Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Seven years after Lee's death, a direct-to-video Swedish film titled Sex, lögner & videovåld (Sex, lies & video violence) was released in which Lee had a very brief cameo appearance. Lee had filmed his cameo appearance in 1992 at the time he was promoting Rapid Fire in Sweden but the film was delayed for seven years finally releasing in 2000. It was dedicated to Lee at the end credits. A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ...

At the time of his death, his father's biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was ready for release. The film was released two months after Lee's death, with a dedication to his memory in the end credits. In the film, Lee was portrayed by child actor Iain M. Parker. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a highly fictionalized biographical film about Bruce Lee. ...

Personal life

In 1990, Lee met Eliza "Lisa" Hutton at director Renny Harlin's office, located at the headquarters of 20th Century Fox. Hutton was working as a personal assistant to Harlin, and later became a story editor for Stillwater Productions, in 1991. Lee and Hutton moved in together in 1991 and became engaged in October 1992. Image File history File links Elibran. ... Image File history File links Elibran. ... Renny Harlin (born Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in RiihimÃ¤ki, Finland) is a film director and producer mostly known for action movies. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

They were to be married in Mexico on April 17, 1993, a week after Lee was to complete filming on The Crow - just 18 days after he died. At the time of Lee's death, Hutton was working as a casting assistant and was on set of The Crow so much that she was later credited with being Lee's on-set assistant. After his death, Hutton petitioned to have gun safety regulations tightened on film sets. is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Filmography

Legacy of Rage movie poster Legacy of Rage (aka Long Zai jiang hu Cantonese title) is a 1986 Hong Kong action movie starring Brandon Lee in his Hong Kong movie debut, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Chung Lam and Bolo Yeung. ... Ohara was an American TV crime drama series that first aired on the ABC television network in January 1987 until May 1988 starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt Ohara. ... Laser Mission is a 1990 action movie starring the late Brandon Lee and Ernest Borgnine. ... Showdown in Little Tokyo is a Mark L. Lester film released in 1991. ... Rapid Fire is a 1992 action film starring the late Brandon Lee in his first leading role in an American film and the last film to be released while he was alive. ... The Crow is a 1994 American film adaptation of the comic book of the same name by James OBarr (who himself makes a cameo in the film). ...

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