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Jet Li
Known for: ActingLi 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.
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Hero
as Nameless 
Mulan
+2
as The Emperor 
The Expendables
+6
as Yin Yang 
The Expendables 3
+8
as Yin Yang 
The Expendables 2
+6
as Yin Yang 
Lethal Weapon 4
+4
as Wah Sing Ku 
Contract Killer
+3
as Fu 
Blades of the Guardians
as Lord Chang 
War
+2
as Rogue 
Unleashed
as Danny 
Romeo Must Die
+2
as Han Sing 
The Forbidden Kingdom
+6
as The Silent Monk / The Monkey King 
Cradle 2 the Grave
+2
as Su 
Kiss of the Dragon
as Liu Jian 
Fearless
as Huo Yuanjia 
The One
+3
as Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless 
Fist of Legend
+3
as Chen Zhen 
The Bodyguard from Beijing
+3
as John Cheng 
The Warlords
as General Pang Qingyun 
Legend of the Red Dragon
+2
as Hung Hei-Kwun 
The Enforcer
as Kung Wei 
Once Upon a Time in China
+2
as Wong Fei Hung 
Shaolin Temple
as Gong Yuen (Jue Yuan) 
Kung Fu Cult Master
as 张无忌 
Once Upon a Time in China and America
as Wong Fei Hung 
The Legend II
+1
as Fong Sai Yuk 
Once Upon a Time in China II
as Wong Fei Hung 
Once Upon a Time in China III
+1
as Wong Fei Hung 
Badges of Fury
+3
as Huang Feihong 
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
as Fa Hai 
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
as Chow Wai-on 
The Legend
as Fong Sai-Yuk 
Last Hero in China
as Wong Fei Hung 
High Risk
+3
as Kit Li 
Born to Defence
as Jet 
Tai-Chi Master
+1
as Zhang Jun Bao 
Black Mask
as Tsui Chik / Black Mask 
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 
League of Gods
as Jiang Ziya 
The Master
as Kit 
The Legend of the Swordsman
+1
as Ling Wu Chung 
Martial Arts of Shaolin
+1
as Lin Zhi Ming 
The Founding of a Republic
as Chen Shaokuan 
Kids from Shaolin
as San Lung 
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
as Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit 
Ocean Heaven
as Wang Xingchang 
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
as Self 
Modern Warriors
+2
as Self 
Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon
as Self 
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
as Self 
This Is Kung Fu
as Self