Jet Li

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Early experience

On April 26, 1963, Jet Li was born into an ordinary worker's family in Beijing. He has two elder sisters and two elder brothers. In 1965, Jet Li's father died. In 1971, he studied in Beijing Changqiao primary school. In the same year, he was favored by coach Wu Bin and entered Beijing Shichahai sports school to study martial arts, thus starting his career as a martial arts athlete. In 1972, he participated in the Chinese Wushu competition and won the outstanding performance award.

In 1972, he performed martial arts at the opening ceremony of Pan Asia Africa Latin America table tennis championship. After the performance, Jet Li was received by Zhou Enlai. In 1974, he won the first place in the junior group and the all-round champion in the Chinese Wushu competition. In May 1975, he participated in the Wushu routine competition of the National Games and won the all-round champion. In 1979, he took part in the fourth national games with injuries and won five gold medals. In the same year, he quit martial arts due to injuries.

Acting experience

New to film

In 1980, at the invitation of director Zhang Xinyan, Jet Li appeared in the action movie Shaolin Temple, in which he played Jueyuan, a martial monk with excellent martial arts and justice. In 1982, after its release in the mainland of China, the film attracted public attention and set a box office record of 161 million yuan with an average ticket price of 10 cents. In the same year, after its release in Hong Kong, the box office of the film reached 16.16 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the box office record of kung fu films in Hong Kong.

In 1983, he co starred with Ding LAN and Huang Qiuyan in the martial arts film Shaolin boy, in which he played the martial arts expert Sanlong. The final box office of the film in Hong Kong reached HK $22.29 million, ranking the third in the annual box office list of Hong Kong. With the box office results of Shaolin boy and Shaolin Temple, Jet Li got the attention of Shao's film company and won the title The chance to play in Shaw films.

Shaw film period

In 1984, he starred in the action film "south and North Shaolin", in which he played Zhiming, a monk with a sense of justice. In 1986, he became the director for the first time. He directed and acted in the action movie "Chinese hero" and played a stubborn and unyielding hero in the film. This is the first time that Jet Li broke away from Shaolin Kung Fu and changed to Anti Japanese theme.

In July 1988, he went to the United States as a visiting scholar; in the same year, he cooperated with fan Yinglian and Li Xingyou in the documentary Shaolin Haideng master, which tells the story of Chinese martial arts; in the same year, Jet Li returned to Hong Kong at the invitation of Rowe to play the action film dragon in the end of the earth, in which he played Li Guonan, a hardworking and righteous martial arts wizard.

Jiahe film period

In 1991, at the invitation of Tsui Hark, he starred in the action movie "top gun of Huang Feihong", in which he played a calm, refined and unprepared master Huang Feihong. The box office of the film in Hong Kong reached HK $29.67 million, ranking eighth in the annual box office list of Hong Kong. The film also became a turning point in Jet Li's acting career, which made him gain more attention in the Hong Kong film industry.

On April 16, 1992, the action movie "Huang Feihong's second man is self-improvement", CO starring Guan Zhilin, Mo shaocong and yen Zidan, was released. He played Huang Feihong, one of the top ten tigers in Guangdong Province with excellent martial arts and medical skills, and was nominated for best actor in the 29th Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film. In the same year, he played a consummate Chinese actor in the action movie "long Xing Tian Xia" Hong Kong Young ah Jie, who conquered his opponent with martial arts and medical skills, released the martial arts film "Xiaoao Jianghu II: the invincible east" co starring Lin Qingxia on June 26, in which Ling Huchong, a bohemian disciple of Huashan school, was released. The film ranked eighth in Hong Kong's annual box office ranking with a box office score of HK $34.5 million. In the same year, it ended its film cooperation with Tsui Hark and joined yuan Kui I set up Zhengdong film company.

Zhengdong film period

In 1993, he starred in the action film "Fang Shiyu" and served as the producer of the film, which was selected as one of the "best 19 kung fu films in history" by Entertainment Weekly of the United States. Later, he co starred in the comedy style action film "Huang Feihong's iron chicken fighting centipede" with Zhang Min, Yuan Yongyi and Zhang Weijian, in which he played Huang Feihong who was worried about the country and the people and young and mature. In July, he starred in the action film《 In the same year, he co starred with Michelle Yeoh, Qian Xiaohao and Yuan jieying in the action film Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng, in which he played Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Wudang school, and added the design technique of showing Taijiquan Kung Fu when performing Kung Fu He plays Zhang Wuji, a kind and easy-going master of the Ming religion.

In 1994, he played Hong Xiguan, a layman of Shaolin, who repeatedly fought against corrupt officials in the ancient costume action film "new five ancestors of Shaolin", and served as the producer of the film; in the same year, he played Xu Zhengyang, a bodyguard with excellent martial arts, in the action film "bodyguards in Zhongnanhai" co starred with Christy Chung and Zheng Zeshi; on December 22, he co starred with Qian Xiaohao and CAI Shaofen in the action film "Jingwu hero" 》In the film, he plays Chen Zhen, an upright martial arts expert, and integrates his Chinese Kung Fu and Western boxing into the film.

In 1995, he starred in the police and bandit action film letter to Dad; in the same year, he played Li Jie fighting with gangsters to avenge his wife's murder in the action comedy rat gall dragon. On July 12, 1996, the action movie "adventure king", starring Guan Zhilin, jinchengwu, Yang Caini and others, was released, in which he played Zhou Shijie, an adventurous king with both wisdom and courage; in the same year, he starred in the action movie "black man", in which he played Xu Xi, who didn't understand interpersonal relationship and was often looked down upon by colleagues; one month after the film was released in the United States, the box office of the film reached 10 million US dollars, and Jet Li also relied on the film The film has gained international attention.

On February 1, 1997, Jet Li, Guan Zhilin, Chen Guobang, Wu Yaohan and others starred in the action film "the lion of the western regions of Huang Feihong" was released in Hong Kong, China. In the film, he played Huang Feihong, the head coach of Guangdong provincial civil corps, who tried to promote Chinese martial arts. The box office of the film in Hong Kong reached HK $30.27 million, ranking fifth in the annual box office list of Hong Kong.

Enter Hollywood

In 1998, Jet Li took over the action movie "lethal weapon 4" with the recommendation of the wagowski brothers and Yuan Heping. He played Gu Huaxing, the first-class Gang coach in boxing and Kung Fu, and was nominated as the best villain in in the 8th MTV Film Awards. The film was Jet Li's first Hollywood film, and the box office of the film reached 130 million US dollars after it was released in the United States. In the same year, he and Zeng Zhiwei won the best villain nomination Ren Dahua and Liang Yongqi co starred in the action comedy king of killers. On March 22, 2000, he played the role of Han Xing, a gangster with both brain and martial arts, in the action film "deadly Romeo", which is Jet Li's first work starring in Hollywood.

In July 2001, Jet Li played the mysterious agent Liu Jian in the action film "kiss of the dragon". He worked as the producer of the film and designed part of the plot for the film. Later, he worked as the producer of the thriller "variant elements". On November 2, the action science fiction "cosmic pursuit", CO starring Daley Lindo and Jason stanson, was released in the United States. The first week of the film was 2000 years old In the same year, he was nominated for the best fight scene in the 10th MTV Film Award for his action film "deadly Romeo".

In 2002, he starred in the martial arts film Hero, in which he played a lonely and introverted knight errant. The box office of the film reached 250 million yuan in mainland China. In the first week of its release in North America, it won the top box office ranking in North America with a box office performance of 6.74 million US dollars. In the same year, it appeared on the cover of time magazine in the United States.

In 2003, he starred in the action film "the cradle of death"; in the same year, he was nominated for the best fighting scene in the 12th MTV Film Award for his "cosmic pursuit". In 2005, with Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins co starring in the action film "dog Denny" released, he played in the film to get back to dignity and the hardships of Denny.

In 2006, he co starred in the action movie Huo Yuanjia with Sun Li, Zou Zhaolong and Bao Qijing, and worked as the producer of the film. The film won the second place in the North American box office list in the first week of its release in the United States, and ranked the third place in the annual box office list of domestic films with a box office score of 102 million yuan after its release in the mainland of China. In September, it won the 28th Volkswagen Award for its performance in the action movie Huo Yuanjia In November, he was nominated as the most popular action actor in the 33rd people's Choice Award.

In 2007, with the action film "Huo Yuanjia", he was nominated for best actor in the 13th Hong Kong film criticism Society Award and best actor in the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards; on August 24, the action film "Ranger", CO starring Jason stanson, David Aoki and Nicholas Elia, was released, in which he played a mysterious killer; in December, he starred in realistic style The costume film "toumingzhuang", in which Pang Qingyun, an idealistic and ambitious officer of the Qing Dynasty, plays, has won the best actor award in the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards, the best actor nomination in the 45th Taiwan Film Awards and the best actor award in the 17th Shanghai film critic award.

Starring Jackie Chan and Jackie Chan in 2008

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