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Brandon Lee

1965 - 1993

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Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist. Establishing himself as a rising action star in the early 1990s, he landed his breakthrough role as Eric Draven in the supernatural superhero film The Crow (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brandon Lee has received more than 22,146,465 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Brandon Lee is the 430th most popular actor (down from 356th in 2019), the 780th most popular biography from United States (down from 675th in 2019) and the 216th most popular American Actor.

Brandon Lee was most famous for being the son of Bruce Lee, an American martial artist and actor. He also starred in a few films, including "The Crow" and "Rapid Fire." He died tragically on the set of "The Crow" when he was shot by a prop gun that was loaded with real bullets.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brandon Lees by language

Over the past year Brandon Lee has had the most page views in the with 2,371,568 views, followed by Spanish (355,142), and Russian (316,627). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (635.98%), (549.07%), and Malay (357.66%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brandon Lee ranks 430 out of 13,578. Before him are Bourvil, Donald Pleasence, Jean Harlow, Charlie Sheen, Nebahat Çehre, and Jean-Pierre Léaud. After him are Heath Ledger, Cillian Murphy, Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Riva, David McCallum, and Mark Hamill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Brandon Lee ranks 13. Before him are Mads Mikkelsen, Tedros Adhanom, Gheorghe Hagi, Hans-Dieter Flick, Björk, and Charlie Sheen. After him are Robert Downey Jr., Laurent Blanc, Dragan Stojković, José Luis Chilavert, Waris Dirie, and Gong Li. Among people deceased in 1993, Brandon Lee ranks 24. Before him are Albert Sabin, Inge Lehmann, Polykarp Kusch, Kōbō Abe, Bill Bixby, and Wolfgang Paul. After him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, W. Edwards Deming, Lillian Gish, and Cantinflas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brandon Lee ranks 780 out of 20,380. Before him are Stan Kroenke (1947), James E. Webb (1906), Jules Dassin (1911), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), David J. Wineland (1944), and Jim Jones (1931). After him are Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Joe DiMaggio (1914), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Robert McNamara (1916), Dalton Trumbo (1905), and Judith Butler (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brandon Lee ranks 216. Before him are Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Randy Quaid (1950), James Woods (1947), Roy Scheider (1932), Jean Harlow (1911), and Charlie Sheen (1965). After him are Mark Hamill (1951), John Goodman (1952), Frances McDormand (1957), Pat Morita (1932), Renée Zellweger (1969), and Robert Wagner (1930).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Crow
Eric Draven
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.
May 11o 19947.51 / 10
Rapid Fire
Jake Lo
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Aug 21o 19926.4 / 10
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Johnny Murata
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
Aug 23o 19916.4 / 10