The Jet Li Handbook - Everything you need to know about Jet Li

Smith Emily

Description

Li Lianjie ([li? lja?nt?j??]; born 26 April 1963), better known by his English stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen.
After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from Wushu at age 19, 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, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.
Li's first role in a Hollywood film 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, including Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, The Expendables (2010) with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. He also appeared in the Hong Kong film Ocean Heaven (2010), directed and written by Xue Xiaolu.

This book is your ultimate resource for Jet Li. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Jet Li's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jet Li, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, 26th Hong Kong Film Awards, 27th Hong Kong Film Awards, Aaliyah, Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong, Baguazhang, Beijing Wushu Team, Bob Hoskins, Brendan Fraser, Chinese martial arts, Cinema of China, Cinema of Hong Kong, Corey Yuen, Cradle 2 the Grave, Dolph Lundgren, Fearless (2006 film), Fist of Legend, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Hero (2002 film), High Risk (1995 film), Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Huo Yuanjia, Jackie Chan, Jason Statham, Jet Li: Rise to Honor, Jet Li filmography, Kiss of the Dragon, Lethal Weapon 4, Li Junfeng, Mark Dacascos, Martial arts film, Michelle Yeoh, Nick Cheung…and more pages!

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Sujets

• Biography
• Autobiography

Informations

• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781488506147
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 41 Mo

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