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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.
Filmography 52
Hero
+1
as Nameless 
Mulan
+4
as The Emperor 
The Expendables
+3
as Yin Yang 
The Expendables 3
+4
as Yin Yang 
The Expendables 2
+5
as Yin Yang 
Lethal Weapon 4
+3
as Wah Sing Ku 
Blades of the Guardians
+3
as Lord Chang 
Romeo Must Die
+3
as Han Sing 
The Forbidden Kingdom
+14
as The Silent Monk / The Monkey King 
Cradle 2 the Grave
+6
as Su 
War
+13
as Rogue 
Kiss of the Dragon
+3
as Liu Jian 
Fearless
+3
as Huo Yuanjia 
Unleashed
+3
as Danny 
The One
+7
as Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless 
Fist of Legend
+14
as Chen Zhen 
The Bodyguard from Beijing
+11
as John Cheng 
The Warlords
+6
as General Pang Qingyun 
Contract Killer
+15
as Fu 
Legend of the Red Dragon
+11
as Hung Hei-Kwun 
The Enforcer
as Kung Wei 
Once Upon a Time in China
+7
as Wong Fei Hung 
Shaolin Temple
+5
as Gong Yuen (Jue Yuan) 
Kung Fu Cult Master
as 张无忌 
Once Upon a Time in China and America
+1
as Wong Fei Hung 
The Legend II
+10
as Fong Sai Yuk 
Once Upon a Time in China II
+2
as Wong Fei Hung 
Once Upon a Time in China III
+3
as Wong Fei Hung 
Badges of Fury
+15
as Huang Feihong 
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
+14
as Fa Hai 
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
+14
as Chow Wai-on 
The Legend
+5
as Fong Sai-Yuk 
Last Hero in China
+2
as Wong Fei Hung 
High Risk
+11
as Kit Li 
Born to Defence
+9
as Jet 
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 
Tai-Chi Master
+11
as Zhang Jun Bao 
Black Mask
as Tsui Chik / Black Mask 
League of Gods
+3
as Jiang Ziya 
The Master
+1
as Kit 
The Legend of the Swordsman
+8
as Ling Wu Chung 
Martial Arts of Shaolin
+4
as Lin Zhi Ming 
The Founding of a Republic
as Chen Shaokuan 
Kids from Shaolin
+2
as San Lung 
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
+1
as Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit 
Ocean Heaven
as Wang Xingchang 
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
as Self 
Modern Warriors
+8
as Self 
Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon
+3
as Self 
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
as Self 
This Is Kung Fu
as Self