Jet Li

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Li at the World Economic Forum in 2009 Chinese name (traditional) Chinese name (simplified) Pinyin Jyutping Ancestry Born L Linji (Mandarin) Lei5 Lin4-git6 (Cantonese) Beijing, China 26 April 1963 (age 50) Beijing, China (Traditional) Other name(s) (Simplified) L Yngzhng (Mandarin) Lei5 Joeng4 Zung1 (Cantonese) (Chinese producer pseudonym) Actor, martial artist, film producer, singer, author 1982present Huang Qiuyan (19871990) Nina Li Chi (1999present) 2, Jane and Jada

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li. Li Lianjie ( ljantj ]; born 26 April 1963),[1] better known by his English stage name Jet Li, is a Singaporean film actor, film producer, martial artist, and wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen.[2] 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 19, 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), and his first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, including Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, The Expendables (2010) with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser.