Jackie Chan

About Jackie Chan


Apprenticed to the China Drama Academy (or "opera school") by his parents at the age of 6, Jackie Chan  was rigorously trained in music, dance, and traditional martial arts. A visiting filmmaker offered Chan his  first (tiny) role as a stunt player. Chan took the part, and soon left the Opera to pursue the world of film.  Fellow Opera students Biao Yuen and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo would also have careers in film, and the  three would star in several films together in the following years. Chan's talent and enthusiasm soon saw  him taking larger and more important roles, graduating first to stunt coordinator, and then to director.
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Biography for Jackie Chan


Birth name   
Chan Kong-sang

Nickname
Paopao
Fong Si-lung
Yuen Lou
Big Brother
Born   
7 April 1954 (1954-04-07), Victoria Peak, Crown colony, Hong Kong
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Height
5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Father
Charles Chan (French Consul to Hong Kong, Head cook for the American embassy to Canberra,  Australia, born 18 December 1914, Shandong, China, died 25 February 2008, aged 93, Hong Kong)
Mother
Lee-Lee Chan (born 1916, Wuhan, China, died 28 February 2002, aged 85-86, Canberra, Australia)
Religious view
Buddhist
Ancestry   
Linzi, Shandong, China
Origin   
Hong Kong
Speaks
Cantonese, Mandarin, English, German, Korean, Japanese, Spanish
Occupation
Actor, Action choreographer, Filmmaker, Comedian, Director, Producer, Martial artist, Screenwriter,  Entrepreneur, Singer and Stunt performer
Genre(s)   
Cantopop, Mandopop, Hong Kong English pop, J-pop
Films
Over 100 films
Years active   
1962–present
Spouse(s)     

Lin Feng-jiao (born 30 June 1953, Taiwanese actress, Married in1982–present)
Son
Jaycee Chan (singer and actor, born on 3 December 1982 in Los Angeles, California)
Daughter
Etta Ng Chok Lam also known as Etta Wu (born on 19 November, 1999. Her mother name is Elaine Ng  Yi-Lei also known as Elaine Wu Hong Kong actress and Miss Asia 1990)
Influences   
Bruce Lee, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Jim Carrey
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards in 1989, Best Action Choreography in 1996 and 1999, Professional
Spirit Award 
in 2004, Golden Horse Awards, Best Actor in 1992 and1993, Golden Rooster Awards, Best Actor in  2005, MTV Asia Awards, Inspiration Award in 2002
Other Awards
MTV Movie Awards in 2002, 1999, 1995
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shanghai International Film Festival in 2005
Personal Quotes

• Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead. 
• It's very important that I get hurt [when making a movie] 
• 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.

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