Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was born on 7th April 1954 in British Hong Kong. He is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, director producer, choreographer, martial artist, singer and stunt performer, screenwriter. In his move he used acrobatic fighting style and innovative stunts. He did all of his stunts himself in his all films. His acting career starts in 1960s and acted over 150 films. He is an action hero but he use action mixed with comedy. Jackie Chan is a cultural icon. He has received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Hong Kong Avenue of Stars.He has won 27 awards and nominated for awards about 33 times.

Early life

Jackie Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island and he failed in the first year
and his parents withdrew him from the school.  His father immigrated to Canada in 1960 to work for the American embassy as the head cook. Jackie Chan was send to the China Drama Academy which was run by Master Yu Jim-yuen. It was a Peking Opera School. For the next decade, Jackie Chan was trained rigorously. He became expert on martial arts and acrobatics during those years. Gaining the stage name Yuen Lo in homage to his master, Jackie Chan eventually became part of the Seven Little Fortunes, a performance group made up of the school’s best student. Jackie Chan became friends with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao were his fellow group members. Grand master Jim Pal Kim trained Jackie Chan and Sammo Hing “Hapkido”. Jackie Chan earned a black belt.

Jackie Chan starts his acting career when he was five. At first he acted in small roles and at the age of eight he and some of his friends acted in the film “Big and Little Wong Tin Bar” in 1962. In 1963 He acted in the film “The Love Eterne”. In the 1966 he plays a small role in the film King Hu’s. In 1971 he acted in the film Come Drink with Me. Jackie Chan starts his acting career by signing to Chu Mu’s Great Earth Film Company. He works as a stuntman at the age of seventeen in the Bruce Lee films “Fist of Fury” and “Enter the Dragon”. That year (1973) he starred in the film “Little Tiger of Canton” which was his first starring role but it had a limited release in Hong Kong. His first starring was not successful as a result he had trouble finding stunt work. In 1975 Jackie Chan starred in a nude comedic sex scene “All in the Family”, which was his first nude film without a single fight scene or stunt sequence. Jackie Chan has starred in another adult film, “The Shinjuku Incident”, after that he haven’t acted in any adult film.


In 1976 Jackie Chan joined his parents in Canberra he studied in Dickson College and worked as a construction worker. In the 90s, he changed his Chinese name to Fong si-lung. His father’s original surname was Fung.

Personal life

Jackie Chan is a Buddhist. 1982 Jackie Chan married to a Taiwanese actress, Lin Feng-Jiao. He has a son name Jaycee Chan, he is also an actor. Elaine Ng Yi-Lei had a daughter, Etta in 1999. She claimed Chan was Etta’s father but Jackie Chan admitted the affair but did not formally announced Etta as his daughter.

Jackie Chan can speak Cantonese, English, American Sign Language and Mandarin. He also can speak some Spanish, Korean, Japanese, German and Thai. He lived in Thailand for a short period at the age of 9 and 16, that time he learned boxing. He learns from a former professional boxer who had a broken leg.
Jackie Chan is also a humanitarian and a donor. In 1988 he founded a foundation named Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation which offers scholarships and active help to Hong Kong’s young people through a variety of worthy causes. Jacky Chan also founded a foundation named Dragon’s Heart Foundation in 2005 to give much-needed educational opportunities for the poor and elderly with donations of warm clothing, wheelchairs and other items. In 2009 the University of Cambodia gave him an honorary doctorate.

Filmography Jackie Chan
Year	Film
1971	One-Armed Boxer
1972	Monkey in the Master's Eye
1973	The Young Tiger
1973	In Eagle's Shadow Fist
1973	The Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung
1973	Attack of the Kung Fu Girls
1973	Enter the Dragon
1974	Rumble in Hong Kong
1976	New Fist of Fury
1976	Hand of Death
1976	Killer Meteors
1976	Shaolin Wooden Men
1976	Dance of Death
1977	The 36 Crazy Fists
1977	To Kill with Intrigue
1978	Spiritual Kung Fu
1978	Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin
1978	Magnificent Bodyguards
1978	The Young Master
1978	Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
1978	Drunken Master
1979	The Fearless Hyena
1979	Master With Cracked Fingers
1979	Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
1980	Battle Creek Brawl
1980	Dragon Fist
1980	Dragon Forever
1981	The Cannonball Run
1982	Dragon Lord
1983	Fearless Hyena 2
1983	Project A
1983	Fantasy Mission Force
1983	Winners and Sinners
1983	Jackie Chan's Project A
1984	Wheels on Meals
1984	Cannonball Run II
1985	Police Story
1985	My Lucky Stars
1985	Heart of the Dragon
1985	Ninja Thunderbolt
1985	Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
1985	The Protector
1987	Jackie Chan's Project A 2
1987	Operation Condor 2: The Armour of Gods
1987	Police Story 2
1988	The Inspector Wears Skirts
1988	Dragons Forever
1988	Painted Faces
1988	Rouge
1989	Black Dragon
1990	The Prisoner
1990	Deadliest Art: The Best of the Martial Arts Films
1991	Operation Condor
1992	Police Story 3: Super Cop
1993	Bruce Lee Martial Arts Master
1993	Face To Face
1993	Crime Story
1993	City Hunter
1994	Cinema of Vengeance
1995	Rumble in the Bronx
1995	Thunderbolt
1996	First Strike
1996	The Invincible Fighter: The Jackie Chan Story
1997	Mr. Nice Guy
1997	Burn Hollywood Burn
1998	Who Am I?
1998	Rush Hour
1999	Sam Dung
1999	Gorgeous
1999	Jackie Chan: My Stunts
1999	Gen-X Cops
1999	Fist to Fist
1999	Twin Dragons
2000	Jackie Chan Adventures [Animated TV Series]
2000	Jackie Chan Adventures: Season 01
2000	Shanghai Noon
2000	The Legend of Drunken Master
2001	Jackie Chan Adventures: Season 02
2001	The Accidental Spy
2001	Rush Hour 2
2002	Longde Shenchu: Shiluode Pin Tu
2002	Jackie Chan Adventures: Season 03
2002	The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002	The Tuxedo
2003	Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
2003	Shanghai Knights
2003	The Medallion
2004	The Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose
2004	Chop-Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2004	New Police Story
2004	Rice Rhapsody
2004	Enter the Phoenix
2004	Around the World in 80 Days
2005	House of Fury
2005	The Myth
2006	Robin-B-Hood
2007	Rush Hour 3
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom
2008	Kung Fu Panda (Voice)
2009	Looking for Jackie
2009	Wushu: The Young Generation
2009	Shinjuku Incident
2010	Little Big Soldier
2010	The Spy Next Door
2010	The Karate Kid
2011	Legendary Amazons(producer)
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2(Voice)
2011	Shaolin
2011	1911
2012	Chinese Zodiac
2014	The Expendables 3