Jet Li

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor

Born

26 April 1963, Beijing

Citizenship

Singapore, United States

Occupation

actor, film producer, writer, film director, athlete

Films here

35 (1 as director, 35 as cast)

Jet Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963) is a martial artist, actor, and philanthropist. With a career spanning more than forty years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists in cinema history. Li's early work in mainland China during the 1980s is credited with introducing the Shaolin Temple to a global audience. During the 1990s, his collaborations with filmmaker Tsui Hark spearheaded wushu representation in Hong Kong action cinema, establishing him as its most prominent practitioner. He simultaneously popularised the wuxia genre before transitioning to Hollywood in the late 1990s. His crossover success brought global recognition, solidifying his place alongside Jackie Chan as one of the two biggest names in contemporary martial arts cinema.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Corey Yuen
• Tsui Hark
• Rosamund Kwan
• Collin Chou
• Yu Chenghui
• Gordon Liu
• Yen Shi-Kwan
• Michelle Reis
• Wong Jing
• Cheung Sing-Yim
• Dean Harrington
• George Cheung
• Sammo Hung
• Jacky Cheung
• Kent Cheng
• Wu Ma

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q159577 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.