Chan, Jackie
PERSONAL DATA: |
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NAME: | Jackie Chan |
DATE OF BIRTH: | April 6, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: | Hong Kong, China |
Career:
Jackie Chan is a World-famous Actor and is also known as
known singer. He was born as Chan Kwong Song in northeast China`s Shan Dong
born in poor circumstances. His parents left China in 1961 and handed over
her seven-year-old son to the Beijing Opera`s China Drama Academy in Hong Kong, in the
he was placed under Master Yu. There he got 19 hours a day in disciplines
for 10 years such as martial arts, acrobatics, singing, dancing and acting classes.
He had his film premiere in 1962 with "Big and Little Wong Tin Bar" and his first leading role
he got in 1971 with "The Master with the Broken Fingers". At that time he was still wearing his
old stage name "Cheng Long", under which a few more flops followed. With "The Invincibles
the Shaolin" he had his first international success.
The film industry initially viewed him as Bruce Lee`s successor, with Jackie being his
developed a style of action, acrobatics and comedy which derived from Bruce Lee`s serious,
aggressive clear difference.
When he finally had success in the USA as well, he took the opportunity to also promote American
Making films like "Rush Hour", "Shang-High Noon" or "Around the World in 80 Days".
Jackie Chan has appeared in over 90 films and has written and produced many of them.
Jackie Chan has a son named Jaycee Chan who was born in 1983 and a daughter.
He has been married to Feng-Jiao Lin since 1982.
Jackie Chan pulled broken feet, a breastplate
in his films in a few years
fracture, a fractured skull, many broken noses and fingers, and other injuries. Jackie Chan
is known for performing all stunts himself, no matter how dangerous they are.
1962: Big and Little Wong Tin Bar |
1985: Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars 1985: The Protector 1985: Magnum Thunderbolt 1985: Powerman III 1985: Police Story 1986: Naughty Boys 1987: The Right Arm of the Gods 1987: Project B - Jackie Chan`s Merciless Fight 1988: Action Hunter 1988: Police Story 2 - The Supercop Strikes Again 1989: Miracles - The Best Boss of the Underworld 1989: Celebrity Talk Show 1990: The Prisoner 1990: New Kids in Town 1991:Mission Eagle - The Strong Arm of the Gods 1992: A Kid from Tibet 1992: Twin Dragons - The Power Duo 1992: Police Story 3 – Super Cop 1993: City Hunter 1993: Hard to Die 1993: Mega Cop 1994: Drunken Masters 1995: Rumble in the Bronx 1995: Thunderbolt - Showdown with 1000 hp 1996: Jackie Chan`s First Strike 1997: Mr. Nice Guy - Fight Before Asking 1998: Jackie Chan is Nobody 1998: Jackie Chan`s Who Am I? 1998: Rush Hour 1999: Under Control 1999: The King of Comedy 1999: Gen-X Cops 2000: Shang High Noon 2001: Unwilling Spy 2001: Rush Hour 2 2002: The Tuxedo - Danger is coming 2003: Shanghai Knights 2003: Vampire Effect 2003: The Medallion 2004: Enter the Phoenix 2004: New Police Story 2005: Around the world in 80 days 2005: The Myth 2006: Rob B Hood 2007: Rush Hour 3 2008: Kung Fu Panda (voice only) 2008: The Forbidden Kingdom |