Jet Li Biography and Profile

Biography

Nama : Jet Li
Birth Name : Li Lian Jie
Birth Date : 04/26/1963
Birth Place : Beijing, China
Height : 5' 6�"
Sex : M
Nationality : Chinese
Occupation : Actor
Spouse : Huang Qiuyan (actress, 1987 - 1990), Nina Li Chi (actress, since 1999)
Claim Fame : As Wah Sing Ku in "Lethal Weapon 4" (1998)

Jet Li (Traditional Chinese: ???, Simplified Chinese: ???, Gwohngdongwa pengyam: Ley5 Lin4 Git6, pinyin: Li Li�nji�, Wade-Giles: Li Lien-chieh) (born April 26, 1963) is a martial artist and film actor.

He won the Chinese Wushu national championship five times, which eventually led to a career as a martial arts movie star, first in mainland China, then in Hong Kong and now in Hollywood. He has made many movies in Hong Kong over the years. His d�but in Hollywood was in Lethal Weapon 4 as a villain. His first leading role in a Hollywood movie was in Romeo Must Die. After that came Kiss of the Dragon, The One premi�red in North America on November 2, 2001, and Cradle 2 the Grave premi�red in North America on February 28, 2003. His latest movie to premiere in North America is Hero (August 20, 2004 -- Chinese title: Ying Xiong, originally released in Asia in 2002).

Some of the more famous of his Chinese language films include: the Shaolin Temple series (1, 2 and 3) - the films that introduced him; the Once Upon a Time in China series (Chinese title: Wong Fei Hung), about the semi-legendary Chinese folk hero; Fist of Legend, which, contrary to popular belief, was not a remake of Bruce Lee's The Big Boss (a.k.a. Fists of Fury), but rather of Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection; and the Fong Sai Yuk films, about another Chinese folk hero. As one might expect from a martial artist of his calibre, he performs most of his own stunts.

Jet Li starred in 1995's ???? (Shudan L�ngw�i, literally, "Courage of a Mouse and Power of a Dragon"). The movie, known in the US as either High Risk or Meltdown, portrays Jet Li as a cop who becomes disillusioned after his son is murdered by crimelords. Along the way, he pairs up with wacky sell-out actor Frankie (played by Jacky Cheung), and proceeds to engage in massively violent battles in a high-rise building. Note the fact that such a "no-talent" kung-fu actor was played by a man whose name rings close to that of Jackie Chan's was entirely intentional. While the movie was a stunning action comedic success, Jackie Chan remains angered to this day about what he considers to be a "parody" of his talents.

Jet Li is married to Nina Li (Chinese Pinyin Romanization: Li Zhi, Simplified Chinese ??), a Shanghai-born Hong Kong actress.

Reportedly, Jet Li was in the Maldives when the tsunami hit during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. He was reported safe, suffering only a minor foot injury while guiding himself and his daughter to safety. He is said to have injured his foot on floating furniture.

Jet Li Biography and Profile