Li Lian Jie (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.
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
as The Emperor
2017
as Old Servant
2017
as Ren Lan Feng
2016
as Jiang Ziya
2014
as Yin Yang
2013
as Huang Feihong
2012
as Yin Yang
2011
as Chow Wai On
2011
as Fa Hai
2010
as Self
2010
as Yin Yang
2010
as Wang Xingchang
2009
as Chen Shaokuan
2008
2008
as Han
2008
as The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
2007
as General Pang Qingyun
2007
as Rogue
2006
as Huo Yuanjia
2005
as Danny
2003
as Su
2003
as Self
2002
as Self
2002
as Nameless
2001
as Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
2001
as Liu Jian
2000
as Han Sing
1998
as Wah Sing Ku
1998
as Fu
1997
as Wong Fei Hung
1996
as Tsui Chik / Black Mask
1996
as Wai Bok Si / Chow Si Kit
1995
as Kit Li
1995
as (archive footage)
1995
as Kung Wei
1995
1994
as Chen Zhen
1994
as John Cheng
1994
as Himself
1994
as Hung Hei-Kwun
1993
as Chang Mo-Kei
1993
as Zhang Jun Bao
1993
as footage from 'Swordsman 2'
1993
as Fong Sai Yuk
1993
as Wong Fei Hung
1993
as Fong Sai-Yuk
1993
as Wong Fei Hung
1992
as Ling Wu Chung
1992
as Himself
1992
as Jet
1992
as Wong Fei Hung
1991
as Wong Fei Hung
1989
as Jimmy Lee Kwok Lap
1989
as actor
1988
as Jet
1988
1988
as Biographical role
1986
as Lin Zhi Ming
1985
as Himself
1984
as San Lung
1983
as Himself
1982
as Gong Yuen (Jue Yuan)
as Fu