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Jet Li’s height is 169cm (5ft 6inches) and he weighs 66kg (145.5lbs). Michelle Yeoh, his co-star in the movie "Tai Chi Master" once said that she was constantly terrified that one of his blows would accidentally connect with her. Li may be short but he is built like a powerhouse.
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[L]ike all movie stars, Jet Li then fell into the bust part of the boom-and-bust trajectory of big screen success. He directed and starred in Born to Defense, a World War II epic that fared miserably, both critically and financially. Even worse, Jet's health condition declined during that period. The doctor even declared that he should not work on wushu ever again.
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Synopsis: Hong Kong star Jet Li portrays the inventor of T'ai Chi in this entertaining if not historically accurate martial-arts movie. Junbao (Li) and Tienbao (Chin Siu-Ho) are a pair of young monks studying kung fu in a Shaolin temple. Junbao is balanced and humble, but Tienbao is competitive and eager toRead More
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Jet Li is probably well known now not only in Hong Kong, but all over the world. He has starred in such hits as "Shaolin Temple", "Once Upon a Time in China", "Fong Sai Yuk", "Fist of Legend" and more. He is considered one of the biggest star in Hong Kong today, and his skills are no doubt being recognized by Hollywood producers today. He began his Hollywood career with the hit movie "Lethal Weapon 4", playing for the first time in his career, the role of a villain. Jet Li has won the praises of critics and thousands of fans with the movie, immediately winning him movie offers from different producers. A bit of a bad news was that Jet Li will not appear in Matrix 2 and 3.
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Jet Li was born on April 26, 1963 in Beijing, Heibei. He won the championship in Chinese National Martial Arts Contest from 1974 to 1979 (5 consecutive years). He has ... participated in some drama performances. His first movie was "Shaolin Temple", this made him famous as it was China's first modern Kung Fu movie. This introduced Shaolin's Wu Shu to the world. There were hundreds of youngsters who visited the remains of the original Shaolin temple, hoping to train in the same manner as Li's character in the movie.
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Jet Li breaks record with $13 mln paycheck. Movie star Jet Li speaks during a news conference for the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom", in Hengdian, east China's Zhejiang province June 14, 2007. Li is set to rake in 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, state media reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Aly Song
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