Jet Li

Born

April 26, 1963 (age 63)

Known as

actor, film producer, writer, film director, athlete, film actor

Jet Li Lianjie is a martial artist, actor, and philanthropist. With a career spanning more than forty years, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest Chinese film stars and most influential martial artists in cinema history. Li's early work in Asia during the 1980s is credited with introducing the Shaolin Temple to a global audience. During the 1990s, his collaborations with director Tsui Hark spearheaded wushu representation in Hong Kong action cinema, establishing him as its most prominent practitioner. He simultaneously popularised the wuxia genre before transitioning to Hollywood in the late 1990s. In the decade that followed, his crossover success brought global recognition and solidified his place alongside Jackie Chan as one of the two biggest names in contemporary martial arts films.

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