Jackie Chan
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Biography
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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
MADtv
Chelsea
The Kapil Sharma Show
Martin
Golden Horse Awards
The Graham Norton Show
Chef Nic
Wish Dragon
Fist of Fury
Enter the Dragon
Cannonball Run II
A Touch of Zen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Cannonball Run
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
The Climbers
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda
Karate Kid: Legends
Iron Mask
Jackie Chan Kung Fu Master
The Foreigner
The Karate Kid
Rush Hour 2
Railroad Tigers
Memories Beyond Horizon
The Spy Next Door
Jackie Chan Adventures: The Search for the Talismans
Dragon Blade
The Forbidden Kingdom
Who Am I?
Rush Hour 4
Rush Hour
Jackie Chan Adventures
Police Story: Lockdown
The Medallion
Around the World in 80 Days
Hidden Strike
Kung Fu Yoga
Rush Hour 3
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Ride On
Project A
Police Story 4: First Strike
Police Story
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
Shanghai Noon
Rumble in the Bronx
Drunken Master
Vanguard
Shanghai Knights
Production Credits
Iron Mask
Rush Hour
Shanghai Noon
Who Am I?
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Railroad Tigers
Reset
Shanghai Knights
Dragon Blade
Enter the Dragon
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Rumble in the Bronx
Fist of Fury
Project A
Wish Dragon
Police Story: Lockdown
The Game Changers
A Touch of Zen
Kung Fu Yoga
The Foreigner
Hidden Strike
Around the World in 80 Days
The Medallion
Police Story
Game of Death
Police Story 4: First Strike
Once Upon a Time in China II
Police Story 3: Super Cop
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