Jet Li (in Mandarin: 李连杰 (simplified) or 李連傑 (traditional), Lǐ Liánjié) (born April 26, 1963) is a Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star. After three years of intensive training, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring at age 17, 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 the Once Upon a Time in China series where he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei Hung. His first role in a Hollywood movie was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films mostly recently starring in the action film War (2007).

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 (1986) (Born to defend), met with failure. He is the biggest Asian movie star after Jackie Chan (I).

Jet Li started training at the Beijing wushu academy at age eight (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles), and won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens, he was already a national coach, and before he was 20, he had starred in his first movie: _Shao Lin tzu (1979)_ (Shaolin Temple), which started the 1980s Kung-Fu boom in mainland China. He relocated to Hong Kong, where he was the biggest star of the early 1990s Kung-Fu boom as well.