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Jackie Chan
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Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍), 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.
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Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍), 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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The One Show
MADtv
Chelsea
The Kapil Sharma Show
Martin
Golden Horse Awards
Running Man
The Graham Norton Show
The Chinese Detective
Chef Nic
Wish Dragon
Fist of Fury
Enter the Dragon
Cannonball Run II
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
A Touch of Zen
The Cannonball Run
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
The Climbers
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 2
Come Home Gary Glitter
Kung Fu Panda 4
Iron Mask
Looking for Jackie
Shanghai Dawn
The Foreigner
The Karate Kid
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Ride On
Kung Fu Yoga
Rush Hour 4
The Tuxedo
Rush Hour 2
Jackie Chan: My Story
Shanghai Knights
Who Am I?
Police Story
Rush Hour 3
The Spy Next Door
Drunken Master
Police Story 4: First Strike
The Medallion
Rush Hour
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
Thunderbolt
Vanguard
Rumble in the Bronx
Memories Beyond Horizon
Around the World in 80 Days
Project A
Police Story: Lockdown
Karate Kid: Legends
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
Railroad Tigers
Jackie Chan Adventures
Dragon Blade
The Forbidden Kingdom
Jackie Chan Adventures: The Search for the Talismans
Hidden Strike
Shanghai Noon
Production Credits
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Fist of Fury
Project A
Jackie Chan: My Story
Rumble in the Bronx
Police Story 4: First Strike
The Game Changers
Railroad Tigers
Police Story
The Foreigner
Thunderbolt
Who Am I?
Rush Hour
The Medallion
Game of Death
Kung Fu Yoga
Once Upon a Time in China II
Reset
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Iron Mask
A Touch of Zen
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Around the World in 80 Days
Shanghai Knights
Enter the Dragon
Wish Dragon
Police Story: Lockdown
Dragon Blade
Hidden Strike
Shanghai Noon
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