Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 26, 1963
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Credits
74 titles
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
Filmography
Blades of the Guardians
Lord Chang
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mulan
The Emperor
Guardians of Martial Arts
Old Servant
One Sword Sweeps All
Ren Lan Feng
鲁豫有约一日行
League of Gods
Jiang Ziya
The Expendables 3
Yin Yang
Badges of Fury
Huang Feihong
Voice
The Expendables 2
Yin Yang
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Chow Wai-on
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Fa Hai
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
The Expendables
Yin Yang
Ocean Heaven
Wang Xingchang
The Founding of a Republic
Chen Shaokuan
激荡·1978-2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Han
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
The Warlords
General Pang Qingyun
War
Rogue
Be My Guest
Fearless
Huo Yuanjia
Unleashed
Danny
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Self
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Self
Cradle 2 the Grave
Su
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Self
Hero
Nameless
Modern Warriors
Self
Jet Li Is 'The One'
Self
Invincible
Executive Producer
The One
Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
Kiss of the Dragon
Liu Jian
Romeo Must Die
Han Sing
Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon
Self
Lethal Weapon 4
Wah Sing Ku
Contract Killer
Fu
Once Upon a Time in China and America
Wong Fei Hung
Black Mask
Tsui Chik / Black Mask
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit
High Risk
Kit Li
The Enforcer
Kung Wei
Oriental Hero
Fist of Legend
Chen Zhen
The Bodyguard from Beijing
John Cheng
Shaolin Kung Fu
actor