Ranked #100 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Son of Hoi-Chuen Lee
Spoke English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese.
Suffered a serious back injury while attempting a good-morning. During his recuperation, he wrote several books on the martial arts.
There is a character in the anime and manga Shaman King that is very heavily based on him. Also a character inspired by a Lee like character appeared in the Yugioh manga.
To mark the occasion of what would have been Lee's 65th birthday (27 November 2005), a bronze statue of a topless Bruce adopting a martial arts stance was unveiled in Hong Kong, effectively kicking off a week-long Bruce Lee festival.
UFC President Dana White considers Bruce Lee as "the father of Mixed Martial Arts".
Was able to name every single karate term and performed them with dead accuracy.
Was an accomplished dancer and Hong Kong cha cha cha champion.
Was capable of doing push ups with a 250 pound man on his back and could do push-ups with only one finger.
Was constantly challenged by movie extras and other men seeking to gain fame by beating him in a fight.
Was only 160 pounds at his heaviest.
Was sought after for instruction by established martial artists such as Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris.
Weighed only 128 pounds at the time of his death.
When Elvis Presley's and Ed Parker's unfinished martial arts film "New Gladiators" was found in 2003, there was 20 minutes of Lee's demonstration at a martial arts display in the mid-'60s found along with it.
While "The Green Hornet" (1966) TV series was in production, Bruce made several promotional appearances as Kato, but made a point to never do the standard martial art stunts like breaking boards, which he felt had nothing to do with what martial arts are about.