Jackie Chan

 Father's name: Charles Chan.

Mother's name: Li Li Shan.

Wife's name: Joanne Lin.

Boys' names: Jessie Chan and Ita Ng.

Height: 174 cm.

Weight: 65 kg.

Hobbies: Kung Fu.

Religion: There were rumors that Jackie Chan converted to Islam, only to be proven false later.

Ethnicity: of Chinese descent.

The most prominent directors who dealt with him: Oleg Stepchenko, Stanley Tong, Fach, Lijia Zhang.

Biography of Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan (originally Chan Kong Sang) was born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong, China. He began studying martial arts, drama and acrobatics as well as singing at the age of 7, and was considered a successor to Bruce Lee in Hong Kong cinema. Chan worked on developing his style of martial arts and comic moves, becoming a big star in Asia, and his successes reached the United States as well.

Nowadays, Jackie Chan is known as one of the icons of international cinema and one of the most popular and reputable actors in the world. The focus is no longer really on the martial arts that distinguish him, but rather Chan went beyond it to become famous for his distinctive comic style, which contributed to making him a global star bigger than any Chinese star that preceded him. Find out the biography, achievements, judgment, sayings and all the information you need about Jackie Chan.

The beginnings of Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong, China. When his parents moved to Australia to find work, he stayed at the age of seven in Hong Kong to study at the Chinese Opera Research Institute (a boarding school in Hong Kong).

For ten years, Shan studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics, and singing, and was subjected to disciplinary measures, including corporal punishment, for his poor performance.

He appeared in his first film, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar, in 1962, and when he was eight, he appeared in a number of musical films.

After graduating in 1971, Chan found work as a stuntman and stuntman in films, starring in the 1972 film Fist of Fury starring big screen star Bruce Lee. It was reported that in this film he made the highest leap in the history of Chinese filmmaking, thus winning the respect and attention of me and other people.

Jackie Chan's personal life

In 1982, Chan married Taiwanese actress Lin Feng-gao, also known as Joan Lin. They have one son, singer and actor Jesse. It is also reported that Chan fathered a daughter as a result of an affair with the former Miss Asia.

• Facts about Jackie Chan
• No company insures Chan or his team, so he pays for the team's risks.
• He got the name "Jackie" while working on a construction site in Australia.
• He broke 12 cement blocks with his hands.
• He doesn't like the Rush Hour movie series.

Jackie Chan's achievements

After the tragic and unexpected death of Bruce Lee in 1973, Jackie Chan was chosen as his potential successor. And he starred in a series of kung fu films with actor and director Lu Wei, who had previously worked with Lee, and most of these films were unsuccessful, and thus the cooperation ended at the end of the seventies.

By then Jackie Chan decided he wanted to create a new image of himself and broke the mold of Lee's image. Chan insisted on doing all the stunts himself by fusing his martial arts abilities with his impressive bravery, reminiscent of beloved actor Buster Keaton.

A year after the release of Snake in the Eagle's Shadow 1978, Jackie Chan took the Hong Kong film world by storm with his first kung fu comedy Drunken Master 1978. Subsequent successes were The Fearless Hyena (1979), Half a Loaf of Kung (1980), and The Young Master. (1980) The latter film was his first with Golden Harvest, Hong Kong's leading film studio.

Jackie Chan became the highest-paid actor in Hong Kong and a huge international star across Asia; He has taken complete control of most of his films, often handling tasks ranging from producing to directing to performing the lead songs.

At the beginning of the eighties, he tried his luck in Hollywood, where he acted in the movie The Big Brawl 1980 produced by Golden Harvest, and some supporting roles such as his role as Burt Reynolds in the movie The Cannonball Run 1982.

Jackie Chan continued his brilliance and produced several important films such as Project A 1983, Police Story 1985.

In 1986, he set up his own production company, Golden Way, and established a modeling and casting agency called Jackie's Angels in order to recruit talent for his films. After a massive number of injuries during the filming of Police Story, the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association founded a stuntmen's union, through which it trained and provided medical care for all members.

Jackie Chan says he broke every bone in his body at least once while acting stunts, in 1986 while filming Armor of God he fell 40 feet when he tried to jump from a rooftop onto a tree branch which fractured his skull.

In 2011, he completed his ambitious project and worked as an assistant director and star of the historical drama 1911.

CZ12 brought him back to action movies, and the following year he renewed his old franchise with 2013's Police Story. Jackie Chan enjoyed the massive box office success of the historical action movie Dragon Blade, and American stars John Cusack and Adrien Brody also acted in this film.

Jackie Chan co-founded JCE Movies Limited in 2004, seeking full financial and artistic control over his films. Through this company, he produced several films, including New Police Story in 2004 and The Myth in 2005, in addition to Rob-B-Hood in 2006.

Business: Jackie Chan has been involved in many businesses:

The movie “Fist of Fury” in 1972

The movie “Enter the Dragon” in 1973

The movie “To kill with intrigue” in 1977

The movie “Drunken Master” in 1978

The movie “Police Story” in 1985

The movie “Armor Of God” in 1986

The movie “Police Story 2” in 1988

The movie “Island of Fire” in 1990

The movie “Operation Condor” in 1991

The movie “Supercop” in 1992

The movie “Crime Story” in 1993

The movie “Drunken Master II” in 1994

Film “Thunderbolt” in 1995

The movie “First Strike” in 1996

The movie “Mr. Nice Guy” in 1997

The movie “Rush Hour” in 1998

The movie “Gorgeous” in 1999

The movie “Shanghai Noon” in 2000

The movie “The Accidental Spy” in 2001

The movie “The Tuxedo” in 2002

The movie “Shanghai Knights” in 2003

The movie “New Police Story” in 2004

The movie “The Myth” in 2005

The movie “Robin-B-Hood” in 2006

The movie “Rush Hour 3” in 2007

The movie “The Forbidden Kingdom” in 2008

The movie “Looking for Jackie” in 2009

The movie “Shinjuku Incident” in 2010

The movie “Shaolin” in 2011

The movie “The Spy Next Door” in 2011

The movie “Chinese Zodiac” in 2012

The movie “Police Story: Lockdown” in 2013

In 2015, Jackie Chan participated in the movie “Dragon Blade” and the movie “Monkey King: Hero Is Back.” He continued in 2016 in the movie “Kung Fu Panda 3” and the movie “Skiptrace”. In 2017, Jackie appeared to his fans through the movie “Kung-Fu Yoga” and the movie “Railroad Tigers” and participated in the anime movie “The Lego Ninjago Movie”, “The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature” and the movie “Bleeding Steel”. and the movie "The Foreigner". The year 2019 saw Jackie participating in the movie “The Iron Mask”, and in the movie “Vanguard” in 2020, and he is expected to appear in the movie “Project X-Traction”, which is expected to be shown during the year 2021.