Jet Li yang lahir di Beijing, Cina, 26 April 1963; umur 54 tahun merupakan seorang aktor, produser film, seniman beladiri Tiongkok, dan juara wushu. Sekarang ia berkewarganegaraan Singapura. Ia kelahiran Beijing, RRT yang mulai berkarier di dunia film sejak tahun 1982. Li Lianjie lebih dikenal dengan nama panggungnya Jet Li setelah tiga tahun berlatih bersama Wu Bin, Li memenangkan kejuaraan nasional pertamanya untuk Tim Wushu Beijing. Setelah pensiun dari Wushu pada usia 19, dia melanjutkan untuk mendapatkan pujian yang besar di China sebagai aktor yang memulai debutnya dengan film Shaolin Temple (1982). Dia kemudian membintangi banyak film epik bela diri yang terkenal, yang paling terkenal sebagai pemimpin di sutradara Zhang Yimou pada tahun 2002, Fist of Legend yang merupakan film Li terbaik yang diakui oleh Rotten Tomatoes, dan Once Upon a Time in China Seri, di mana ia menggambarkan pahlawan rakyat Wong Fei-hung.
Peran Li pertama dalam sebuah film non-Cina adalah sebagai penjahat di Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), dan peran pertamanya dalam film Hollywood adalah Han Sing di Romeo Must Die (2000). Dia telah pergi untuk membintangi banyak film laga, termasuk di bioskop Prancis dengan Luc Besson Kiss of the Dragon dan Unleashed. Dia ikut membintangi The One (2001), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) bersama Jackie Chan, ketiga film The Expendables bersama Sylvester Stallone, dan sebagai tokoh penjahat judul di The Mummy: Makam Kaisar Naga (2008).
Li Lianjie (born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen. After three years of training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from Wushu at age 19, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably as the lead in director Zhang Yimou's 2002 Hero, Fist of Legend which is the best acclaimed Li movie by Rotten Tomatoes, and the Once Upon a Time in China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.Li's first role in a non-Chinese film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and his first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many action films, including in French cinema with Luc Besson Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The One (2001), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, all three of The Expendables films with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
Jet Li founded Taiji Zen in 2011, along with co-founder Executive chairman Jack Ma. Taiji Zen is a lifestyle company with the mission of spreading "Health and Happiness for All" through a balance of physical wellness and mental fitness. Taiji Zen combined the martial art of Taijiquan (a.k.a. T'ai Chi Chuan) with mindfulness based practices such as meditation. It packaged these art forms into several different classes and online programs.
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