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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
A Touch of Zen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Cannonball Run
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
The Lego Ninjago Movie
The Climbers
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 2
Come Home Gary Glitter
Kung Fu Panda 4
Shanghai Dawn
The Foreigner
The Karate Kid
Looking for Jackie
Iron Mask
The Forbidden Kingdom
Rush Hour 2
Thunderbolt
Railroad Tigers
Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures: The Search for the Talismans
The Spy Next Door
Rush Hour 3
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
Rush Hour
Who Am I?
Rush Hour 4
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Police Story
Hidden Strike
Around the World in 80 Days
Jackie Chan: My Story
Karate Kid: Legends
Vanguard
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
Drunken Master
Memories Beyond Horizon
Shanghai Knights
Dragon Blade
Kung Fu Yoga
Police Story: Lockdown
Shanghai Noon
The Medallion
The Tuxedo
Police Story 4: First Strike
Project A
Ride On
Rumble in the Bronx
Production Credits
Iron Mask
Police Story: Lockdown
Game of Death
The Medallion
Police Story 4: First Strike
Dragon Blade
The Foreigner
Once Upon a Time in China II
Project A
Rush Hour
Thunderbolt
The Game Changers
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Enter the Dragon
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Hidden Strike
Reset
Kung Fu Yoga
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Wish Dragon
Jackie Chan: My Story
Fist of Fury
Shanghai Knights
Around the World in 80 Days
Railroad Tigers
Rumble in the Bronx
A Touch of Zen
Police Story
Who Am I?
Shanghai Noon
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