The real name of the famous Chinese actor and athlete Wushu Jet Li is Li Lianjie. Viewers around the world remember him for the film “Generals”, where he played the role of General Pan Qing-Yun. For this work, the actor received the Hong Kong Film Awards in the nomination “Best Actor”.
Jet Lee was born on April 26, 1963. He went to school at eight and was the oldest in the class. He often helped to teach physical education and generally liked teachers. At a sports camp, where Lee and his other students were sent after first grade, he began studying wushu. After the vacation was over, Jet was encouraged to continue his classes and training has since become daily. Already in 1972 at the national championship in Wushu he won the prize "Best Master". Since then, he no longer studied at a regular school and spent the lion’s share of time in training. Jet Lee was selected for the National Wushu Team, which included the thirty best athletes. A trip to the United States, where the team represented China, according to the athlete, will be remembered forever. Then all the rooms in the hotels were wiretapped, and the athletes were “guarded” by the CIA. At the same time, Lee’s speeches were noted by President Richard Nixon himself.
It was also important that the people of the West opened up to the Chinese athlete from a completely different side than it was presented at home. He was shocked by the friendliness of the Americans, and the outlook of the ordinary Chinese began to change significantly.
After winning all-around competitions and ball complexes, Dao Jeta began to train the best Chinese martial artists. At the age of 12, at the Third National Wushu Championship, he won against adult rivals in five disciplines out of five possible. Many awards were expected at the championship in Beijing. After many successful performances of the national team, Jet Lee received admission to state banquets and meetings with foreign guests. The athlete continued to improve, as evidenced by many further victories.
When Jet Lee was 18 years old, he was invited to act in films. As the directors saw, there is a second Bruce Lee. The first role (and this was the film “Shaolin Temple”) was very successful. On the wave of success, two sequels of this picture were filmed. Successful was the participation of Lee in the series of films “Once Upon a Time in China”, as well as in “Legend”.
Having gained huge popularity in Asia, Europe and America, in 1998 Jet Lee tried his hand at Hollywood. There he first played a negative character in the blockbuster Lethal Weapon 4. This picture was followed by many other very successful tapes. For example, in 2008 it was released.
film "Forbidden Kingdom" Jet Lee first starred with Jackie Chan. In 2010, Lee agreed to take part in the film The Expendables. But in the dramatic film “Ocean of Heaven” with the participation of Lee there is not a single scene with a demonstration of martial arts.
Jeta Lee could have been seen in the movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, but the actor refused because his wife was expecting a child, and he promised to stay with her until the birth. Jet Lee refused to shoot in The Matrix, explaining that in a computerized blockbuster special skill is not required.
The actor is a follower of Tibetan Buddhism and has personally met the Dalai Lama. Jet Lee is a charity and a Red Cross ambassador. /