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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Birthday: 1954-04-07 | Place of Birth: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍; born 7 April 1954), born 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Hidden Strike

as    Dragon Luo

2021
Jackie Chan : humour, gloire et kung-fu

as    Self (archive)

2021
Vanguard

as    Tang Huanting

2019
Iron Mask

as    Master

2019
The Climbers

as    Old Yang Guang

2019
2017
Bleeding Steel

as    Lin Dong

2017
Railroad Tigers

as    Ma Yuan

2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie

as    Master Wu / Mr. Liu (voice)

2017
Namiya

as    Namiya

2017
Earth: One Amazing Day

as    Narrator (voice)

2017
The Foreigner

as    Quan Ngoc Minh

2016
Skiptrace

as    Bennie Chan

2016
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short

as    Master Wu (Voice)

2016
Kung Fu Panda 3

as    Monkey (voice)

2015
Dragon Blade

as    Huo Han

2013
Police Story: Lockdown

as    Detective Zhong Wen

2013
Chinese Zodiac

as    Jackie / Asian Hawk

2013
Personal Tailor

as    Pan-Pacific Host (cameo)

2011
1911

as    Huang Xing

2011
Kung Fu Panda 2

as    Monkey (voice)

2011
Shaolin

as    Wudao

2010
The Spy Next Door

as    Bob Ho

2010
Little Big Soldier

as    The Liang soldier