Bruce Lee filmography

This article details the filmography of actor Bruce Lee.

Three of Bruce Lee's films (Enter the Dragon, Circle of Iron and Game of Death) premiered after his death.

Filmography

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1941	Golden Gate Girl	金門女		As an infant
1946	The Birth of Mankind	人类的诞生
1948	Wealth is Like a Dream	富貴浮雲
1949	Sai See in the Dream	夢裡西施	"Yam Lee"
1950	The Kid	細路祥	"Kid Cheung"	aka My Son, A Chung
1950	Infancy	人之初	"Ngau"
1953	A Myriad Homes	千萬人家
	Blame it on Father	父之過		aka Father's Fault
	The Guiding Light	苦海明燈	"Son as teenager"
	A Mother's Tears	慈母淚
	In the Face of Demolition	危樓春曉
1955	An Orphan's Tragedy	孤星血淚	"Frank Wong (child)"
	Orphan's Song	孤兒行
	Love	愛
	Love Part 2	愛(下集)
	We Owe It to Our Children	兒女債
1956	The Wise Guys Who Fool Around	詐痲納福
	Too Late For Divorce	早知當初我唔嫁
1957	The Thunderstorm	雷雨	"Chow Chung"	based on play Lei Yu by Cao Yu
	Darling Girl	甜姐兒	"Student friend" / "Dancing partner"
1960	The Orphan	人海孤鴻	"Sam"
1969	Marlowe	醜聞喋血	"Winslow Wong" Action Director
	The Wrecking Crew	風流特務勇破迷魂陣	Action Director
1970	A Walk in the Spring Rain	春雨漫步	Action Director
1971	The Big Boss	唐山大兄	"Cheng Chao-an" Action Director	Fights against a drug lord in Thailand. aka Fists of Fury
1972	Fist of Fury	精武門	"Chen Zhen" Action Director	Fights against Japanese tyrants to avenge his master in Shanghai. aka The Chinese Connection
	Fist of Unicorn	麒麟掌	"Martial Artist" Action Director	Fight Choreographer and unintended cameo appearance Bruce Lee (Unintended cameo), Bruce Lee only make brief appearance at the behind-the-scene where he rehearsing the actors and stuntman. aka The Unicorn Palm Bruce Lee wasn't actually meant to be in Fist of Unicorn. He was only on set doing action choreography as a favor to long-time friend, Unicorn Chan. The producers filmed Bruce Lee working, and edited the footage into the film. Lee was reportedly less than impressed.
	The Way of the Dragon	猛龍過江	"Tang Lung" Director Action Director Producer Screenwriter	Fights crime in Rome, Italy. Released after 'Enter the Dragon' in the U.S.; hence the title Return of the Dragon
	The Game of Death	死亡的遊戲	"Hai Tien" Director Action Director Producer Screenwriter	Lee died before he finished his film. It was later pieced together with a different plot in 1978.

Note: The title The Chinese Connection (a play on the then-recently released The French Connection) was originally intended for The Big Boss due to the drugs theme of the story and Fists of Fury was intended for Fist of Fury. When it was exported, the titles somehow got switched.

Released posthumously

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1973	Enter the Dragon	龍爭虎鬥	"Mr. Lee" Action Director Writer	Sent as a spy into a tournament, hosted by a rogue-monk-turned-drug lord. Released 6 days after Lee's death.
1978	Circle of Iron		co-writer	Film co-written by Bruce Lee who was seeking to illustrate the differences between Oriental and Western philosophies. (Originally titled The Silent Flute)
1978	Game of Death	死亡遊戲	"Billy Lo" Incomplete original Footage from 1972 plus Stock Footage from Enter the Dragon and other films	There are two versions of this film, each one with a different plot (the original from an incomplete 1972 film, and the 1978 build doing a "footage mashup"). The original finally was released as a short-film in the year 2000.
1981	Game of Death II	死亡塔	"Billy Lo"/"Lee Chen Chiang" Stock Footage from Enter the Dragon and other films	aka Tower of Death Unrelated to the first Game of Death, marketed as Sequel in the U.S.

Documentaries

Year	Documentary Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1973	Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend	李小龍的生與死	Updated in 1984 and retitled Bruce Lee, the Legend.
	The Last Days of Bruce Lee
1974	Kung Fu Killers
1976	Bruce Lee, The Legend	李小龍的生與死(下)	Golden Harvest tribute, focused on their films starring him. Featured on the Hong Kong Legends Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend DVD.
1977	The Real Bruce Lee
1990	The Best of the Martial Arts Films	金裝武術電影大全
	Bruce Lee - Best of the Best
1992	Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania
1993	Top Fighter
	The Life of Bruce Lee
	Bruce Lee: The Curse of the Dragon		Included on Enter the Dragon DVDs and Blu-rays.
	Death by Misadventure
1994	Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview
	Cinema of Vengeance		History of martial arts cinema, with clips of Bruce.
	Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon		Biography episode, available on DVD.
1998	Bruce Lee: The Path of the Dragon
	Bruce Lee: In His Own Words		Featurette on Enter the Dragon DVDs and Blu-rays.
	Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts
	The Immortal Masters
	Jackie Chan: My Story	成龍的傳奇
1999	Century Hero
	Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2
2000	Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey	李小龍：勇士的旅程	Found as special feature on the 2004 DVD release of Enter the Dragon. Also on HD DVD and Blu-ray.
	Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibōteki Yūgi	Bruce Lee in G.O.D 死亡的遊戲
2001	The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2002	Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
	The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture	功夫片歲月
	Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
	Modern Warriors
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu	電影香江：功夫世家
2004	Dragon: Since 1973	龍：一九七三以後
2009	Sebring
2011	I Am Bruce Lee
2013	Fighter of Death

Note: All the documentaries listed here were produced after Lee's death, therefore all the Lee footage are composed of archive footage and some never-before-seen footage.

Television appearances

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Role	Country & Channel	Notes
1966	The Green Hornet	青蜂侠	"Kato"	USA - ABC	aka The Kato Show (Hong Kong title) 1966-1967
	Where the Action Is		Himself	USA - ABC
1967	Batman	蝙蝠俠	"Kato"	USA - ABC	Visiting Hero Episodes The Spell of Tut, A Piece of the Action and Batman's Satisfaction
	Ironside	無敵鐵探長	"Leon Soo"	USA - NBC	Guest star Episode Tagged for Murder
1968	Blondie		"Martial Arts Instructor"	USA - CBS	Guest star Episode Pick on Someone Your Own Size
1969	Here Come the Brides	新娘駕到	"Lin"	USA - ABC	Guest star Episode Marriage, Chinese Style
1970	Enjoy Yourself Tonight	歡樂今宵	Himself	Hong Kong - TVB
1971	Longstreet	血灑長街	"Li Tsung" Fight choreographer	USA - ABC	Appeared in 4 episodes: The Way of the Intercepting Fist, Spell Legacy Like Death, Wednesday's Child and I See, Said the Blind Man,
	The Pierre Berton Show		Himself	Canada - Screen Gems
1972	Enjoy Yourself Tonight	歡樂今宵	Himself	Hong Kong - TVB
1993	Fame in the Twentieth Century		Himself	UK - BBC
1999	Famous Families		Himself	USA - FOX	Episode The Lees: Action Speaks Louder
2003	I Love the '70s		"Lee"	USA - MTV
2007	La Rentadora		Himself	Spain - TV3	Episode Be Water My Friend

Note: All the series produced after Lee's death (1973) feature archival footage of Lee.

Video games

Year	Video Game Title	Role	Notes
1984	Bruce Lee	Himself
1989	Bruce Lee Lives	Himself
1993	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
2002	Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon	Himself
2003	Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend	Himself
2010	Bruce Lee: Dragon Warrior	Himself	Smartphone game; Limited release
2011	KungFu Warrior	Himself	Smartphone game
2014	EA Sports UFC	Himself	PS4 and Xbox One game
2014	Bruce Lee: Enter The Game	Himself	Smartphone game

External links

• Bruce Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• Bruce Lee at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Bruce Lee at Hong Kong Cinemagic