Jet Li
Acting • Born 1963-04-26
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.
Filmography
71 credits
Hero
Movie • 2002
Nameless
Lethal Weapon 4
Movie • 1998
Wah Sing Ku
Romeo Must Die
Movie • 2000
Han Sing
Kiss of the Dragon
Movie • 2001
Liu Jian
Unleashed
Movie • 2005
Danny
The Forbidden Kingdom
Movie • 2008
The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Movie • 2008
Han
Shaolin Temple
Movie • 1982
Gong Yuen (Jue Yuan)
Jet Li's Shaolin Style
Movie • 1988
Contract Killer
Movie • 1998
Fred
Once Upon a Time in China
Movie • 1991
Wong Fei Hung
Once Upon a Time in China III
Movie • 1993
Wong Fei Hung
Once Upon a Time in China II
Movie • 1992
Wong Fei Hung
Once Upon a Time in China and America
Movie • 1997
Wong Fei Hung
Cradle 2 the Grave
Movie • 2003
Su
War
Movie • 2007
Rogue
The One
Movie • 2001
Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
The Kung Fu Cult Master
Movie • 1993
张无忌
Tai-Chi Master
Movie • 1993
Zhang Jun Bao
The Master
Movie • 1992
Kit
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
Movie • 1996
Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit
Fearless
Movie • 2006
Huo Yuanjia
Oriental Hero
Movie • 1995
Black Mask
Movie • 1996
Tsui Chik / Black Mask
The Expendables
Movie • 2010
Yin Yang
Dragon Fight
Movie • 1989
Jimmy Lee Kwok Lap
The Warlords
Movie • 2007
General Pang Qingyun
Kids from Shaolin
Movie • 1984
San Lung
Martial Arts of Shaolin
Movie • 1986
Lin Zhi Ming
Born to Defence
Movie • 1988
Jet
The Legend
Movie • 1993
Fong Sai-Yuk
The Legend II
Movie • 1993
Fong Sai Yuk
Fist of Legend
Movie • 1994
Chen Zhen
High Risk
Movie • 1995
Kit Li
The Legend of the Swordsman
Movie • 1992
Ling Wu Chung
The Bodyguard from Beijing
Movie • 1994
John Cheng
Legend of the Red Dragon
Movie • 1994
Hung Hei-Kwun
The Enforcer
Movie • 1995
Kung Wei
Last Hero in China
Movie • 1993
Wong Fei Hung
This Is Kung Fu
Movie • 1983
Self
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Movie • 2011
Chow Wai-on
Ocean Heaven
Movie • 2010
Wang Xingchang
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Movie • 2011
Fa Hai
The Expendables 2
Movie • 2012
Yin Yang
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Movie • 2010
Self
The Expendables 3
Movie • 2014
Yin Yang
Badges of Fury
Movie • 2013
Huang Feihong
Shaolin Kung Fu
Movie • 1994
actor
Dragons of the Orient
Movie • 1988
Self
The Founding of a Republic
Movie • 2009
Chen Shaokuan
Sly
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
League of Gods
Movie • 2016
Jiang Ziya
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
Movie • 2026
Chang Guiren
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Movie • 2003
Self
Guardians of Martial Arts
Movie • 2017
Old Servant
Modern Warriors
Movie • 2002
Self
Lucky Way
Movie • 1992
Self
Abbot Hai Teng of Shaolin
Movie • 1985
Self
Mulan
Movie • 2020
The Emperor
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Movie • 2003
Self
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Movie • 2004
Self
Nonstop
Movie
Lucky Way
Movie • 1992
Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon
Movie • 1999
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
One Sword Sweeps All
TV • 2017
Ren Lan Feng
鲁豫有约一日行
TV • 2016
Voice
TV • 2012
激荡·1978-2008
TV • 2008
Be My Guest
TV • 2006