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Q: Who is the greatest Kung Fu star?
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or Jet Li?
12 years 33 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment - China
Bruce Lee seems to like by young guys I teach at University
hands down bruce lee , he was a real kung fu fighter not just an actor was was often challenged in the street to a duel (not with pistols so i should say match) and never lost!
bruce lee named his style was called no style and later named it jeet kund do not kung fu
Samo Hung. This guy was great in his day.. So was Sunny ChiBa
All of them are skilled martial artists, and you forgot Donnie Yen who's excellent as well
As for the list,
Bruce Lee is clearly the worst actor of the lot
Jackie Chan plays the clown too much
Jet Li is the one who can act the best, and in my opinion, the most sympathetic of the three
bruce lee suffers as he essentially gave birth to kung-fu movies. that was the acting at the time and just about all the films were low budget. but to say he was a bad actor, "dems fitin wurds!!" 
My answer to the question was based purely on their Kung- Fu abilities. If you want to bring acting into the equation, well I'll just say the phrase "actor in a martial arts movie" is an oxymoron.
Bruce Lee never gave birth to kung-fu movies. Those kind of movies have existed ever since the chinese (and HK) cinema was born.
And as a martial artist playing in movies, I think a minimum of acting is required, else you should stick to martial arts.
To his defense, the few movies he played in were particularly crappy, even by HK standards...
For the sake of argument, Bruce Lee revitalizes Kung Fu movies to the world.
I have to say Bruce Lee. The man was amazing.
Fun fact: Bruce Lee was an American. Born in San Francisco. Tell that to people and they get all bent out of shape even though it's 100% FACT. He held a US passport his entire life and was a native citizen.
I like Jackie Chan best. Movie is fo entertainment. His kungfu is real. His movie is good. Jet is boring, but don't tell him I say that.
GuilinRaf:
My understanding was that his "kung fu" is "Beijing Opera " style. Looks great, can kick some a** but not real in any way.
Before I never knew him I heard people talking of him...I would say Bruce Lee! He's one of the kung fu masters that made the martial art Kung fu cool...
I think Bruce Lee and Jet Li are both great Kung Fu masters while Jackie Chan is a great Kung Fu actor
