Aaron's Sports History Highlights
Brandon Lee (1965-1993) was born in Oakland, California to legendary film and martial arts icon Bruce Lee and wife Linda Lee Cadwell. As soon as he learned how to walk, Bruce started training him in the martial arts, mainly Jeet Kune Do, a style that Bruce had invented. At 6 six years old Brandon could break boards.
Brandon was very close to his father. It was very hard for Brandon to have friends when he was younger because all the kids were scared of his house. They always heard the yells and noises coming from the Lee home, which was Bruce and his students and friends practicing. Which again must have been a bit scary for kids, but Brandon was used to this.
Since the beginning, Brandon was drawn towards performing. He always wanted to be an actor and pursued that from a very young age. It was very difficult for him to get any roll outside the martial arts. His first professional acting job came at the age of 20 when he appeared in the CBS television film Kung Fu: The Movie in 1986.
Brandon had to travel to Hong Kong in order to make his feature film debut, starring in Legacy of Rage (1988). Brandon finally made his American feature film debut in Showdown in Little Tokyo in which he played a cop. Brandon then landed a major starring role, that of Jake Lo in Rapid Fire, written with Brandon Lee in mind. Brandon also helped work on Rapid Fire's fight choreography to bring some Hong Kong Movie Flair to the film.
On February 1st, 1992 production of The Crow began. Brandon was thrilled to be in this movie. He even lost weight to fit the skinny rocker look need for his character
He died after a shooting accident on the set of The Crow, 17 days before he was to be married to his fiancée, Eliza Hutton. Brandon Lee was buried next to his father.
