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Legendary martial arts actor. Bruce's parents were touring the US as part of an opera company when he was born. They soon returned to Hong Kong, where he was raised and became a child star. He also became quite skilled in kung fu. When he was 18, he returned to the US and enrolled in the University of Washington. He also started teaching kung fu to make money. By now he had developed his own style of kung fu, which he called Jeet Kune Do and opened his own school. Soon he dropped out of school and moved to Oakland to open his second school. He was cast in the role of Kato in the short-lived Green Hornet TV series. After being snubbed for the Kung Fu TV series, Bruce returned to Hong Kong where he filmed The Big Boss and Fists of Fury. He even scripted and directed his own film, Way of the Dragon (later retitled as Return of the Dragon). Hollywood finally called him back to star in Enter the Dragon, which would become the most successful; martial arts films of all time. Tragically, Bruce died of a brain edema before the movie's premiere. His wife edited Bruce's notes about his style of kung fu into a book titled Tao of Jeet Kune Do.

Jet was trained in wu shu from a young age, winning many national championships. His first film was Shaolin Temple, which made an instant star. He acted in a few additional Chinese movies, even directing one before hooking up with Hong Kong director Tsui Hark, who cast him in the starring role for Once Upon a Time in China. It was a huge hit that where he would star in three of its five sequels. Other film credits include Swordsman II, Fist of Legend. He starred in his first American movie with Romeo Must Die, It was followed by Kiss of the Dragon, The One, Cradle 2 the Grave.

John studied Peking Opera in Hong Kong and studied acting and music in Pasadena. He starred in and choreographed David Henry Hwang's FOB play, for which he won an Obie Award. He starred in the title role of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor. Later film credits include Iceman, The Shadow, and The Hunted.

In the 1960s, Lisa appeared in several American movies starting with The Mountain Road before returning to Asia in the 1970s to star in a number of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, including a memorable in The Empress Dowager. She also appeared in the short lived TV series The King and I. She was cast again as the Empress Dowager in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor. She also appeared in the screen adaptation of The Joy Luck Club.