Jet Li
Biography
Li Lianjie (李连杰, born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist, actor, film producer, wushu champion, and international film star who was born in Beijing, China, and who has currently taken up Singapore citizenship. After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from wushu at age 17, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time In China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung. Li's first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, most recently starring beside Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. Recently, he appeared in the 2010 film The Expendables.
Known For
Nameless
英雄
Wah Sing Ku
Lethal Weapon 4
Han Sing
Romeo Must Die
Liu Jian
Kiss of the Dragon
Danny
Unleashed
The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
The Forbidden Kingdom
Han
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Gong Yuen (Jue Yuan)
少林寺
Jet Li's Shaolin Style
Fred
殺手之王
Wong Fei Hung
黃飛鴻
Wong Fei Hung
黃飛鴻之三：獅王爭霸
Wong Fei Hung
黃飛鴻之西域雄獅
Wong Fei Hung
黃飛鴻之二：男兒當自強
Su
Cradle 2 the Grave
Rogue
War
Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
The One
Chang Mo-Kei
倚天屠龍記之魔教教主
Zhang Jun Bao
太极张三丰
Kit
黃飛鴻'92之龍行天下
Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit
冒險王
Huo Yuanjia
霍元甲
東方大俠
Tsui Chik / Black Mask
黑俠
Yin Yang
The Expendables
Jimmy Lee Kwok Lap
龍在天涯
General Pang Qingyun
投名狀
Lin Zhi Ming
南北少林
San Lung
少林小子
Jet
中華英雄
Fong Sai-Yuk
方世玉
Chen Zhen
精武英雄
Fong Sai Yuk
方世玉續集
Kit Li
鼠膽龍威
Hung Hei-Kwun
洪熙官之少林五祖
John Cheng
中南海保鑣
Ling Wu Chung
笑傲江湖II東方不敗
Kung Wei
給爸爸的信
Wong Fei Hung
黃飛鴻之鐵雞鬥蜈蚣
Self
Zhong hua wu shu
Chow Wai-on
龍門飛甲
Wang Xingchang
海洋天堂
Fa Hai
白蛇传说
Yin Yang
The Expendables 2
Self
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Yin Yang
The Expendables 3
Huang Feihong
不二神探
Self
少林真功夫
actor
少林真功夫
Self
東方巨龍
(archive footage)
Top Fighter
Chen Shaokuan
建国大业
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sly
Jiang Ziya
封神传奇
镖人
Self
电影香江之功夫世家
Old Servant
功守道
Self
Modern Warriors
Self
大八掛
Self
少林海燈大師
The Emperor
Mulan
Self
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Self
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Nonstop
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-04-26
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Also Known As
Lianjie Li