Jackie Chan
Acting
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.
Born: April 7, 1954
Place of Birth: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Known For
Filmography
as Jackie Chan
as Wong Tak Chung
as Mr. Han
as Jackie
as Professor Fang/Zhao Zhan
as Splinter (voice)
as Dragon Luo
as Luo Zhilong / Lao Luo
as Uncle Chen
as Vivi
as Supervisor of the Epidemic Prevention Operation Unit
as Tang Huanting
as Old Yang Guang
as Self
as Master
as Self (archive footage)
as Pu Songling
as Self
as Namiya
as Lin Dong
as Quan Ngoc Minh
as Master Wu / Mr. Liu (voice)
as Mr. Feng (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Jack Chan
as Ma Yuan
as Master Wu (Voice)
as Bennie Chan
as Self
as Self
as Monkey (voice)
as Huo Han
as Fireman in TV ad
as Zhong Wen
as Pan-Pacific Host (cameo)
as Monkey (Voice)
as Jackie / Asian Hawk
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Huang Xing
as Monkey (voice)
as Jackie Chan
as Wudao
as Monkey (voice)
as Mr. Han
as The Liang soldier
as Bob Ho
as Xu Rongcun [voice]
as Reporter
as Jackie Chan
as Steelhead
as Monkey (voice)
as Old Hop / Lu Yan
as Self / Host
as Self
as Yan Naing Lee
as Self
as Thongs
as Self
as Jackie Chan
as 查理（配音）
as Self
as Self
as General Meng Yi / Dr. Jack Chan
as Senior Inspector Chan Kwok Wing
as Lord of Armour
as Passepartout / Lau Xing
as Mr. Chan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Jackie Chan
as Eddie Yang
as Jackie Fong
as Chon Wang
as Self
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Jimmy Tong
as Self - Interviewee
as Yan Naing Lee
as Buck Yuan
as Self - Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Chon Wang
as [archive footage]
as Poor Fisherman (Cameo)
as Self
as Self
as C.N. Chan
as Stunt Double on Set (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Lee
as Self
as Jackie Chan
as Who Am I
as Self
as Jackie
as Self - Guest
as Skit Guest
as Jackie
as Self
as Self
as Jackie
as Self
as Keung
as Wong Fei-hung
as Self - Actor
as Inspector Chan Ka-Kui
as Inspector Eddie Chan
as Ryo Saeba
as Kevin Chan Ka-Kui / Lin Fu-Sheng
as Ma Yau (John Ma) / Die Hard (Boomer)
as Man at Airport
as Jackie / Asian Hawk / Condor
as Da Chui / Steve
as Charlie Chen-Wah
as 成龙
as Sergeant Chan Ka-Kui
as Jackie Lung
as Self (uncredited)
as Sgt. Dragon Ma Yue Lung
as Jackie (Asian Hawk)
as Prisoner
as Sergeant 'Kevin' Chan Ka-Kui
as Fung / Ah Tad / Tat
as Muscles
as Billy Wong
as Muscles
as Thomas
as Jackie
as Motorcycle Cop / Skater
as Sgt. Dragon Ma Yue Lung
as Sammy (archive footage)
as Policeman #7086
as Ching Lung (Stone)
as Sammy
as Lung (Dragon Ho)
as Subaru Driver #1
as Self
as Jerry Kwan
as Lung
as Tang Hao Yun
as Chan
as Yi-Lang
as Fred Wong
as Master Chang
as Ting Chung
as Hsu Yin-Fung
as Chien Fu
as Cao Lei
as Man in Opening Scene
as Little Mute
as Immortal Meteor Wa Wu-Bin
as Little Tan
as Lung
as Tseng's Man
as Golden Lion Gang Member
as Secretary Chen
as Self - Host
as Hsiao Tang
as Pear Hawker Yun
as Bandit
as Guard
as Guard
as Thug
as Japanese
as Gang Leader
as Xiao Liu
as Hsiao Hu
as Liang's Thug
as Thug
as Shi Tzer
as Servant (uncredited)
as Thug
as Black Bear Student (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Student (uncredited)
as Thug in black
as Prince's Fighter in the Forest
as Stunt Extra (uncredited)
as Beggar Kid
as Seven Little Tigers
as Seven Little Tigers
as Brother Dong
as Self
as Ren Jiqing