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Jet Li

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

2026
Blades of the Guardians
Movie
2020
Mulan

as The Emperor

Movie
2014
The Expendables 3

as Yin Yang

Movie
2012
The Expendables 2

as Yin Yang

Movie
2011
The Sorcerer and the White Snake

as Fa Hai

Movie
2010
The Expendables

as Yin Yang

Movie
2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

as Han

Movie
2007
War

as Rogue

Movie
2003
Cradle 2 the Grave

as Su

Movie
2001
The One

as Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless

Movie
1995
The Enforcer

as Kung Wei

Movie
1994
Fist of Legend

as Chen Zhen

Movie