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Jet Li
First
of all, this is his official website :
http://jetli.com/
Biography
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Born: April 26, 1963 (Hebei - China)
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Family: 2 Older Brothers, 2 Older Sisters,
Father died in 1965 and mother died in 2002.
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Wife: Nina Chi Li
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Children: 2 daughters from a previous
marriage, 2 daughters from current marriage.
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Name: Li Lian Jie (Mandarin), Li Lin Kit (Cantonese)
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Height: 170 cm / 5'7"
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Weight: 66 kg / 145.5 lbs.
Born
in Beijing, Li began studying Wushu and was admitted in the Beijing Amateur Sports School at the age of 8. After three years of hard
training, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. As part of a
world tour in 1974, he had the honor of performing a two-man fight for President Nixon at the White House. For the next five
years, he was the
All-Around National Wushu Champion of China.
Shortly
after retiring from the sport at the age of 17, he was offered many starring roles and began his film career with director Chang Hsin Yen for
"Shaolin Temple". Li bacame a star instantly, and the film was an enormous
success. This led to Li completing 25 successful Asian films before coming to America.
Since
his first English language film appearance as the villain in "Lethal Weapon 4" opposite Mel Gibson, Danny
Glover, Rene Russo and Chris Rock, Li went
on to star in the highly acclaimed "Romeo Must Die", a film that blended hip-hop
with martial arts and also marked Aaliyah Haughton's first starring role in a film.
During
production on "Romeo Must Die" Li announced his upcoming marriage to his
long-time girlfriend, Nina Li. The couple married in September of 1999.
After
Romeo Must Die, Li went on to star in "Kiss of the Dragon" opposite Bridget Fonda and Tcheky
Karyo, and The One directed by James Wong and
co-starring Delroy Lindo and Jason Statham.
Following
completion of "The One", Li returned to his film roots in China to work with renowned director Zhang Yi Mou on
"Hero", a film which has gone on to achieve significant critical acclaim and international
distinction.
After
"Hero" Li once again teamed up with Producer Joel Silver and co-star DMX
on "Cradle 2 the Grave" which was released in theaters in early 2003. Following
"Cradle" Jet returned to Europe to work again with Producer Luc Besson on
"Danny the Dog", co-starring Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins.
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