Jet Li
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Born: 26 April 1963
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Best Known As: Star of The One and Hero
Name at birth: Jet Li Lian Jie
A martial arts champion as a child, Jet Li's first Hong Kong action movie was 1979's Shaolin Temple. Already a national hero, Jet Li quickly became a cinema star, appearing in dozens of kung fu movies in the 1980s and '90s, including Tai Chi Master (1993) and Fist of Legend (1994). By the late 1990s he had made the leap to Hollywood, appearing in Lethal Weapon IV (1998, with Mel Gibson), Romeo Must Die (2000, co-starring Aaliyah and DMX) and The One (2001). He returned to China to star in Ying xiong (2002); the movie was released in the U.S. in 2004 as Hero.
Other Asian action stars on Who2 include Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
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