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Biography: Jet Li is probably well known now not only in Hong Kong, but all over the world. He has starred in such hits as Shaolin Temple, Once Upon a Time in China, Fong Sai Yuk, Fist of Legend and more. He is considered one of the biggest star in Hong Kong today, and definitely one of the top action stars in Hollywood.

He began his Hollywood career with the hit movie Lethal Weapon 4, playing for the first time in his career, the role of a villain. He has won the praises of critics and thousands of fans with the movie, immediately winning him movie offers from different producers. He started learning martial arts as early as eight years old. He was trained patiently by his trainer Wu Ben. And at that early age, he got the privilege to be part of the first Wu Shu team to tour the West, performing also at Nixon's White House.

Jet Li is very talented. He has the charisma, and he can act very well. He has grace and style, which can be seen in the varieties of movies he has made. He can perform drama, comedy, romance, and unquestionably he can do well in action. Jet Li also had directorial experience, he directed his movie Born to Defence. He also produced some of his movies such as Kung Fu Cult Master, Fist of Legend, Bodyguard from Beijing, New Legend of Shaolin, Fong Sai Yuk, and Fong Sai Yuk 2.

Jet Li was born on April 26, 1963 in Beijing, Heibei. He won the championship in Chinese National Martial Arts Contest from 1974 to 1979 (5 consecutive years) beating competitors as old as 30 yrs old. He has also participated in some drama performances. His first movie was Shaolin Temple, this made him famous as it was China's first modern Kung Fu movie. This introduced Shaolin's Wu Shu to the world. There were hundreds of youngsters who visited the remains of the original Shaolin temple, hoping to train in the same manner as Li's character in the movie. His second movie, Kids from Shaolin, was as good as the Shaolin Temple. He also likes the color white. His favourite films that he made were the Shaolin Temple series because it introduced him to the film industry, and Once Upon A Time in China because it brought him fame as an actor and martial artist.

Jet Li is a shy and timid person. He is very conservative, eats healthy meals, and workouts everyday to stay in shape. He is also very private about his life, and for this not many questions are asked of his private life.

"The Jet Li Story", an article on Jet Li's life story was published on May 1998 on the "Wushu/Kungfu Magazine". I would highly recommend you guys to read it to know more about Jet Li. Click here to read it.