Brandon Lee

Name: Brandon Lee
Birth Name: Brandon Bruce Lee
Height: 5'11"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: February 1, 1965
Birth Place: Oakland, California, USA
Profession: actor
Education: Boston's Art-Oriented Emerson College in Massachusetts
Place of Death: March 31, 1993
Death Date: North Carolina, USA
Death Cause: accidental shouting
Relationship: Eliza Hutton (supposed to marry on April 17, 1993 in New Mexico)
Father: Bruce Lee (actor; married on August 17, 1964; died on July 20, 1973; brain edema)
Mother: Linda Emery Lee Cadwell (actress; married in 1988; divorced)
Sister: Shannon Lee (actress; born on April 19, 1969)
Step Father: Tom Bleecker
Claim to fame: as Johnny Murata in Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
   

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BRANDON LEE NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Had blonde hair as a baby.
  • Killed while filming the movie THE CROW (1994) by a projectile shot from a gun firing blanks.
  • Spoke Cantonese.
  • Usually played a character on the wrong side of the law.
  • Was first asked to play the role of Bruce Lee in his father's biopic. The role was later given to Jason Scott Lee.
  • Was in talks with filmmakers about making RAPID FIRE 2.
  • Was originally cast as Johnny Cage in MORTAL KOMBAT (1995).
  • Was to be married in New Mexico on April 17th 1993.
  • Was a self-confessed Jackie Chan fan, who in turn was a fan of Lee's father Bruce Lee. Brandon pays homage to Chan by incorporating key moves from JINGCHA GUSHI (1985) and FEI LONG MENG JIANG (1987) in the final fight scenes of RAPID FIRE (1992).
  • Was approached to play his own father in DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY (1993) but turned it down.
  • While filming THE CROW, every night after shooting was done, he would go the gym and workout for about 3 hours.
  • Was not a good student and had alot of issues. He once backed his car in to on coming traffic and never finished high school.
  • As a child, his father would say that he was the only Chinaman with blond hair and gray eyes.
  • He and Elizibeth had planned on chartering a bus, loading it with wedding guests, and driving dow to Mexico to get married.
  • He and Eliza were set to get married only two weeks after his death.
  • Eliza and Brandon were trying for kids when he died.
  • Loved cats, but hated dogs. He had a pet cat.
  • Was buried in his wedding tuxedo, and Eliza wore her dress to the funeral service.
  • Was nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards in 1995 for THE CROW and Best New Performer at Hong Kong Film Awards in 1987 for LONG ZAI JIANG HU.

Quotes
  • "I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'"
  • "The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering"
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