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Jet Li

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Jet Li

Born Apr 26, 1963 · 63 years74 titles 66 movies · 8 TV
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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.

Also known as

Lianjie Li · Li Lianjie · Jet Li Lian-Jie · Jet Li · リー・リンチェイ

Born

Apr 26, 1963

Beijing, China

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

73

Acting credits

1

Directing

1

Writing

13

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1982 1 title(s)

1983 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1988 3 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 4 title(s)

1993 7 title(s)

1994 4 title(s)

1995 3 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2001 3 title(s)

2002 3 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2006 2 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 3 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2010 3 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)