Birth Day: 1963-04-26
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Li Lian Jie (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.
Credits
-
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
-
As The Emperor
-
As Old Servant
-
As Jiang Ziya
-
As Yin Yang
-
As Huang Feihong
-
As Yin Yang
-
As Fa Hai
-
As Chow Wai On
-
As Wang Xingchang
-
As Self
-
As Yin Yang
-
As Chen Shaokuan
-
As The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
-
As Han
-
As General Pang Qingyun
-
As Rogue
-
As Huo Yuanjia
-
As Danny
-
As Self
-
As Su
-
As Self
-
As Nameless
-
As Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
-
As Liu Jian
-
As Han Sing
-
As Wah Sing Ku
-
As Fu
-
As Wong Fei Hung
-
As Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit
-
As Tsui Chik / Black Mask
-
As Kit Li
-
As Kung Wei
-
As Himself
-
As Hung Hei-Kwun
-
As Chen Zhen
-
As John Cheng
-
As Himself
-
As Wong Fei Hung
-
As Chang Mo-Kei
-
As Wong Fei Hung
-
As Fong Sai-Yuk
-
As Shang Jun Biao
-
As Fong Sai Yuk
-
As Himself
-
As Jet
-
As Wong Fei Hung
-
As Ling Wu Chung
-
As Wong Fei Hung
-
As Jimmy Lee Kwok Lap
-
As actor
-
As Biographical role
-
As Jet
-
As Zhi Ming
-
As Himself
-
As San Lung
-
As Himself
-
As Gong Yuen / Jue Yuan