Jet Li played a doctor.
Jet Li . He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films , most notably as the lead in director Zhang Yimou 's 2002 Hero , Fist of Legend which is the best acclaimed Li movie by Rotten Tomatoes , and the Once Upon a Time in China series , in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung . Wong Fei-hung or Huang Feihong ( 9 July 1847 -- 25 March 1924 ) was a Chinese martial artist , physician , and folk hero , who has become the subject of numerous martial arts films and television series . As a physician , Wong practised and taught acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine in Po Chi Lam , a medical clinic in Guangzhou City , Guangdong Province .