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• Jet Li is an international film star and martial artist. At a young age, he began training in the Chinese martial art known as Wushu and went on to win numerous awards as a teenager. He retired from the sport at age 17 and turned his sights on the world of acting, landing his debut role in the film Shaolin Temple. He marked his entrance into Hollywood playing the villain in Lethal Weapon 4 and rose to prominence as a leading man in the west with his performance in Romeo Must Die.

  His most recent box office success has been The Forbidden Kingdom, which premiered in April 2008; the film features both Jet Li and Jackie Chan, two of the biggest Chinese stars to have crossed over into Hollywood.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: April 26, 1963
  2. Birth Name: Li Lian Jie
  3. Declared a national treasure by the Chinese Government
  4. Won numerous awards in the sport of Wushu

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