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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Acting · Production · Crew · Directing · Sound · Writing

Born April 7, 1954, 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (53)
  • 2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry — Self
  • 2021Jackie Chan: Building an Icon — Self
  • 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks — Self (archive footage)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
  • The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up — Self
  • Steve — Self
  • Chelsea — Self - Musical Guest
  • The Kapil Sharma Show — Self
  • 2016The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse — Self
  • Too Young to Die — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009Beijing — Self
  • 2009How Bruce Lee Changed the World — Self
  • 2008A Touch of Beijing — Self / Host
  • 2008Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony — Self
  • 2007Making Rush Hour 3 — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
  • 2006Jackie Chan's Global Friendship Tour — Self
  • 2006Magic & Me — Self
  • The One Show — Self
  • A Century of Light and Shadow — Self
  • 2005Come Home Gary Glitter — Self
  • 2003Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong — Self
  • 2003Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu — Self
  • 2003Golden Chicken 2 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special — Self
  • 2002Golden Chicken — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2002The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies — Self - Interviewee
  • 2001Hong Kong Superstars — Self
  • 2001Jackie Chan's Hong Kong Tour — Self - Narrator
  • Jackie Chan Adventures — Self
  • 1999A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour — Self
  • 1999Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On — Self (uncredited)
  • TV total — Self
  • 1998Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes — Self
  • 1998The Path of the Dragon — Self
  • Vivement dimanche — Self
  • 1996Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self - Guest
  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
  • Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
  • 1995Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 — Self
  • MADtv — Self
  • 1995Top Fighter — Self
  • 1994The Life of Bruce Lee — Self - Actor
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • 1990The Best of the Martial Arts Films — Self
  • 1988Someone Will Know Me — Self (uncredited)
  • The Incredibly Strange Film Show — Self
  • 1984Bruce Lee, the Legend — Self
  • Wetten, dass..? — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
  • Golden Horse Awards — Self
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