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Jet Li

Date of Birth: 26 April, 1963

Height:169cm

Weight: 66kg

Jet Li was a martial art world champion several times. He started training at the Beijing martial art academy at age eight, and won five gold medals in the Chinese championships. In his teens, he was already a national coach, and before he was 20, he had starred in his first movie: Shaolin Temple (1979), which started the 1980s Kung-Fu boom in mainland China. He first attempt at directing, "Born to Defend"(1986), met with failure. He is the biggest Asian movie star after Jackie Chan. He relocated to Hong Kong, where he was the biggest star of the early 1990s Kung-Fu boom as well. --Full Story>>

Latest Projest: "Fearless"

Tagline: Fate Made Him A Warrior, Courage Made Him A Hero. Posters Trailer

Highlights

• Huo's Descendant Wants "Fearless" Off the Screen
Upset by the depiction of kung-fu master Huo Yuanjia in “Fearless,” his great-grandson Huo Zizheng is now threatening to sue.

• Huo Yuan Jia's Offspring Asks for Apology from Jet Li

KUNG fu star Jet Li's latest film, "The Fearless," is a box office hit on the mainland.