Jason Scott Lee (Chinese: æ Žæˆª; pinyin: LÇ Jié; born November 19,
1966) is an American actor and martial artist who is perhaps best
known for his roles as Bruce Lee (no relation) in the 1993 martial
arts film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live
action adaptation of The Jungle Book.Lee was born in Los Angeles. He
was raised in Hawaii and is of both Hawaiian and Chinese descent. He
attended school at Pearl City High School.Lee has been married to
Diana Lee since 2008.Lee started his acting career with small roles in
Born in East L.A. (1987) and Back to the Future Part II (1989). He
played his first leading role portraying Bruce Lee in the biopic
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993. Lee has trained in Bruce Lee's
martial art Jeet Kune Do since portraying Lee and continues to train
and became a certified instructor under former Bruce Lee student Jerry
Poteet. He played leading roles in other films such as Map of the
Human Heart (1993) and Rapa-Nui (1994). He starred as Mowgli in the
1994 live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book with
Lena Headey and John Cleese. Lee was originally considered for the
role of Liu Kang in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, but Lee turned down
the role and was replaced by Robin Shou. Lee played Caine 607 in the
1998 film Soldier, along with Kurt Russell and Mortal Kombat film
director Paul Anderson. In 2000 he played Aladdin in the miniseries
Arabian Nights. He did voice-over work for the 2002 Disney animated
adventure film Lilo & Stitch.
1966) is an American actor and martial artist who is perhaps best
known for his roles as Bruce Lee (no relation) in the 1993 martial
arts film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live
action adaptation of The Jungle Book.Lee was born in Los Angeles. He
was raised in Hawaii and is of both Hawaiian and Chinese descent. He
attended school at Pearl City High School.Lee has been married to
Diana Lee since 2008.Lee started his acting career with small roles in
Born in East L.A. (1987) and Back to the Future Part II (1989). He
played his first leading role portraying Bruce Lee in the biopic
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993. Lee has trained in Bruce Lee's
martial art Jeet Kune Do since portraying Lee and continues to train
and became a certified instructor under former Bruce Lee student Jerry
Poteet. He played leading roles in other films such as Map of the
Human Heart (1993) and Rapa-Nui (1994). He starred as Mowgli in the
1994 live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book with
Lena Headey and John Cleese. Lee was originally considered for the
role of Liu Kang in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, but Lee turned down
the role and was replaced by Robin Shou. Lee played Caine 607 in the
1998 film Soldier, along with Kurt Russell and Mortal Kombat film
director Paul Anderson. In 2000 he played Aladdin in the miniseries
Arabian Nights. He did voice-over work for the 2002 Disney animated
adventure film Lilo & Stitch.
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