<P> Lee returned to Los Angeles in 1985, where he worked for Ruddy Morgan Productions as a script reader, doing an uncredited cameo in the action film Crime Killer (1985) starring George Pan Andreas . He was asked to audition for a role by casting director Lyn Stalmaster and got his first credited acting role in Kung Fu: The Movie, a feature - length television movie which was a follow - up to the 1970s television series Kung Fu . The film aired on ABC on February 1, 1986, which was also Lee's 21st birthday . In Kung Fu: The Movie, Lee played Chung Wang, the suspected son of Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine). Lee's real - life father was originally considered to play the leading role in the Kung Fu TV series . </P> <P> Lee got his first leading film role later that year in the Hong Kong action crime thriller Legacy of Rage in which he starred alongside Michael Wong, Regina Kent and Mang Hoi (look - alike of film star Yuen Biao). It also featured a cameo appearance by Bolo Yeung who appeared in his father's film, Enter the Dragon . Made in Cantonese and directed by Ronny Yu, it was the only film Lee made in Hong Kong . He was also nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer in this role . </P> <P> In 1987, Lee starred in the unsold television pilot Kung Fu: The Next Generation which aired on CBS Summer Playhouse and was another follow - up to the Kung Fu TV series . In this film the story moved to the present day, and centered on the story of Johnny Caine (Lee), the great - grandson of Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine). </P> <P> In 1988, Lee made a guest appearance alongside Pat Morita in an episode of the short - lived American television series Ohara, playing a villainous character named Kenji . In the summer of 1988, Lee also started filming his first English - language B - grade action film, Laser Mission; it was filmed cheaply in South Africa, and was eventually released on the European market in 1990 . </P>

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