Spirit of the Dragon (1992), a Cantonese drama series produced by ATV Home based loosely on Lee's life. The series starred Chinese American actor David Wu as Bruce Lee.
The Legend of Bruce Lee, a Chinese 50-episode series that aired on CCTV, beginning in October 2008; it was intended to promote Chinese culture alongside the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.[1] The series starred Hong Kong actor Danny Chan as Lee. It has been watched by over 400 million viewers in China, making it the most-watched Chinese television drama series of all time.
Ip Man 3 (2015), a film loosely based on Bruce Lee's mentor Ip Man, features Danny Chan Kwok-kwan again portraying Lee after previously starring as Lee in the 2008 television series The Legend of Bruce Lee. Chan played Lee again in Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019).
Bruce Lee: Dynamic Becoming – a book about Bruce Lee's philosophy.
Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit – a biography by Bruce Thomas.
Striking Thoughts – thoughts and quotes of Bruce Lee.
The Tao of Jeet Kune Do – a book assembled posthumously that expresses Bruce Lee's notes on martial arts and philosophy.
"On the Warrior's Path" by Daniele Bolelli (2003). The longest chapter of this book about martial arts philosophy is on Bruce Lee's philosophical legacy.
Unsettled Matters: The Life & Death of Bruce Lee, Tom Bleecker (former husband of Lee widow Linda Lee Cadwell), 1996, Gilderoy Publications, ISBN0-9653132-0-4.
Be Water, My Friend: The Early Years of Bruce Lee – a picture book for children, written by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee, featuring an account of Bruce Lee's childhood and early manhood, which the author says is basically factual.[7]
King Dragon: The World of Bruce Lee – written by Norman Borine.
In Super Mario RPG, when Mario is about to fight a boss, his comrade Mallow stops him and says "Who do you think you are, Bruce Lee. You can't go in there with your fists flying". This was removed in the 2023 remake.
Malibu Comics published a 6-issue comic book miniseries, Bruce Lee, in 1995, although the story was a purely fictional adventure and the titular character had little in common with the real-life Bruce Lee. It was written by Mike Baron (who had previously written three comic stories for NOW Comics' range of Green Hornet comic books about the version of Kato played by Lee on the 1966 television series) and drawn by Val Mayerik (who had drawn the second Kato miniseries).
Fei Long, from the Street Fighter video game series, is based on Bruce Lee. Li Long and Maxi from the Soul series and Long from Xuan Dou Zhi Wang as well.
Jann Lee, a Jeet Kun Do adherent from the video game series Dead or Alive is based heavily on Bruce Lee, adopting his battle cries, wardrobe choices, and fighting style. A cut scene shows Jann Lee watching what appears to be a Bruce Lee film as a boy.
Abyo, from the animated series Pucca, is also based on Bruce Lee.
Hitmonlee from the original Pokémon series is an allusion to Bruce Lee whose fighting style primarily used kicks.
Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star displays most of Bruce Lee's fighting mannerisms and weapon choices. Fist of the North Star illustrator Tetsuo Hara has said in an interview that Bruce Lee, along with Japanese actor Yūsaku Matsuda, served as template for Kenshiro's design.[8]
Lee Pai-Long from Shaman King is greatly modeled after Bruce Lee. He not only resembles Bruce Lee in appearance, but also shares many of his historical attributes as well as references, such as the movie adaptation of Fists of Fury being placed in the Shaman King storyline in manga format.
^Mochizuki, Ken; Illustrated by Dom Lee (2006). Be Water, My Friend: The Early Years of Bruce Lee. New York: Lee & Low Books. pp. Author's Note. ISBN1-58430-265-8.
