Jet Lee

Jet Li
Li at the World Economic Forum in 2009
Background information
Born	(1963-04-26) 26 April 1963 (age 54) Beijing, China
Other name(s)	李陽中 (Traditional) 李阳中 (Simplified) Lǐ Yángzhōng (Mandarin) Lei5 Joeng4 Zung1 (Cantonese) (Chinese producer pseudonym)
Occupation	Actor martial artist director film producer author
Years active	1982–2016
Spouse(s)	Huang Qiuyan (1987–1990) Nina Li Chi (1999–present)
Children	4 daughters: Si Taimi Jane Jada
Website	JetLi.com
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor 2008 The Warlords Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor 2006 Fearless Golden Horse Awards Special Award 1995 Other awards Shanghai Film Critics Awards 2008 Best Actor (The Warlords)

Jet Li
Jet Li's hand print and autograph at the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong.
Traditional Chinese	李連杰
Simplified Chinese	李连杰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Liánjié Wade–Giles Li Lien-chieh Yue: Cantonese IPA [le̬i lɪ̏ŋkìt] Jyutping Lei5 Lin4 Git6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李陽中
Simplified Chinese	李阳中
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Yángzhōng Wade–Giles Li Yang-chung IPA [lì jǎŋʈʂʊ́ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lee Yeung Chong IPA [le̬i jœ̏ŋtsʊ́ŋ] Jyutping Lei5 Joeng4 Zung1

Li Lianjie (born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen.

After three years of training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from Wushu at age 19, 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 as the lead in director Zhang Yimou's 2002 Hero, Fist of Legend which is the best acclaimed Li movie by Rotten Tomatoes, and the Once Upon a Time in China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.

Li's first role in a non-Chinese film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and his first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many action films, including in French cinema with Luc Besson Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The One (2001), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, all three of The Expendables films with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).