How old was Jet Li in his first movie: Shaolin Temple?
Jet Li was 17 in Shaolin Temple when he played the character 'Gong Yuen/Jue Yuan'.
That was over 42 years ago in 1982.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
Today he is 61, and has starred in 62 movies in total, 60 of those since Shaolin Temple was released.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Shaolin Temple, I think Jet Li looks:
Did you know?
- Director Cheung Yam-Yim has worked with Jet Li a total of 2 times in his career.
- Jet Li's first movie was as 'Gong Yuen/Jue Yuan' in Shaolin Temple, released in 1982 when he was 17
- Shaolin Temple scores 6.77 out of 10 on TMDB.
