Bruce Lee

Martial artist and actor who transformed global martial-arts cinema.

Bruce Lee worked in mid-twentieth-century Hong Kong and the United States as a martial artist, teacher, actor, writer, choreographer, and transnational film figure until his death in 1973. His public contribution includes development of Jeet Kune Do as an adaptive training philosophy, influential screen combat, critique of rigid style loyalty, and expansion of Asian male representation in global media.