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Jet Li - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Jet Li (real name - Li Liangjie) was born in Beijing on April 26, 1963, becoming the fifth child of the family. Lee's father died two years after Lee was born, and all the care of raising five children fell on the shoulders of the mother who sold bus tickets. At the age of seven, Li's mother sent Li to a wushu academy in Beijing.
Lee turned out to be one of the most talented students in the history of the academy. By the age of 11, Lee, nicknamed Jet (jet) for his quick reaction, had 5 gold medals in the national championship. With demonstration performances, the future actor visited many countries, and already in 1981, after moving to Hong Kong, he made his film debut in the film Shaolin Temple (1982). Despite the fact that the Hong Kong film market was oversaturated with kung fu cinema, which included "Shaolin Temple", the film was a resounding success, which predetermined the shooting of two more parts of the film: "Shaolin Temple 2: Shaolin Fighters" (1984) and " Shaolin Temple 3: North and South Shaolin "(1986) .
The beginning of the Hollywood career of the actor was laid in 2000. It was this year that the melodramatic thriller Romeo Must Die, in which the actor played the main role, was released on the screens of American cinemas. Of course, he got the main role in this picture not by chance, but thanks to his brilliant work in the film Lethal Weapon 4 by Richard Donner, where the actor managed to get the most out of his rather small role. "Romeo Must Die" raises more than $ 90 million worldwide with a budget of $ 25 million, which is a fairly convincing recommendation from the actor to Hollywood producers.
The next film with Lee's participation is also commercially successful - "Kiss of the Dragon" (2001), on the script for which the actor himself, who proposed the plot, and Robert Mark Kamen, and Luc Besson himself worked. Shortly before his trip to France, the actor refuses a very interesting role in Ang Lee's film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), fulfilling the promise given to his pregnant wife to devote all his time to her these days without a trace, no matter how seductive the roles he will be offered.
The most notable films with Jet Li released after the kiss of the dragon are: "Hero" (2002), "Danny Chain Dog" (2005), "Fearless" (2006), "Generals" (2007) and "Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor "(2008). There is no information about what the actor is working on at the moment, and whether he is working at all.
The actor has two children from the athlete Huang Quian with whom he was married from 1987 to 1990, and two more from his second wife, Hong Kong actress Nina Li Chi, whom Jet Li married in 1999.
