
As we all know, Jet Li is one of the
representative figures of the martial arts movies, his work combines the power
and beauty, which make him from an outstanding Kung fu talent to become a world
renowned kung fu martial arts actor, Jet Li always maintains his characteristic
style, he is an international film star and also is an philanthropist, his introverted,
deep temperament has made him become another martial artist after Bruce Lee,
today is Jet Li’s birthday, wishing him happy birthday!
On April 26th, 1963, Jet Li was born in an
ordinary worker's family in Beijing, he had two sisters and two brothers. In
1965, Jet Li's father died. In 1971, he started to learn martial arts in Beijing
Shichahai Sports School, thus started his martial arts athlete career, In 1972,
he took part in the Chinese martial arts competitions and won the Outstanding
Performance Prize.
In 1972, Jet Li was chosen to show the
martial arts performance at the opening ceremony of " Pan - Asian Table
Tennis Championships” in Latin America, after the performance, Li was received
by Premier Zhou Enlai.
In 1980, Jet Li was invited to shoot the
action films ‘The Shaolin Temple’, the film ‘The Shaolin Temple’ is a 1982 Hong
Kong-Chinese martial arts film directed by Chang Hsin Yen and starring Jet Li
in his debut role, this film spawned a revival of popularity in mainstream
martial arts in China, immediately hit in Chinese Kung Fu movie box-office
records.
In 1983, Jet Li starred in the martial arts
film ‘Kids from Shaolin’, the final box office of this film in Hong Kong
reached $22.29 million, by virtue of the successful box office of the two Shaolin
movies, Jet Li got the favour of the major studios in Hong Kong at that time.
In 1984, Jet Li starring action film ‘Martial
Arts of Shaolin’, in 1986, Jet Li directed the film ‘Born to Defence’ which
marked the directorial debut of Jet Li, who also stars in the film. The film
features fight choreography by Tsui Siu-Ming.
In 1988, Jet Li starred the Hong Kong
action film ‘Dragon Fight’ which was directed by Billy Tang, with a screenplay
written by James Yuen.
In 1991, at the invitation of the director Tsui
Hark, Jet Li starring action film ‘Once Upon A Time in China’, he played a role
of the grandmaster Huang Fei – hong in this film, the box office of this film
in Hong Kong reached $29.67 million, this film has also become Jet Li's career
turning point which made him receive more attention in Hong Kong cinema.
In 1992, Jet Li starred the film ‘Once Upon
a Time in China II’ and Jet Li played a role as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung
in the film.
At the same year, Jet Li shoot the film ‘Swordsman
II’, also known as The Legend of the Swordsman, is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film
very loosely adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
In 1993, Jet Li starring action film ‘Fong
Sai-yuk’ and served as the producer of the film, the film was selected as one
of the “19 best kung fu film in the history" by the American Entertainment
Weekly.
Also in 1993, Jet Li starred the film ‘Tai-Chi
Master’, a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film which was directed by Yuen
Woo-ping, and produced by Jet Li, The film was released in Hong Kong on 18
November 1993.
In 1994, Jet Li starred in three action
films, ‘The New Legend of Shaolin’, ‘Fist of Legend’, ‘The Bodyguard from
Beijing’.
In 1995, starring the Hong Kong action film
‘My Father Is a Hero’.
In 1997, starring the film ‘Once Upon a
Time in China and America’, also known as Once Upon a Time in China VI, is a
1997 Hong Kong martial arts film. The film is the sixth and final installment
in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. It also saw the return of Jet Li
as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung.
In 1998, Jet starred the American buddy cop
action comedy film ‘Lethal Weapon 4’, Jet Li was in his American film debut). And
by virtue of this film, Jet Li was nominated for the 8th annual MTV Movie
Awards Best Villain. In 2000, Jet Li also starred the Hollywood film ‘Romeo
Must Die’, and by virtue of this action movie, Jet Li won the 10th annual MTV
Movie Awards nomination for best fight scene.
In 2001, Jet Li starred the film ‘Kiss of
the Dragon’ and also served as the film's producer, he designed a part of the
plot of the film. The film was made to satisfy Li's fans, who requested more
realistic fight scenes
In 2002, starring the martial arts film ‘Hero’,
the box office of this film in China reached 250 millions.
In 2003, starring the film ‘Cradle 2 the
Grave’, in 2005, starring the film Unleashed, he played the role as Danny.
In 2006, Jet Li starred and produced the
action film ‘Fearless’, and by the virtue of this film, he was nominated for
best actor at the 28th mass Hundred Flowers Film Award.
In 2008, Jet Li starred the film The ‘Forbidden
Kingdom’, which also starred by Jackie Chan.
In June, 2009, Jet Li joined Singaporean
citizenship, in December, he was named as the "Asian Heroes " by
American Reader's Digest. In 2010, Jet Li starred the film ‘Ocean Heaven’, aChinese-Hong
Kong drama film starring martial arts superstar Jet Li in his first full drama
role.
In 2011, starring the film ‘The Sorcerer
and the White Snake’, it was an action fantasy film directed by Ching Siu-tung,
It is based on the Chinese legend, Legend of the White Snake. The film was
shown out of competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival on 3
September 2011.
In 2012, Jet Li cooperated with Sylvester
Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jason statham, star in an action film ‘Expendables 2’.
In 2014, Jet Li starred in the film ‘The
expendables 3’, in 2016, starring the film ‘League of Gods’, a Hong
Kong-Chinese fantasy film.
Actually, Jet Li's success not only stems
from his strong martial arts skills, but also from his personality charm, his
poor origins created him resolute strong character. From an international film star
to a philanthropist, Jet Li had not only made great achievements in his career,
but also make a positive contribution to society, and also won the wide acclaim
from the world community.
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