Jackie Chan
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 7, 1954 (71 years old)
Place of Birth: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍; born 7 April 1954), Chan Kong-sang, is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts. Jackie Chan has been acting since the 1970s and has appeared in over 100 films. Chan has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a cultural icon, Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, and video games. Chan is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films in which he has starred. Chan was born on April 7, 1954, in Victoria Peak, in the former Crown colony of Hong Kong, as Chan Kong-sang (meaning "born in Hong Kong") to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, refugees from the Chinese Civil War. He was nicknamed Paopao (Chinese: 炮炮, literally meaning "Cannonball") because he was such a big baby, weighing 12 pounds, or about 5.4 kgs. Since his parents worked for the French Consul to Hong Kong, Chan spent his formative years within the grounds of the consul's residence in the Victoria Peak district. Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island, where he failed his first year, after which his parents withdrew him from the school. In 1960, his father immigrated to Canberra, Australia, to work as the head cook for the American embassy, and Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-yuen. Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics. He eventually became part of the Seven Little Fortunes, a performance group made up of the school's best students, gaining the stage name Yuen Lo in homage to his master. Chan became close friends with fellow group members Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, the three of them later to be known as the Three Brothers or Three Dragons. At the age of 17, he worked as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon under the stage name Chan Yuen Lung. He received his first starring role later that year, in Little Tiger of Canton, which had a limited release in Hong Kong in 1973.
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Actor Quan Ngoc Minh
The Foreigner
Actor Dr. Jack Chan
Kung Fu Yoga
Actor Master Wu / Mr. Liu (voice)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Actor Lin Dong
Bleeding Steel
Actor Mr. Feng (voice)
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Actor Namiya
Namiya
Actor Kung Fu Instructor
WildAid: Jackie Chan & Pangolins
Actor Narrator (voice)
Earth: One Amazing Day
Fight Choreographer
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Executive Producer
Kung Fu Yoga
Producer
Reset
Executive Producer
Bleeding Steel
Producer
The Foreigner
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
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2010
2009
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2004
Actor Passepartout / Lau Xing
Around the World in 80 Days
Actor Lord of Armour
The Twins Effect II
Actor Senior Inspector Chan Kwok Wing
New Police Story
Actor Mr. Chan
Enter the Phoenix
Executive Producer
New Police Story
Executive Producer
Around the World in 80 Days
Presenter
Rice Rhapsody
Martial Arts Choreographer
New Police Story
Action Director
Around the World in 80 Days
Martial Arts Choreographer
Around the World in 80 Days
Producer
Rice Rhapsody
2003
Actor Eddie Yang
The Medallion
Actor Chon Wang
Shanghai Knights
Actor Jackie Fong
The Twins Effect
Actor Jackie Chan
Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family
Actor Self
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Golden Chicken 2
Actor Self (archive footage)
Heromakers
Actor Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Actor Self
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
Executive Producer
The Medallion
Choreographer
Shanghai Knights
Executive Producer
Shanghai Knights
2002
2001
2000
1999
Actor C.N. Chan
Gorgeous
Actor Poor Fisherman (Cameo)
Gen-X Cops
Actor Self
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
Actor Stunt Double on Set (uncredited)
King of Comedy
Actor [archive footage]
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
Actor Self (uncredited)
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Actor Self
A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour
Producer
Gorgeous
Screenplay
Gorgeous
Executive Producer
Gen-X Cops
Director
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
Producer
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
Presenter
Tempting Heart
Presenter
Purple Storm
Producer
Tempting Heart
Producer
Purple Storm
1998
Actor Lee
Rush Hour
Actor Who Am I
Who Am I?
Actor Self
Jackie Chan: My Story
Actor Self
The Making of Who Am I
Actor Self
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Actor Jackie Chan
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Actor Self
The Path of the Dragon
Actor Self (archive footage)
Bruce Lee: In His Own Words
Screenplay
Who Am I?
Director
Who Am I?
Director
Jackie Chan: My Story
Producer
The Making of Who Am I
Stunt Coordinator
Rush Hour
Producer
Hot War
Martial Arts Choreographer
Who Am I?
Stunt Coordinator
Who Am I?
Story
Jackie Chan: My Story
Producer
Jackie Chan: My Story
1997
1996
1995
Actor Chan Foh To
Thunderbolt
Actor Keung
Rumble in the Bronx
Actor Self
Top Fighter
Actor Self (archive footage)
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
Actor Self
Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1
Producer
Thunderbolt
Choreographer
Thunderbolt
Theme Song Performance
Thunderbolt
Producer
Red Zone
Martial Arts Choreographer
Rumble in the Bronx
1994
1993
1992
Actor Kevin Chan Ka-Kui / Lin Fu-Sheng
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Actor Ma Yau (John Ma) / Die Hard (Boomer)
Twin Dragons
Actor Man at Airport
A Kid from Tibet
Actor (archive footage)
Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania
Executive Producer
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Theme Song Performance
Once Upon a Time in China II
Producer
The Shootout
Presenter
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Theme Song Performance
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Producer
Too Happy for Words
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1988
Actor Sergeant Chan Ka-Kui
Police Story 2
Actor Jackie Lung
Dragons Forever
Actor Self (uncredited)
Someone Will Know Me
Screenplay
Police Story 2
Director
Police Story 2
Stunt Coordinator
The Inspector Wears Skirts
Songs
Dragons Forever
Producer
The Inspector Wears Skirts
Martial Arts Choreographer
Police Story 2
Theme Song Performance
Police Story 2
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Actor Wong Fei-hung
Drunken Master
Actor Chien Fu
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Actor Hsu Yin-Fung
Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin
Actor Ting Chung
Magnificent Bodyguards
Actor Yi-Lang
Spiritual Kung Fu
Actor Master Chang
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Stunt Coordinator
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Stunt Coordinator
Spiritual Kung Fu
Stunt Coordinator
Immortal Warriors
Stunts
Game of Death
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1976
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1973
Actor Shi Tzer
Not Scared to Die
Actor Gang Leader
The Heroine
Actor Japanese
None But the Brave
Actor Guard
Fist to Fist
Actor Xiao Liu
Facets of Love
Actor Liang's Thug
Freedom Strikes a Blow
Actor Thug
The Awaken Punch
Actor Thug
Fist of Unicorn
Actor Guard
Enter the Dragon
Actor
Ambush
Actor
Supermen Against the Orient
Actor Hsiao Hu
The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
Actor (archive footage)
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Choreographer
Supermen Against the Orient
Stunts
Enter the Dragon
Stunt Coordinator
The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
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Others
Actor
New Police Story 2
Actor Yan Naing Lee
Rush Hour 4
Actor Ren Jiqing
Whispers of Gratitude
Actor Self
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Actor Chon Wang
Shanghai Dawn
Actor
Five Against a Bullet
Actor
The Shadow's Edge
Executive Producer
New Police Story 2
Producer
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Director
The Diary
Writer
The Diary
Executive Producer
Five Against a Bullet