Jet Li

Jet Li is, to me, less an action star than a moving meditation. Trained in Beijing as a genuine martial artist, he gave the kung fu film a grace it rarely had, and he is rightly credited with reviving the whole genre. What moves me most is the arc beyond fighting: producer, writer, and philanthropist, a man who clearly spent his later years searching for what lies past sheer strength. I find his stillness more compelling than any stunt. Watching a master soften with age, trading spectacle for serenity, is one of cinema's quietly beautiful long stories.

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Name (English)

Jet Li

Name (Japanese)

ジェット・リー

Reading

じぇっと・りー

Born

April 26, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Beijing, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / film producer / writer / film director / athlete

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

• Official sitehttps://jet.li/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jetli/
• Xhttps://x.com/jetli_official
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet%20Li
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159577

Tags

• actor
• film producer
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.