Bruce Lee, a Chinese-American martial artist and actor, was born in San Francisco, California, in 1940.
Bruce Jun Fan Lee was born in San Francisco, California in 1940, when his parents were on tour with the Chinese Opera. Bruce Lee, who was reared in Hong Kong, was a child actor who appeared in over 20 films. Bruce began studying wing chun gung fu at the age of 13 under renowned wing chun instructor Yip Man. Hollywood took note, and Bruce was soon making the first Hollywood/Hong Kong coproduction, Enter the Dragon.
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