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Jet Li
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Name Jet Li
Chinese Name: Lin Kit Li
Nationality Chinese
Religion Buddhism
Astrology Asian: Hare
Bloodtype A
Height 169cm (5ft 6inches)
Weight 66kg (145.5lbs)
Language Chinese
Birth Place Beijing
Country China
Currently Living In Hong kong
Jet Li is probably well known now not only in Hong Kong, but all over
the world. He has starred in such hits as "Shaolin Temple",
"Once Upon a Time in China", "Fong Sai Yuk", "Fist
of Legend" and more. He is considered one of the biggest star in
Hong Kong today, and his skills are no doubt being recognized by Hollywood
producers today. He began his Hollywood career with the hit movie "Lethal
Weapon 4", playing for the first time in his career, the role of
a villain. He has won the praises of critics and thousands of fans with
the movie, immediately winning him movie offers from different producers.
A bit of a bad news was that Jet Li will not appear in Matrix 2 and 3.
Other news is that he is currently filming a film co written by Luc Besson
(Nikita, Leon, Le Grand Bleu), named "Kiss of the Dragon" alongside
Bridget Fonda. This film will be released in the USA 6 July. He will also
be appearing in a James Wong film, called "The One"
He started learning martial arts as early as eight years old. He was trained
patiently by his trainer Wu Ben. And at that early age he got the privilege
to be part of the first Wu Shu team to tour the West, performing also
at Nixon's White House.
Jet Li is very talented. He has the charisma, and he can act very well.
He has the grace and the style and this can be seen in the varieties of
movies he has made. He can perform drama, comedy, romance, and unquestionably
he can do well in action. Jet Li can also direct, he has directed his
movie Born to Defence. He also produced some of his movies such as "Kung
Fu Colt Master", "Fist of Legend", "Bodyguard from
Beijing", "New Legend of Shaolin", "Fong Sai Yuk",
and "Fong Sai Yuk 2".
Jet Li was born on April 26, 1963 in Beijing, Heibei. He won the championship
in Chinese National Martial Arts Contest from 1974 to 1979 (5 consecutive
years). He has also participated in some drama performances. His first
movie was "Shaolin Temple", this made him famous as it was China's
first modern Kung Fu movie. This introduced Shaolin's Wu Shu to the world.
There were hundreds of youngsters who visited the remains of the original
Shaolin temple, hoping to train in the same manner as Li's character in
the movie. His second movie, "Kids from Shaolin", was as good
as the "Shaolin Temple". He also likes the color white. His
favourite films that he made were the "Shaolin Temple" series
because it introduced him to the film industry, and "Once Upon A
Time in China" because it brought him fame as an actor and martial
artist.
Jet Li is a shy and timid person. He is very conservative, eats healthy
meals, and workouts everyday to stay in shape. He is also very private
about his life, and for this not many questions are asked of his private
life.
In 2002, the film Hero was released in the US market. This film was both
commercial and a critical success. Li took a big risk with the 2005 action
drama, Unleashed (a.k.a. Danny the Dog) where he portrays an adult with
the mentality of a child who has been raised like an animal. A sombre
film with more depth than had been previously seen in Li's films, it co-starred
dramatic actors, Bob Hoskins and Morgan Freeman.
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