20 Facts About Jet Li

Li Lianjie, better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor, and philanthropist.

Jet Li starred in his directorial debut film Born to Defence, which saw Li, for the first time, playing a character in a period setting.

Jet Li's first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in Romeo Must Die.

Jet Li went on to star in many international action films, including in French cinema with the Luc Besson-produced films Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed.

Jet Li continued to be active in Hong Kong cinema, appearing in the critically acclaimed film Hero, Fearless, which marked his final wushu martial arts film, and The Warlords.

Jet Li co-founded Taiji Zen, an online health and wellness program providing instruction in meditation and tai chi.

Jet Li then attended a non-sparring wushu event, followed by joining the Beijing Wushu Team which did a martial art display at the All China Games.

Jet Li has studied other arts including baguazhang, tai chi, xingyiquan, drunken boxing, Eagle Claw, and Praying Mantis.

Jet Li did not learn Nanquan, because his training focused only in the Northern Shaolin Styles.

Jet Li has mastered wushu's main weapons, such as Sanjiegun, Gun, Dao, Jian.

Jet Li made his film debut with the 1982 film Shaolin Temple.

Jet Li agreed to do Lethal Weapon 4 after the producer Joel Silver promised to give him the leading role in his next film, Romeo Must Die, alongside singer Aaliyah.

Jet Li turned down the role of Seraph in The Matrix trilogy, based on his belief that the role was not one which required his skills and that the films were iconic and stunning enough without adding his name to the cast list.

In 2004, Li lent his likeness, voice and provided motion capture work for the video game Jet Li: Rise to Honor.

Jet Li has a very good control of the strength of every fist and kick.

Jet Li met actress Nina Li Chi during the filming of Dragon Fight and divorced Huang in 1990.

Jet Li thinks that fame is not something he can control; therefore, he does not care about it.

Jet Li believes Wushu now lacks individuality and competitors move like machines, whereas according to his views Wushu should not be considered a race where the fastest athlete wins.

Jet Li has stated that he has never had to use his martial arts skills in a real-life fight and he does not wish to, either.

Jet Li contributed 500,000 yuan of box office revenues from his film Fearless to the Red Cross' psychological sunshine project, which promotes mental health.