Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1963-04-26 (Age: 63)
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Jet Li
Biography
Li Lianjie (ζθΏζ°, 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.
Filmography (62)
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
2026
Sly
2023
Mulan
2020
Guardians of Martial Arts
2017
League of Gods
2016
The Expendables 3
2014
Badges of Fury
2013
The Expendables 2
2012
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
2011
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
2011
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
The Expendables
2010
Ocean Heaven
2010
The Founding of a Republic
2009
