Peng Zhang Li
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Peng Zhang Li is a 32nd generation Monk who started training at the age of three at the Shaolin Temple in China. He has traveled the world demonstrating his art with the temple.
At the age of twenty two he left for the Netherlands for a new life and set up a stage show about the arts which ran for five years.
In 2000 Zhang moved to New York to start a martial art school in United States, later he joined documentaries about Shaolin, after that a new career started for him in film, by producing, writing and acting in his films he has produced and starred in a range of films where he depicts the spirit of Shaolin. His films has been co produced with his homeland China and his current resident USA. He is mostly known for his movies Last Kung Fu Monk and The Resistance.
Career
In early 2000s Zhang Li began in documentaries about Shaolin "Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America" where he explain his background of Shaolin and his life in America.
2006 Zhang Li made his acting debut in an American horror thriller movie Tooth Fairy.
2010 Zhang Li made is directing debut in the martial art drama "Last Kung Fu Monk" where he also played the leading role of the Shaolin Monk Li Long. A story of a Shaolin Monk that travel to New York but end up in trouble with the Mafia.
2011 Zhang Li acted and directed his second movie The Resistance, a WWII drama mix with Ninja action and Zorro adventure. The movie entered Cannes Film Festival 17 May 2012 and became a Top DVD seller for 3 months in 2013.
Peng Zhang Li continued working with movies during 2012 and 2013, including a similar movie to Last Kung Fu Monk named Man From Shaolin, and Zhang Li made a name for himself in the industry as the man from Shaolin to Kung Fu Master to actor and director.
External links
- Peng Zhang Li at IMDb
- Kung Fu Magazine http://www.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=145
- Kick'em review http://www.kickemintheghoulies.com/zhanglipeng.htm