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Chinese-born martial artist and actor (born 1963)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Lianjie (courtesy nameYangzhong; born 26 April 1963),^[2] better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor, and philanthropist.

After three years of training with acclaimed wushu teacher Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team in 1974, winning the first of five men's national championships.^[3] After his retirement from the sport in 1979, he went on to win great acclaim as an actor, making his debut with the Chinese-Hong Kong martial arts film Shaolin Temple (1982), which instantly catapulted him to stardom in East Asia.^[4]

Though continued success followed after two sequels in 1984 and 1986, Li had a major breakthrough across Asia with the Once Upon a Time in China film series (1991–1993), in which he portrayed Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung.

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