Jet Li

He married actress Nina Li Chi in 1999 and the couple has two daughters from this wedlock as well.

In 2004, the actor was caught in Tsunami-hit Maldives, and there was rumor about his death. However, he was perfectly fine save for a minor injury on his foot.

Jet Li was born as Li Lian Jie as the youngest of his five siblings and was only two when his father passed away.

He was just eight when his family discovered his talent for wushu (a form of martial arts) and sent him to a school where he could learn the art.

Soon, he was a part of the famous wushu team in Beijing, China, called the ‘Beijing Wushu Team’ which participated in the ‘National Games of the People's Republic of China’ and the age of 11, Li won his first national championship.

As a result, he travelled to nearly 45 countries to demonstrate the sport and in 1974 he exhibited it for the U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. He also bagged the ‘All-Around National Wushu Champion’ title of that year.

He retired from wushu at 17 and made his debut in the Chinese film industry with the 1982 movie ‘Shaolin Temple’. The movie was a success and established him as a promising actor in China.

Towards the end of the eighties, he moved to Hong Kong where he signed up the 1991 movie ‘Once Upon a Time in China’, a martial arts action film.

His Hollywood debut was with the action-thriller movie ‘Lethal Weapon 4’ in 1994, in which he played the bad guy alongside actors Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

In 2000, he collaborated with rapper DMX and singer Aaliyah for the movie ‘Romeo Must Die’, which was a huge commercial success. The following year, he acted in ‘Kiss of the Dragon’ for which he received great critical appreciation.

In ‘Hero’, a 2002 Chinese film, he played the protagonist, a warrior from 3rd century in China. The movie was a great success winning many prestigious awards.

‘Romeo Must Die’ in which he plays the role of ‘Han Sing’, the protagonist, has been one of his biggest hits till date. The film amassed a $91,036,760 at the box-office, debuting at No.2 in the U.S. Even the soundtrack of the movie sold more than a million copies by the end of the year.

His next biggest hit was ‘Hero’ which made an impressive $177,394,432 at the box-office. It is also the fourth highest-grossing foreign language film at the box-office and was nominated for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ at the 2003 Academy Awards.