Jet Li Singaporean Actor Known for The Expendables

Jet Li (26 April 1963, Beijing) is a Singaporean actor. Audiences know him from The Expendables (2010) and The Expendables 2 (2012).

Career

The earliest credit on record for Jet Li is Shaolin Temple (1982). During the 1990s, he worked on Black Mask (1996) and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). Work from the 2000s includes Hero (2002) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008, as The Dragon Emperor). Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) and The Expendables 3 (2014) are among his 2010s credits. In the 2020s, he appeared in Mulan (2020).

His filmography here covers 49 films from 1982 to 2020. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (6), followed by thriller (6) and martial arts (3). Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) has the highest, at $285 million. His off-screen credits include director on Born to Defence.

Jason Statham appears in five of his listed titles, including The One (2001) and War (2007). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Randy Couture (four titles) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (three titles). In genre terms, the records list action film and drama fiction.

Personal life

He has been married to Nina Li since 1999. Earlier marriages on record are to Huang Qiuyan (1987 to 1990). He has 4 children on record.