Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco but was raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. Lee emigrated to the United States at the age of 18 and receive higher education. It was during this time that he began teaching martial arts, which soon led to film and television roles.
The direction and tone of Lee’s films has changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films not only in Hong Kong but also the rest of the world. He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films: Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973), directed by Robert Clouse; and The Game of Death (1978), directed by Robert Clouse.
Lee became an iconic figure known throughout the world, particularly among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese nationalism in his films. He initially trained in Wing Chun, but he later rejected well-defined martial art styles, favouring instead to use techniques from various sources in the spirit of his personal martial arts philosophy, which he dubbed Jeet Kune Do (The Way of the Intercepting Fist).
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