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