Jet Li 李连杰, Li Lianjie, Yangzhong is a male Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing. Jet is now a  naturalized Singaporean citizen since 2009. He was a US citizen from 2003-2009. Jet starred in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably as the lead in Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002), Fist of Legend (1994), and the first three films in the Once Upon a Time in China series (1991–1993), in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.


Interesting Facts:

Name:     Li Lianjie, Jet Li
Birthday: April 26, 1963
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Citizenship:     Singapore (since 2009)
                     United States (2003–2009)
                     China (until 2003)
Occupation:    Actor, martial artist, director, film producer, author
Years active:    1982–present
Height:    1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse(s):     Huang Qiuyan (m. 1987; div. 1990)
                    Nina Li Chi (m. 1999)
Children:    4 daughters
-After three years of training with acclaimed Wushu teacher Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from competitive 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). 

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