Jim Kelly (Jim Kelly), born in Kentucky on May 5, 1946 , is a martial artist, actor, and athlete.
Before joining the industry, he was an active athlete. He participated in American football, baseball and track and field teams. He began martial arts training in 1964 and moved to State of California after obtaining a black belt in karate. After winning a karate competition, he turned to join the film world and entered the end of the 1970s. As he wished, "Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting" was his second work, in which he played against Bruce Lee and Shi Jian. Jim Kelly once said in an interview that being able to work with Bruce Lee is one of the best experiences in his life and praised him for being a very good martial artist. In addition to "Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting", Jim Kelly starred in "Black Belt Raptors Brave Girl" and "Iron King Kong Dragon Tiger Leopard" have also been screened in Hong Kong.
Passed away at home due to cancer on June 29, 2013.
On July 19, 2018, Jim Kelly won the 26th ESPY Jimmy V Perseverance Award.
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Performing Experience
As an actor, he became famous in the collaboration with Bruce Lee in "Dragon Fight and Tiger Fight", and then starred in a series of blaxploitation movies with martial arts themes. After filming "One Down, Two to Go" in 1982, he faded out of the film industry. Then became a professional tennis player.
In 2004, he filmed the Nike commercial "Chamber of Fear" with NBA star James (the old man with nunchakus ). Kelly lives in the southern State of California and is a professional tennis coach.
Personal Life
On July 2, 2013, according to Hong Kong's Ming Pao news, Hollywood martial arts actor Jim Kelly (Jim Kelly), who performed Bruce Lee's masterpiece "Dragon Fight", died of cancer at his home in State of California on the 29th of last month at the age of 67. The news of his death was confirmed to the media by her ex-wife Marilyn Dishman. She also announced the news on her personal homepage, "Jim Kelly, formerly known as James Milton Kelly, passed away on June 29. He was my first husband, karate expert, actor, and My daughter's father".
Extended Reading
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Ayla
2021-12-08 08:01:43
[Film Review] Enter the Dragon (1973) 7.1/10
Released posthumously after Bruce Lee's untimely death at 32, ENTER THE DRAGON is an American and Hong Kong co-production that canonizes Lee's screen immortality, patterning after the au courant James Bond template, it whisks Lee, a Shaolin martial artist, under the aegis of British Intelligence...
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Makayla
2021-12-08 08:01:43
The ultimate goal of martial arts is intangible
Every time I watch a movie of Brother Xiaolong, I feel a little more respectful.
In terms of movies alone, movies of more than seven years, such quality, such stories, such plot arrangements, and such skills are already very, very good. Those actors are so ugly, that big pectoral muscles...
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Gerardo
2022-04-22 07:01:27
If you haven't seen a Bruce Lee movie, you can watch this one.
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Coralie
2021-12-08 08:01:43
Some people always think that watching this is watching an action fight. In fact, the scene design inside is full of deep meaning, and the editing is very tight and detailed. A sneak lens is not the kind that can hide a sturdy man with a few pixel shadows.
Enter the Dragon quotes
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Han:
The battle with the guards was magnificent. Your skill is extraordinary. And I was going to ask you to join us.
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Roper:
What's the matter? You on a diet?
Williams:
I'd like to eat, if I can find something I can keep down.