Jet Li filmography

Jet Li in 2009

Jet Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean ^[1] martial artist, retired wushu champion, film actor, film producer, and philanthropist. His first non-Chinese film role was as a villain in the 1998 buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon 4 with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. His first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in the 2000 martial arts action film Romeo Must Die with Aaliyah. He has gone on to star in other international action films, including the Luc Besson-produced French films Kiss of the Dragon (2001) and Unleashed (2005). He co-starred in The One (2001) and War (2007) with Jason Statham, The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, the first three of The Expendables films with Sylvester Stallone (2010–2014), and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). In 2020, he portrayed The Emperor of China in the live-action fantasy drama Disney film Mulan .

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Shaolin Temple	Jueh Yuan
1984	Kids From Shaolin	San Lung
1986	Martial Arts of Shaolin	Zhi-ming	a.k.a. Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin
1988	Born to Defence	Jet	Directorial debut; a.k.a. Born to Defend (Australia) and Born to Defense (U.S.)
1989	Dragon Fight	Jimmy Lee	a.k.a. Defector
1991	Once Upon a Time in China	Wong Fei-hung
1992	Swordsman II	Ling-wu Chung	A.k.a. The Legend of the Swordsman (U.S.)
	Once Upon a Time in China II	Wong Fei-hung
	The Master	Jet	A.k.a. Dragon Fighter II; filmed in 1989, but released in 1992
1993	Once Upon a Time in China III	Wong Fei-hung	A.k.a. The Invincible Shaolin
	Fong Sai-yuk	Fong Sai-yuk	Also producer; a.k.a. The Legend
	Last Hero in China	Wong Fei-hung	Also producer; a.k.a. Claws of Steel and Deadly China Hero
	Fong Sai-yuk II	Fong Sai-yuk	Also producer; a.k.a. The Legend II
	Tai Chi Master	Zhang Sanfeng	Also producer; a.k.a. Twin Warriors (U.S.)
	Kung Fu Cult Master	Cheung Mo-kei	Also producer; a.k.a. The Evil Cult (U.S.), Lord of the Wu Tang and Kung Fu Master
1994	The New Legend of Shaolin	Hung Hei-kwun	Also producer; a.k.a. Legend of the Red Dragon
	The Bodyguard from Beijing	Allan Hui Ching-yeung / John Chang	Also producer; a.k.a. The Defender and Zhong Nan Hai bao biao
	Fist of Legend	Chen Zhen	Also producer
1995	My Father Is a Hero	Kung Wei	A.k.a. The Enforcer and Letter to Daddy
	High Risk	Kit Li	A.k.a. Meltdown
1996	Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"	Chow Si-Kit	A.k.a. Adventure King and The Scripture With No Words
	Black Mask	Michael / Simon / Tsui Chik / Black Mask	Released in 1999 in the U.S.
1997	Once Upon a Time in China and America	Wong Fei-hung	A.k.a. Once Upon a Time in China IV
1998	Hitman	Fu	A.k.a. The Hitman and The Contract Killer
	Lethal Weapon 4	Wah Sing-ku
2000	Romeo Must Die	Han Sing
2001	Kiss of the Dragon	Inspector Liu 'Johnny' Jian	Also associate producer
	The One	Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless
2002	Hero	Nameless	Released in 2004 in the U.S.
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Duncan Su
2005	Unleashed	Danny	Also producer; a.k.a. Danny the Dog
2006	Fearless	Huo Yuanjia	Also producer and presenter; a.k.a. Legend of a Fighter (Hong Kong)
2007	War	Rogue / Victor Shaw / Tom Lone	A.k.a. Rogue Assassin and Rogue
	The Warlords	Pang Qingyun
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom	Sun Wukong / Silent Monk
	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Emperor Han
2009	The Founding of a Republic	Chen Shaokuan	A.k.a. Jian Guo Da Ye, Founding of the Nation and Lofty Ambitions of Nation Building
2010	Ocean Heaven	Sam Wong
	The Expendables	Yin Yang
2011	The Sorcerer and the White Snake	Reverend Fahai
	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate	Chow Wai-on
2012	The Expendables 2	Yin Yang
2013	Badges of Fury	Huang Feihong
2014	The Expendables 3	Yin Yang
2016	League of Gods	Jiang Ziya
2017	Gong Shou Dao	Old Servant	Also producer
2020	Mulan	The Emperor of China [2]
TBA	Biao Ren		[3] [4] [5]

Documentaries

Year	Title	Notes
1983	This is Kung Fu 中華武術	Biographic role
1988	Dragons of the Orient 東方巨龍
	Abbot Hai Teng
1992	Lucky Way 大八掛
1994	Shaolin Kung Fu 少林真功夫
1999	Li-Thal Weapon

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2000	"Try Again"	Aaliyah featuring Timbaland

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2004	Jet Li: Rise to Honor	Kit Yun (voice and motion capture actor)	Released in 2004 in the United States

References

1. "李连杰20年前移民美国 被证实已经移民新加坡" [Jet Li, emigrated to United States 20 years ago, has been confirmed migrated to Singapore]. News.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
2. Kain, Erik (July 7, 2019). "There Are No Talking Dragons Or Singing Generals In This Live-Action 'Mulan' Trailer". Forbes . Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
3. "李連杰重磅復出 吳京「鏢人」武打片頂配" (in Chinese). World Journal. September 3, 2024. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
4. "集「老中青」動作演員 李連杰謝霆鋒吳京合演新片" (in Chinese). news.mingpao.com. September 5, 2024. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
5. "李連杰復出重回武俠片 夥拍吳京謝霆鋒主演內地漫改電影" (in Chinese). HK01. September 4, 2024. Archived from the original on September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

External links

• Jet Li at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Jet Li at IMDb
• Jet Li Archived 2019-02-15 at the Wayback Machine at Hong Kong Cinemagic