Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor
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He turned Beijing wushu champion into global box-office currency — the man who revived Hong Kong kungfu films, made Wong Fei-hung a household fixture, then crossed into Hollywood still moving fast enough to make it look easy.
Born 26 April 1963, Li Lianjie trained at the Beijing Shichahai Sports School and swept national wushu championships from 1974 to 1979. He retired from competition that year and three years later made his film debut in Shaolin Temple (1982), a hit that spawned two sequels and pulled Hong Kong kungfu cinema back from the brink. The Once Upon a Time in China series (1991–1993) locked him in as the face of folk hero Wong Fei-hung, followed by a string of Asia-based action leads through the mid-nineties. In 1998 he entered Hollywood as the villain in Lethal Weapon 4, then took the lead in Romeo Mu…
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When I think about ancient China or the ancient world, I wonder why people want to become king. For my personal taste, I like freedom.
Speaking English dialogue is not easy for me. I am too lazy to learn English or speak any foreign language, so I am very grateful to my dialogue coach for helping me a lot.
I should do something for Africa...I will go to Africa again, and want to see African entrepreneurs get not only the financial award, but also advice from successful predecessors.
My biggest lesson from the Sichuan earthquake rescue is that grassroots NGOs can help the government in its blind spots. Government relief is not always detail-oriented.
I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts, that is my special key. I can use my unique martial arts in the film.
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