- Growing up in Bruce's shadow wasn't always easy for the younger Lee. As a child, Brandon was about to sign up with a local martial-arts studio...until he noticed a large poster of his dad on the wall. Brandon ran from the dojo in tears. Later, as a teenager, he was kicked out of two different high-schools (once after an "altercation" with the vice-principal) and dropping out of a third. After giving up on high school, Lee took some time to clear his head and spent a year hitchhiking around the United States in '82 before giving high school one last shot by writing and passing a high school equivalency test.
- The manner of his death is as follows: Michael Massee, the actor portraying Funboy, was required to fire a .44 magnum revolver loaded with blanks at Lee. The revolver had been inspected days earlier for a previously filmed scene in which it was not fired but needed to be seen loaded. Dummy rounds are used for this, which have a bullet, a spent primer, but no powder. One of the dummy rounds had a bullet, a live primer, and no powder. When test-fired, the primer propelled the bullet into the barrel, where it stopped. The gun was then rechecked, but no anomalies were found because the primer was now spent and the barrel was not inspected. Then, when filming the fateful scene days later, the same gun was used with blanks. Blanks are fully charged rounds with no bullets, but there was a bullet in the barrel. The blank round propelled it into Lee's abdomen just as if he had been shot with a live .44 magnum round. Michael Massee spent a year, devastated by what happened, deciding whether or not to return to acting.
- He was a troubled youngster but an outstanding surrogate-parent. When his actress-sister Shannon Lee was arrested for underage-joyriding in their mom's car, Brandon sat Shannon down and gave her a classic "It's Okay To Have Fun But Don't Ever Take It Too Far" lecture. Indeed, Shannon claims that if Brandon had lived to see her wedding day, he would have walked her down the aisle.
- He was offered the chance to play his dad in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993). Understandably, he turned it down so he could star in The Crow (1994). The film was later dedicated to his memory.
- Was Lana and Lilly Wachowski's original choice and source of inspiration for the character of Thomas "Neo" Anderson in The Matrix (1999).
- Dedication at the end of Lee's last film, The Crow (1994), reads "For Brandon and Eliza (Hutton)".
- Was first asked to play the role of Bruce Lee in his father's biopic. The role was later given to Jason Scott Lee.
- There was already a sequel planned to Rapid Fire (1992) as part of a 3 picture deal with Fox, which was going to be called 'Simon Says'. Actress, Angela Bassett was originally slated to work with Lee in the sequel. However, Lee passed away in March of '93 & the script was rewritten into Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).
- Son of Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Cadwell.
- Brandon eventually started to study martial arts around the age of 19, and because he was naturally coordinated he was able to pick it up quickly. He studied at the Inosanto Academy with Dan Inosanto and picked up proficiency in Wing Chun, Shaolin Kung-Fu, Muay Thai and Jeet Kune Do, and while he enjoyed martial arts it was not his life's passion. Brandon studied martial arts because he kept being asked to do action films, but ultimately wanted to be a real actor and not be stuck in action roles.
- One day in '90 at Echo Park, Lee arrived home while a burglar was robbing his house. He chased him around the house till the burglar grabbed a kitchen knife. Lee disarmed the burglar by dislocating his shoulder, breaking his arm, nose, and jaw. The burglar received two years for breaking and entering and attempted robbery.
- Was set to be married to Eliza Hutton in Ensenada, Mexico on April 17, 1993. For the wedding, the pair planned to take a bus load of friends and family, 100 in total, over the border into Mexico, where they planned to marry at sunset on the walkway to the beach. They also had booked out an entire hotel, in Rosarito for their guests.
- Spoke Cantonese.
- Was engaged to Eliza Hutton. Prior to his death.
- Older brother of Shannon Lee.
- Brandon's father was of Chinese, and some European (usually described as German), descent. Brandon's mother, who is caucasian, has English, Irish, Swedish, and Dutch ancestry. Brandon was born with blond hair. As he aged, his hair color changed to brown.
- Stan Lee wanted to make a Shang Chi film or series with Lee in the title role and even met with Lee to discuss the project.
- His Chinese star sign is the Dragon. He was born on Chinese New Year's eve, last day of the dragon.
- Interred at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Lived in Hong Kong for a couple of years as a little boy.
- Lee's favorite movies were Harold and Maude (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Last Tango in Paris (1972).
- He had hoped to move on to more traditional dramatic roles rather than exclusively playing action roles, citing Mel Gibson's career as an example of the kind of balance he wanted to have between action films and riskier parts.
- Nephew of Jan-Fai Lee
- Grandson of actor Hoi-Chuen Lee.
- He was trained in Jeet Kune Do, Yee Chun Tao, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Shaolin Kung Fu, Kali, Escrima and Muay Thai.
- Brandon loved nature and loved going camping with friends. From when he and his sister were young, their mom would take them on camping trips and he continued to love nature/camping as a teen/adult. When he was an adult, he would take his motorcycle and go on solo camping trips.
- The apple never falls far from the tree: Brandon played the character "Jake Lo" in Rapid Fire (1992); his father Bruce Lee played the character "Billy Lo" in Game of Death (1978).
- Lorenzo's Oil (1992) was the last film Lee saw.
- Actor Miguel Ferrer was a close to Brandon and served as a pallbearer at his funeral.
- His dream role was to play Eddie in the David Rabe play, "Hurlyburly".
- John Lee Hancock wrote the first draft of The Little Things (2021) back in '93. Lee wanted a role in the film after reading the script just before he died.
- Lee's favorite book was "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig.
- Brandon Lee was killed by a wad from a blank pistol. In a scene from Bruce Lee's 1978 film, "Game of Death," a prop man handling out blanks to some actors says,"These are blanks....There's a wad of paper that comes out and can injure someone.".
- Lee's friend, Miguel Ferrer, was in the band Seduction of the Innocent with Bill Mumy & mystery novelist Max Allan Collins. Seduction often performed in and around San Diego Comic-Con. Lee loved being around Seduction of the Innocent, and he played roadie for them at several gigs, and partied with them afterwards.
- Was born six days before his paternal grandfather, Lee Hoo-Chuen passed away at age 64.
- Brandon Lee was tragically killed on the set of The Crow, when a prop pistol accidentally shot him in the abdomen. Two decades earlier, Mel Novak who portrayed Stick the Assassin in Game of Death, shot Bruce Lee's character with a prop gun during a take.
- He did a play called Fullfed Beast by John Lee Hancock in '89. In '91, along with Hancock, George Davis, and Bill Allen, the four founded the now-defunct Legal Aliens Theatre Company in Los Angeles.
- Once dated Shannon Bradley-Colleary.
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