Master of martial arts, American and Hong Kong actor, the son of the famous father Bruce Lee was in many respects similar to his star daddy. Lee, Jr. is known to us for his roles in such films as Operation Laser (1990), Runaway Fire (1992) and Raven (1994). The last film played with a young actor a cruel joke. In February this year, he would be 51 years old.
Brandon Lee is the son of Bruce Lee
The first-born of the cinematographer Bruce Lee was born on February 1, 1965 in Oakland, USA. And in 1971, Bruce decides to transport his wife Linda Emery and her son to Hong Kong.
Already at the age of three, his father taught his beloved son the basics of kung fu in the jig-chondo system. Fruitful trainings were not in vain: at five years old baby Brandon easily walked on his hands, and in a jump he could touch his father's chin with his foot.
No wonder they said that Bruce Lee's son is very much like him. Just like his father, he could not adapt to school orders, and was soon expelled. The reason for this was Brendon's defiant behavior and constant fights, which he started. Having enrolled in another school, he, along with teaching, performs on the stages of small theaters.
When Lee, the youngest was only 8 years old, his father died. His mother took him and her sister to Los Angeles.
In college, he was treated with disbelief, tried to hound him in every way, and all because of the status of a starred father. It is worth noting that Brandon has a younger sister Shannon (born in 1969). Together with her, he went to college, but accompanied by guards. This was done in order to avoid the kidnapping of famous children.
The beginning of the acting career
After graduating from college, Brandon entered a military art school run by Bruce Lee's students. At the same time, he took acting lessons at the Strasberg Institute in New York.
Since his youthful years, Lee-junior began not only to get involved in playing the guitar , but also tried himself in composing music.
In 1985, he went to Hollywood to prove to himself that he was capable of something, and to the world - that Brandon Lee could become famous even without the help of the star parent's name. Unfortunately, his hopes did not come true. All the directors saw him as only the son of the great Bruce Lee and no more, and so the pictures with Brandon's participation, "The Criminal Killer" (1985) and "Kung Fu: KinoVersion" (1986) did not bring him well-deserved fame.
After unsuccessful attempts, the young man leaves for China. There he receives a major role in the film "Substituted" (1986) and again goes in search of happiness in Hollywood. Here he is offered petty roles in low-budget serials and films. The young actor begins a black streak in his life: in 1989 he had no shootings, and besides, there was a robbery of his house.
Brandon increasingly begins to fall into depression . Who knows what would have ended if he had not been offered a role in Operation Laser (1990). Thanks to this film, the whole world started talking about Brendon Lee as a talented actor, not the son of a famous philosopher, director and reformer in the field of martial arts.
Then followed a role in "Disassembly in Little Tokyo" (1991) and "The Fire in Fire" (1992).
In 1993 he took part in the movie "The Crow".
How did Bruce Lee's son die?
Arguing about how the son of Bruce Lee died, it should be noted that the death of Brandon and his father, according to most, was the work of the same Chinese mafia.
As it was mentioned earlier, in 1993, on February 1, the young man started filming in the film "The Crow" on his birthday. In March, the shooting of the final scenes began, one of which became for the young actor fatal.
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The cause of the death of his son Bruce Lee was a wound in the stomach. In the revolver, from which they supposedly had to shoot the main character, they did not notice the jammed stub and as a result, she fired a blank cartridge, piercing her stomach and stuck in the spine of Brandon Lee.
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