Li Lianjie (born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese (Chinese people) martial artist (Chinese martial arts), actor, wushu (wushu (sport)) champion, and international film star who has currently taken up Singapore citizenship and bought a luxurious S$20 million bungalow. After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from wushu at age 17, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (Shaolin Temple (1982 film)) (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time In China (Once Upon a Time in China (film series)) series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei Hung. His first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, most recently starring beside Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), also with Mark Dacascos in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and as the titular villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. He is set to star in the upcoming film The Expendables (The Expendables (2010 film)).