Jet Li

If I had not given much time and effort shooting in many films, kung fu, he will receive this award, even twenty years ago - he said (perhaps half) Jet Li when April 14 received the 2008 Hong Kong Film Academy Award for best male role in the historical epic "captainship. 

Well, maybe he is right. However, the films of kung-fu made a celebrity world (as fame can boast perhaps Jackie Chan). And in "captainship," referring to the purity, Jet histrionic talent is not "cool" without the aid of recognized master of martial arts, acting as a general term, the success of the artist. 

Jet Li (real name - Lee Lyantsze) was born on 26 April 1963 in Beijing. He was the fifth, the youngest child in the family (with the Jet - two brothers and two sisters), and pet of the mother. Lee's father died when he was only two years and the mother to protect young children from all kinds of risks: Saturday Lyantsze docilely at home, while his peers skating, cycling, car ozornichali and simply in the street. Li was quiet, "family", but probably not because it is by nature a single mother raising five children and all of which reduces from hand to mouth, it was much easier uglyadet for the child who is always "the hand". Problems and was therefore предостаточно: the only source of income for the family to serve the poor wages mother sold the bus tickets. At the age of eight years of a boy lost in the Beijing Academy of u-shu, and teachers soon saw in the new disciple of his future successor, which could exceed the competence of their teachers. 

Progress in the development of a Li-shu is indeed impressive: 11 years, he won 5 gold medals, a National Championship! Then, from 1974, the young Lee began to travel abroad - the team has given the Academy of shows around the world, the Philippines in the United Kingdom. Lee visited the United States, who met personally with President Nixon. A rapid response, precision and elegance of the movements of his mentors youth struck. Lee was dubbed Jet (eng. jet - jet), and in 1981 began charging for their first film - "Shaolin Temple". The painting was exhibited in the 1982-m. At this time, Jet Li has already moved to Hong Kong, where the production of kung-fu film was placed on the market. "Shaolin Temple" was a tremendous success, which led to a suite and fire trikvela (last - remember perhaps many - short articles in the "Travel Club"). 

In the 1980s, Jet Li toured a number of films kung-fu (in case of success, if not too), and 1986-m dared try in the direction to delete the photo "Born to protect, "recounts the adventures of a soldier during the Second World War. The film with the crash failed to hire, in addition to shooting for a serious back injury (of course, when a return could not be considered - however, for the Jet and now the most cases, the situation is). The problem, as you know, they are not alone: to engage with the director, Lee took off for three scenes - "Shaolin Abbot" and "The Battle of the dragon" Lo Wei due to a lack of 'stars in the poorly dressed all in the office, and "The legend of the sword" Tsui Khark fun on the set. But the next joint work Khark and Lee, "Once Upon a Time in China" (1991) has become a neo-classical cinema in Hong Kong. A year later, its sequel "Once Upon a Time in China 2" and in 1993, was released e of the third part - "the claws of steel."