Description:
Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens, he was already a national coach, and before he was 20 he had starred in his first movie: Shao Lin si (1982), which started the 1980s Kung-Fu boom in mainland China. He relocated to Hong Kong, where he was the biggest star of the early 1990s Kung-Fu boom. His first directorial effort was Zhong hua ying xiong (1988).
Birthday
April 26, 1963
Born In
Beijing, China
Alternative names
Li Yang Chung
, Li Lian Jie
, Jet Lee
, Lin-kit Lee
, Lian Jie Li
, Lianjie Li
, Yangzhong Li
, Jet Li Lianjie
, Jet Lee Lin-Kit
, Li Yang-Chung
Height
168 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Nina Li Chi September 19, 1999 - present (2 children),Qiuyan Huang 1987 - 1990 (divorced)
Parents
Zhang Feng Lan
Children
Child
Trivia
Injured his foot while escaping the tsunami that followed a 9.0
earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Li and his four year old daughter were
on vacation in the Maldives on December 26th, 2004. The two were in the
lobby of their hotel when the wave came ashore. Scooping up his
daughter and running for higher ground, a piece of furniture hit his
foot, causing the injury.
Quotes
I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the
people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face
turns red because I'm so shy.
Salaries
$13,000,000
Trademarks
His brutal fighting style
