Jet Li profile
Actor profile

Jet Li

26th April 1963 Beijing, China Acting

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.

63 Movies 9 TV Shows 72 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sly poster
Sly 16th September 2023 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mulan 4th September 2020 as The Emperor
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War 24th August 2007 as Rogue
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Hero 19th December 2002 as Nameless
The One poster
The One 2nd November 2001 as Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
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Black Mask 7th November 1996 as Tsui Chik / Black Mask