JC
Jackie Chan
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born April 7, 1954 (68 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Bruce Lee: The Way of the Warrior · as actor |
| 2021 | All U Need Is Love · as Unknown |
| 2020 | Vanguard · as Tang Huanting |
| 2019 | Iron Mask · as Master |
| 2019 | The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang · as Pu Songling |
| 2019 | The Climbers · as Yang Guang (Old) |
| 2018 | Jackie Chan's Fantasia (TV Series) · as Jackie Chan |
| 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie · as Master Wu / Mr. Liu (voice) |
| 2017 | The Foreigner · as Quan Ngoc Minh |
| 2017 | Kung Fu Yoga · as Jack |
| 2017 | Earth: One Amazing Day · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Bleeding Steel · as Lin Dong |
| 2017 | Namiya · as Namiya |
| 2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature · as Mr. Feng (voice) |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 · as Monkey (voice) |
| 2016 | Skiptrace · as Bennie Chan |
| 2016 | Railroad Tigers · as Ma Yuan |
| 2016 | The Master · as Master Wu (Voice) |
| 2015 | Dragon Blade · as Huo Han |
| 2015 | Monkey King: Hero Is Back · as Sun Wukong (English Dub) |
| 2013 | Personal Tailor · as Pan-Pacific host [Cameo] |
| 2013 | Police Story: Lockdown · as Detective Zhong Wen |
| 2012 | I Am Bruce Lee · as Actor on Enter the Dragon (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Chinese Zodiac · as Jackie / Asian Hawk |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 · as Monkey (voice) |
| 2011 | Shaolin · as Wu Dao |
| 2011 | 1911 · as Huang Xing / Huang Keqiang |
| 2010 | Little Big Soldier · as The Liang soldier |
| 2010 | The Karate Kid · as Mr. Han |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday · as Monkey (voice) |
| 2010 | Running Man (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2010 | The Spy Next Door · as Bob Ho |
| 2009 | Shinjuku Incident · as Steelhead |
| 2009 | The Founding of a Republic · as Reporter |
| 2009 | Jackie Chan Edition: Seine spektakulärsten Kämpfe · as er selbst |
| 2008 | The Forbidden Kingdom · as Old Hop / Lu Yan |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda · as Master Monkey (voice) |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 · as Chief Insp. Lee |
| 2006 | Rob-B-Hood · as Thongs / Slipper (Fong Ka-Ho) |
| 2005 | The Myth · as General Meng Yi / Dr. Jack Chan |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days · as Passepartout / Lau Xing |
| 2004 | The Twins Effect II · as Lord of Armour |
| 2004 | New Police Story · as Senior Insp. Chan Kwok-Wing |
| 2004 | Enter the Phoenix · as Mr. Chan (cameo) |
| 2003 | Shanghai Knights · as Chon Wang |
| 2003 | The Medallion · as Eddie Yang |
| 2003 | Traces of a Dragon · as Jackie Chan |
| 2003 | Golden Chicken 2 · as archive footage |
| 2003 | The Twins Effect · as Jackie Fong |
| 2002 | Golden Chicken · as archive footage |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo · as Jimmy Tong |
| 2001 | Rush Hour 2 · as Chief Insp. Lee |
| 2001 | The Accidental Spy · as Buck Yuan |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon · as Chon Wang |
| 2000 | Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey · as (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Gen-X Cops · as Poor Fisherman (Cameo) |
| 1999 | Gorgeous · as Chi Wu |
| 1998 | Rush Hour · as Chief Inspector Lee |
| 1998 | Who Am I? · as Lee / Who am I |
| 1997 | Mr. Nice Guy · as Jackie |
| 1997 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn · as Jackie Chan |
| 1996 | First Strike · as Insp. Chan Ka Kui |
| 1996 | Top Fighter 2 · as (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Rumble in the Bronx · as Keung |
| 1995 | Thunderbolt · as Chan Foh To |
| 1994 | The Legend of Drunken Master · as Wong Fei-hung |
| 1993 | Crime Story · as Inspector Eddie Chan |
| 1993 | Supercop 2 · as Insp. Chan Ka Kui |
| 1993 | City Hunter · as Ryo Saeba |
| 1992 | Supercop · as Insp. Chan Ka Kui / Lin Fu Sheng |
| 1992 | Twin Dragons · as Ma Yau / Wan Ming |
| 1992 | Martin (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | A Kid from Tibet · as Man at airport (Cameo) |
| 1991 | Operation Condor · as Jackie / Asian Hawk / Asian Condor |
| 1990 | The Prisoner · as Da Chui / Steve |
| 1990 | New Kid in town · as Master of Disaster re-edit [archive footage] |
| 1989 | Miracles: The Canton Godfather · as Kuo Chen-Wah |
| 1988 | Police Story 2 · as Chan Ka Kui |
| 1988 | Dragons Forever · as Jackie Lung |
| 1987 | Project A 2 · as Sgt. Dragon Ma Yue-Lung |
| 1986 | Armour of God · as Jackie Condor |
| 1986 | Naughty Boys · as Prisoner (Cameo) |
| 1985 | Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars · as Muscles |
| 1985 | Police Story · as Chan Ka Kui |
| 1985 | Heart of Dragon · as Fung / Ah Tad / Tat |
| 1985 | My Lucky Stars · as Muscles |
| 1985 | The Protector · as Billy Wong |
| 1984 | Ninja Thunderbolt · as [unconfirmed Cameo] |
| 1984 | Pom Pom · as Motorcycle cop/Skater [Cameo] |
| 1984 | Wheels on Meals · as Thomas |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II · as Jackie |
| 1983 | Fantasy Mission Force · as Sammy |
| 1983 | Fearless Hyena 2 · as Ching Lung / Stone |
| 1983 | Winners & Sinners · as Policeman #7086 |
| 1983 | Project A · as Sergeant Dragon Ma Yue Lung |
| 1983 | Fire Dragon · as (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Death of a Ninja · as [unconfirmed Cameo] |
| 1982 | Dragon Lord · as Lung / Dragon Ho |
| 1981 | The Cannonball Run · as Subaru Driver #1 |
| 1980 | The Young Master · as Lung |
| 1980 | Battle Creek Brawl · as Jerry Kwan |
| 1979 | Dragon Fist · as Tang Hao Yun |
| 1979 | The Fearless Hyena · as Chan |
| 1978 | Spiritual Kung Fu · as Yi-Lang |
| 1978 | Half a Loaf of Kung Fu · as Chiang |
| 1978 | Magnificent Bodyguards · as Ting Chung |
| 1978 | Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin · as Hsu Yin-Fung |
| 1978 | Drunken Master · as Wong Fei-Hung |
| 1978 | Snake in the Eagle's Shadow · as Chien Fu |
| 1977 | The 36 Crazy Fists · as Man in opening scene [Cameo] |
| 1977 | To Kill with Intrigue · as Cao Lei (as Chen Lung) |
| 1976 | The Hand of Death · as Little Tan |
| 1976 | The Himalayan · as Tseng's man |
| 1976 | Shaolin Wooden Men · as Little Mute |
| 1976 | New Fist of Fury · as Ah Lung |
| 1976 | The Killer Meteors · as Immortal Meteor Wa Wu-Bin |
| 1974 | E hu cun · as Bandit |
| 1974 | Kung Fu Killers · as (archive footage) |
| 1973 | Enter the Dragon · as Guard |
| 1973 | Not Scared to Die · as Shi Tzer |
| 1973 | Snake Fist Fighter · as Hsiao Hu |
| 1973 | Fist to Fist · as Guard [Extra] |
| 1973 | Xiao lao hu · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Chinese Hercules · as Thug [Extra] |
| 1973 | Fist of Unicorn · as Thug [Extra] |
| 1973 | Village on Fire · as Thug |
| 1973 | Supermen Against the Orient · as Extra |
| 1973 | Attack of the Kung Fu Girls · as Japanese |
| 1973 | Rumble in Hong Kong · as Gang Leader |
| 1972 | Hapkido · as Black Bear student |
| 1972 | Bloody Fists · as Policeman [Extra] |
| 1972 | Brutal Boxer · as Thug |
| 1972 | Fist of Fury · as Student (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Blade Spares None · as Prince's fighter in the forest |
| 1971 | The Angry River · as Thug in black |
| 1971 | A Touch of Zen · as Extra |
| 1966 | Come Drink with Me · as Extra |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Child at festival |