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Jackie Chan holds two Guinness World Records as of 2012, including most stunts by a living actor. Despite a permanent hole in his skull from a 1986 accident while filming Armour of God, he continues to perform his own stunts. His breakthrough came with the 1978 comedy Drunken Master, and he achieved US stardom with Rush Hour 1998.
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Jackie Chan — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
The only child of Lee Lee and Charles Chan, Jackie Chan was born April 7, 1954 on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. His family moved to Canberra, Australia, in 1960, where he struggled academically. His father sent him back to Hong Kong to attend the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera school where he trained in acrobatics, singing, and martial arts. He became a member of the Seven Little Fortunes troupe, forming lifelong bonds with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
In the early 1970s, Chan appeared as an extra in Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury 1972 and Enter the Dragon 1973. His first major breakthrough came with the 1978 action comedy Drunken Master, which established the comedic kung fu genre. He made his directorial debut with The Young Master 1980 but failed to break into the US market with Battle Creek Brawl 1980. Returning to Hong Kong, he delivered Police Story 1985, a darker turn that fans loved. During filming of Armour of God 1986, he suffered a skull fracture after a fall from a wall in Yugoslavia. His US breakthrough arrived with Rumble in the Bronx 1995, followed by the blockbuster Rush Hour 1998 alongside Chris Tucker. He later starred in Shanghai Noon 2000 with Owen Wilson and Rush Hour 2 2001.
Chan married former Taiwanese actress Feng Jiao Lin. They have two children: son Liu Kang also known as Jaycee Chan and daughter Etta Ng. He has expressed regret over his lack of formal education, which inspired him to fund schools worldwide. He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and campaigns against animal abuse and pollution.
Chan received an Academy Honorary Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and an MBE in 1989. Time magazine named Drunken Master II 1994 to its All-Time 100 Movies list. The Pokemon character Hitmonchan takes its name from Chan. His Jackie Chan Stunt Team continues to set standards for on-screen stunts.
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Every award, honor, and recognition received by Jackie Chan — Grammys, hall-of-fame inductions, civic honors, lifetime achievements.
Jackie Chan's bibliography — every authored, edited, and co-written book, ranked by edition count.
A wall of memorable lines from Jackie Chan — lyrics, interviews, and off-the-cuff remarks captured over a lifetime.
Don’t Try to Be Like Jackie. There Is Only One Jackie…. Study Computers Instead.
I’m Crazy, but I’m Not Stupid.
I Don’t Want to Be an Action Star, Action Star’s Life Is so Short. I Want My Life to Get Longer. I Want My Career to Get Longer.
I Have a Few Rules That I Tell My Manager: No Sex Scenes. No Make Love. the Kids Who Like Me Don’t Need to See It. It Would Gross Them Out.
I Never Wanted to Be the Next Bruce Lee. I Just Wanted to Be the First Jackie Chan.
The Ads All Call Me Fearless, but That’s Just Publicity. Anyone Who Thinks I’m Not Scared Out of My Mind Whenever I Do One of My Stunts Is Crazier Than I Am.
My Wish Is to Bring My Heroes to the Big Screen, and Many of Them Have Already Appeared in My Films. the Firefighter Is the Only One I Have yet to Put in a Film. I Have Dragged This Idea on for so Many Years, Even If I Want to Make It, Now I Feel That My Age Makes Me Unsuitable. If I Do Make This Film, I Would No Longer Play a Firefighter, and Would More Likely Be a Firefighting Captain. but If I Were to Be Honest with You, the Role I Want to Play Most Is the Firefighter.
I Hate Violence, Yes I Do. It’s Kind of a Dilemma, Huh?
In Hollywood, They Care More About Comedy, Relationship and so Many Things Before Action Stunts. in Hong Kong, We Go Straight into Stunts and Action, but in America Sometimes That’s Too Much. So, Now I’m Making a Film Half and Half Take Some Good Things from Hollywood and Some Good Things from Asia.
I’m Not Sure If It’s Good to Have Freedom or Not. I’m Really Confused Now. If You’re Too Free, You’re Like the Way Hong Kong Is Now. It’s Very Chaotic. Taiwan Is Also Chaotic. I’m Gradually Beginning to Feel That We Chinese Need to Be Controlled. If We’re Not Being Controlled, We’ll Just Do What We Want.
When I Was Younger I Thought Shark Fin Soup Was Good for the Skin, for Collagen. I Thought Tiger Bone Oil Was Good for When You Get Hurt. These Kinds of Things Are Always in Your Mind Traditional Things. You Eat Pigs Brain and You Get Clever. When You Eat Pig Knuckles You Feel Good.
I Was Making a Film in China. the Government Buy Me a Dinner. I Sit Down. Boom! They Give Me Shark Fin Soup. I Said Put It Away. I Said Can I Have Some Other Soup, I Just Don’t Like Shark Fin Soup…Sometimes When Government Do Things, the People Just Don’t Concentrate. but If You Use Celebrity, They Will Believe It. We Need More Celebrities to Speak Out About This.
I’m Not Just an Action Actor I’m an Actor First, Who Also Knows Action.
Little-known facts about Jackie Chan — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
A permanent hole remains in his head from a stunt accident during Armour of God 1986.
He expects actors and actresses in his movies to perform their own stunts as well, leading from the front.
The most painful injury of his career happened on Enter the Dragon 1973, when Bruce Lee accidentally hit him in the face with a nunchuck.
His punches and kicks actually connect with their targets in his action scenes; actors wear special padding on feet and body to prevent serious injury.
His greatest regret in life is not having received a proper education, which inspired him to fund educational institutions around the world.
He received the name Jackie from fellow workers on a construction site in Canberra, Australia, who could not pronounce his real name.
He was to star in a film called Nosebleed, but it was canceled after the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001; he would have played a window-washer at the WTC who stops a terrorist plot.
Despite his nearly innumerable injuries, he admits he still has a deep fear of needles.
He sings in the Chinese version of Mulan 1998, specifically I’ll Make a Man Out of You.
He worked with Bruce Lee as a stunt coordinator.
The hardest thing about acting is speaking in English; doing stunts is easy for him compared to speaking in English.
He has a great, long-lasting relationship with Mitsubishi Motors, which has donated many automobiles for his films.
Underwent plastic surgery in 1976 to reshape his eyelids, giving him a more Western appearance; the final film with the old-look Chan is Shaolin Wooden Men 1976.
According to a 2017 interview, he went out bowling with Bruce Lee just days before the latter died on July 20, 1973.
Despite his combat skills, Jackie abhors violence in real life and claims to have only been in one fight his entire life, and only then because his friends dragged him into it.
He was sucker punched by one of his fans while filming Rush Hour 2 2001 because the fan thought he would block the punch.
Jackie Chan personally holds two Guinness World Records awarded to him on December 5, 2012: most credits in one movie and most stunts by a living actor. He carried out 15 major creative movie-making roles for Chinese Zodiac 2012, breaking the previous record of 11.
Capable of speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and English.
He turned down Jet Li’s roles in Lethal Weapon 4 1998 and The One 2001 on account of his policy of not playing villains.
In performing his own stunts, he has broken his nose three times, his ankle once, most of the fingers in his hand, both cheekbones and his skull.
Some of his favourite films include Gone with the Wind 1939, Singin’ in the Rain 1952 and The Matrix 1999.
While classed as a martial artist, he has little formal training and holds no formal belt; the basis for his martial arts was Peking Opera, which uses a more theatrical interpretation of martial arts and acrobatics.
Prefers to do action films with strong humour streaks and physical clowning like Buster Keaton.
His role models are Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, all of whom were more important to him as a child than any martial arts star.
According to his production diary on the official Shanghai Knights 2003 website, the producers wanted to throw him a birthday party, but he asked them not to since his mother had recently died; Chinese tradition dictates waiting 3 to 12 months after a death. The producers threw the party anyway, and Chan did not object because it is an important part of the American culture to celebrate birthdays.
Most often dubs his own voice for the English release of his Asian films; he also dubs his Asian films in Mandarin.
Was John Carpenter’s first choice for the role of Wang Chi in Big Trouble in Little China 1986 but declined to concentrate on his career in Hong Kong.
Trained in Northern and Southern styles of Kung-Fu as well as other martial arts including Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Hapkido; he also has some experience in Jeet Kune Do having studied under Bruce Lee while working as a stuntman.
The character Hitmonchan from the Pokemon series is named after him.
One of Forbes magazine’s Top 10 Most Generous Celebrities.
His movie Drunken Master II 1994 was listed in Time magazine’s All-Time 100 Movies.
Performed the voice acting and singing for the Beast in the Chinese Mandarin dub of Beauty and the Beast 1991.
His fan club once topped 10,000 members, mostly young girls; one committed suicide after discovering he was married, and another attempted suicide but was saved.
Admits he had done Cannonball Run II 1984 just to fulfill his contract with Warner Brothers.
Admits that he is not very good with technology, particularly computers.
He received the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual New York Asian Film Festival.
Despite minimal formal education, he was made an honorary doctor of social science of the Hong Kong Baptist University and an honorary fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.
He is also a talented singer, having released numerous albums in Asia; his music is normally heard in the outtakes of his Hong Kong movies.
He has his own stunt team, the Jackie Chan Stunt Team Sing Ga Ban, which includes Andy Kay, Chung Cheng, Chung-Chi Li Nicky Li, and Bradley James Allan.
His parents worked at the American Embassy in Canberra, Australia; he resided with them there after one of his attempts in the movie business fell through.
His wife Feng-Jiao Lin was formerly a famous Taiwanese actress.
Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix in Demolition Man 1993, but he turned it down as he did not want to play a villain.
His fans often call him Dai Gor, meaning Big brother in English.
He was awarded the MBE Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to entertainment.
He helped create a PlayStation game called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster 2000, lending his voice and performing motion capture.
He was a stunt/fight coordinator for John Woo during his kung-fu phase.
Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year to be $50 million.
Good friends with Steven Seagal and James Lew; best friends with Sylvester Stallone.
In 2009, he was named an anti-drug ambassador by the Chinese government; when his own son Jaycee was arrested for cannabis use in 2014, he said he was angry, shocked, heartbroken and ashamed, and urged young people to stay away from drugs.
His first major breakthrough was Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow 1978, shot while loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal; director Yuen Woo-Ping allowed Chan complete freedom over his stunt work. The film established the comedic kung-fu genre. He then starred in Drunken Master 1978, propelling him to mainstream success.
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