Jet Li was Wu Shu (a martial art) world champion several times. He got his first part as a shao lin disciple in the film of the same name. He first attempt at directing, Zhong hua ying xiong (Born to defend), met with failure. He is the biggest Asian movie star after Jackie Chan.
Kiss of the Dragon (2001): $5,000,000
Romeo Must Die (2000): $2,400,000

Won Chinese national championship in the acrobatic martial art wushu when he was 11; his prize was a trip to Washington D.C. to meet President Richard Nixon. He studies English with a tutor for 4 hours a day. Jet & wife Nina Li Chi became parents to a 6 lb. 13 oz. daughter, Jane. [19 April 2000] Was originally cast in the role of the character Li Mu Bai in Ang Lee's martial arts blockbuster Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), but turned it down. The decision was prompted by a promise to his wife Nina Li Chi that he would not work while she was pregnant). The role of Li Mu Bai went to actor Yun-Fat Chow. Li said this himself during an appearance on the Tonight Show promoting "Kiss of the Dragon." Other than providing voice-overs for Kit Yun in Rise to Honor, he also did the motion-capture for his fight scenes. Injured his foot while escaping the tsunami that followed a 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Li and his four year old daughter were on vacation in the Maldives on December 26th, 2004. The two were in the lobby of their hotel when the wave came ashore. Scooping up his daughter and running for higher ground, a piece of furniture hit his foot, causing the injury. Has claimed his upcoming martial arts film Hua Yuenjia (Fearless) will be his last martial arts movie, and that he will concentrate on other matters in the future. One of those matters is apparently a documentary about Buddhism. His Mandarin name is Li Lianjie. His Cantonese name is Lei Lin-Git (or Lee Lin-Kit). Has played both real life legend Huo Yuan Jia (in the film of the same name) and his semi-fictional student Chen Zhen (in Jing Wu Ying Xiong).