Jet Li

Acting · Born 1963-04-26 in Beijing, China

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…

Filmography

• Hero as Nameless
• Unleashed as Danny
• Contract Killer as Fred
• Once Upon a Time in China as Wong Fei Hung
• Once Upon a Time in China II as Wong Fei Hung
• Tai-Chi Master as Zhang Jun Bao
• Fearless as Huo Yuanjia
• Fist of Legend as Chen Zhen
• Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert as Chang Guiren

TV

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• 鲁豫有约一日行
• 激荡·1978-2008