1963 On April 26th, Jet Li was born in an ordinary worker's family. He has two sisters and two brothers. 1965, Jet Li's father died. 197 1 year, studying at Beijing factory bridge primary school; In the same year, he was attracted by coach Wu Bin and entered Shichahai Sports School to study martial arts, from which he began his career as a martial arts player. 1972, participated in the China Wushu Competition and won the Excellent Performance Award.

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1980, at the invitation of director Zhang Xinyan, Jet Li starred in the action film Shaolin Temple, in which he played the martial monk Jue Yuan, with strong martial arts and upholding justice.

1982, the film attracted social attention after it was released in China mainland, and set a box office record of 1 100 million yuan with the average ticket price of10/cent; In the same year, after the film was released in Hong Kong, the box office reached HK$ 65,438+0,665,438+0.6 million, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong Kung Fu films.

1983, he co-starred with Ding Lan and Liu Jiahui in the martial arts film Shaolin Kid, in which he played the three dragons with extremely high martial arts. The film's final box office in Hong Kong reached HK$ 22.29 million, ranking third in Hong Kong's annual box office list. Jet Li got the attention of Shaw Film Company with the box office results of Shaolin Kid and Shaolin Temple, and got the chance to play Shaw Film.

1984 starred in the action film South and North Shaolin, in which he played Meiji, a north shaolin monk with a sense of justice. 1986, he became a director for the first time, directed and starred in the action film "Men Call Heroes", and played the indomitable Xiaojie. This film is the first time that Jet Li broke away from Shaolin Kung Fu and made anti-Japanese works.