Jackie Chan
AKA: 成龙
Birthday: 1954-04-07
Birthplace: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Home Page:
http://jackiechan.com
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
Character: Old Hop / Lu Yan
Character: Passepartout / Lau Xing
Character: Lord of Armour
Character: Sergeant Chan Ka-Kui
Character: Jackie / Asian Hawk / Asian Condor
Character: Jackie (Asian Hawk)
Character: Subaru Driver #1
Character: Senior Insp. Chan Kwok-Wing
Character: Lee / Who am I
Character: Policeman #7086
Character: Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-Kui
Character: Jackie Chan Ka-Kui
Character: Monkey (voice)
Character: The Liang soldier
Character: Black Bear Student
Character: Lung (Dragon Ho)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Monkey (voice)
Character: Fung / Ah Tad / Tat
Character: Ma Yau / Wan Ming
Character: Da Chui / Steve
Character: Ching Lung (Stone)
Character: Cao Lei (as Chen Lung)
Character: Inspector Eddie Chan
Character: Jackie / Asian Hawk
Character: Student (uncredited)
Character: Fireman in TV ad
Character: Stunt Double on Set (uncredited)
Character: Secretary Chen
Character: Chan Ka-Kui / Lin Fu-Sheng
Character: Sgt. Dragon Ma Yue-Lung
Character: Inspector Chan Ka-Kui
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself / Narrator
Character: Quan Ngoc Minh
Character: Monkey (voice)
Character: Pear Hawker Yun
Character: Man in opening scene [Cameo]
Character: Prisoner (Cameo)
Character: Immortal Meteor Wa Wu-Bin
Character: Master Wu / Mr. Liu (voice)
Character: Master Wu (Voice)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Kid (as Yuen Lau)
Character: Seven Little Tigers
Character: Seven Little Tigers
Character: Prince's fighter in the forest
Character: Sergeant Dragon Ma Yue Lung
Character: Motorcycle cop/Skater [Cameo]
Character: Man at airport (Cameo)
Character: Pan-Pacific Host (cameo)
Character: Poor Fisherman (Cameo)
Character: Meng Yi / Jack
Character: Xu Rongcun [voice]
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Character: [unconfirmed Cameo]
Character: [unconfirmed Cameo]
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Character: [unconfirmed Cameo]
Character: Monkey (voice)
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Mr. Feng (voice)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: [archive footage]
Character: Actor on Enter the Dragon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Old Yang Guang
Character: Mr. Chan (cameo)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself (Archive)
Character: Kung Fu Instructor
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Supervisor of the Epidemic Prevention Operation Unit
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Sun Wukong (English Dub)
Character: Policeman [Extra]
Character: Self - Portrait Subject
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Luo Zhilong / Lao Luo
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: Golden Lion gang member
Character: Splinter (voice)
Character: One of the Little Kids
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self - Interviewee
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Theme Song Performance
Job: Theme Song Performance
Job: Theme Song Performance
Job: Director of Operations
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Theme Song Performance
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Theme Song Performance
Job: Theme Song Performance
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer
Job: Martial Arts Choreographer