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