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Trivia
Birth name: Li Lian Jie
Date of birth: 26 April 1963
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Spouse: Nina Li Chi (19 September 1999 - present) 2 children,
Qiuyan Huang (1987 - 1990) (divorced) 2 daughters.
 Won
Chinese national championship in the acrobatic martial art wushu when he
was 11; his prize was a trip to Washington D.C. to meet President
Richard Nixon.
He
studies English with a tutor for 4 hours a day.
Jet
& wife Nina Li Chi became parents to a 6 lb. 13 oz. daughter, Jane.
[19 April 2000]
Was
originally cast in the role of the character Li Mu Bai in Ang Lee's
martial arts blockbuster Wo hu cang long (2000) (Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon), but turned it down. The decision was prompted by a promise to
his wife Nina Li Chi that he would not work while she was pregnant). The
role of Li Mu Bai went to actor Yun-Fat Chow. Li said this himself
during an appearance on the Tonight Show promoting "Kiss of the
Dragon."
Other
than providing voice-overs for Kit Yun in Rise to Honor (2003) (VG), he
also did the motion-capture for his fight scenes.
Injured
his foot while escaping the tsunami that followed a 9.0 earthquake in
the Indian Ocean. Li and his four year old daughter were on vacation in
the Maldives on December 26th, 2004. The two were in the lobby of their
hotel when the wave came ashore. Scooping up his daughter and running
for higher ground, a piece of furniture hit his foot, causing the
injury.
Has claimed his upcoming martial arts film
Hua Yuenjia (Fearless) will be his last martial arts movie, and that he
will concentrate on other matters in the future. One of those matters is
apparently a documentary about Buddhism.
While Li had been highly successful in non-combat Wu Shu tournaments, he has never expressed a personal interest in competing in any sport fighting or competitive martial arts such as kickboxing or
MMA.
In the Special Features section of the "Cradle 2 the Grave" DVD, Li claimed that he would be defeated in real life by professional MMA fighters such as Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, and Randy Couture, his co-stars in the film. |
