
Jackie Chan
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Biography
Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍), 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

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The One Show

MADtv

Chelsea

The Kapil Sharma Show

Martin

Golden Horse Awards

Running Man

The Graham Norton Show

The Chinese Detective

Chef Nic

Wish Dragon

Fist of Fury

Enter the Dragon

Cannonball Run II

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

A Touch of Zen

The Cannonball Run

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

The Climbers

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Monkey King: Hero Is Back

Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2

Come Home Gary Glitter

Kung Fu Panda 4

Shanghai Dawn

The Karate Kid

Looking for Jackie

The Foreigner

Iron Mask

Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter

Karate Kid: Legends

Rush Hour

Shanghai Noon

Police Story

Rush Hour 2

Rumble in the Bronx

Jackie Chan Adventures

The Spy Next Door

Dragon Blade

Thunderbolt

Police Story 3: Super Cop

The Medallion

Jackie Chan Adventures: The Search for the Talismans

Police Story 4: First Strike

The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short

Shanghai Knights

Memories Beyond Horizon

The Shadow's Edge

Vanguard

Rush Hour 4

Police Story: Lockdown

Railroad Tigers

Jackie Chan: My Story

Kung Fu Yoga

Drunken Master

Project A

Rush Hour 3

Around the World in 80 Days

The Forbidden Kingdom

The Tuxedo

Who Am I?

Hidden Strike

Ride On
Production Credits

Once Upon a Time in China II

Iron Mask

Police Story 4: First Strike

Rumble in the Bronx

Game of Death

Project A

Police Story: Lockdown

A Touch of Zen

The Foreigner

Hidden Strike

Dragon Blade

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Police Story 3: Super Cop

Who Am I?

The Medallion

Shanghai Knights

Reset

Shanghai Noon

Kung Fu Yoga

Enter the Dragon

Jackie Chan: My Story

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Rush Hour

Around the World in 80 Days

Thunderbolt

The Game Changers

Wish Dragon

Railroad Tigers

Fist of Fury

Police Story
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