Jackie Chan

Actor, Producer

Birthdate: April 7, 1954 (72 Years Old)

Birthplace: Formerly British Hong Kong

Jackie Chan (birthname: Kong-sang Chan) is one of the world’s most recognizable movie stars who has displayed a rare combination of physical violence and charming comedy, and was a central figure in Hong Kong’s golden movie era of the 1980s and 1990s. Chan’s big break into the martial arts genre was as a stunt performer with Bruce Lee on his two features, Fist of Fury (1972) and Enter the Dragon (1973), followed by starring roles in Little Tiger of Canton (1973) and New Fist of Fury (1976), and then broke through as a kung fu martial arts star with Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978) and director Yuen Woo-Ping’s iconic Drunken Master (1978) followed by Chan’s first movies as star/director/co-writer and his first projects with producers Raymond Chow’s and Leonard Ho’s Golden Harvest, The Young Master (1980) and Dragon Lord (1982). Chan launched the next major phase of his performance and directing career as the world’s top martial arts movie star with arguably his best movie, Project A (1983), co-starring Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao and grossing $18 million. However, this reputation is probably matched (if not surpassed) by his brilliant contemporary urban, $19-million-earning Police Story (1985), co-starring Maggie Cheung and Brigitte Lin, and which came just after the Barcelona-set Wheels on Meals (1984), with Hung and Biao, and grossing $13 million. Chan as star/director/writer followed these successes with a flood of hit sequels as well as the Armour of God series launched by the wildly successful Armour of God (1986) and Police Story series, as well as the highly entertaining sequel Project A Part II (1987), Dragons Forever (1988), Twin Dragons (1992), City Hunter (1993) and Drunken Master II (1994). Jackie Chan’s Hollywood breakthrough finally arrived after his first brilliant Hong Kong decade with the Stanley Tong-directed and U.S./Hong Kong-backed Rumble in the Bronx (1996), with Anita Mui and Francoise Yip, and released by New Line Cinema for a hefty $76 million return. Chan, unlike several other Asian movie actors trying—and often failing--to achieve success in the Hollywood and English-speaking markets, hit the jackpot as co-star of the cross cultural buddy cop Rush Hour franchise (co-starring Chris Tucker), including Rush Hour (1998), Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2006), all directed by Brett Ratner and released by Warner Bros. to a cumulative box office of $849 million. Chan also co-starred in Touchtone/Disney’s Western/martial arts-accented comedy-action pair, Shanghai Noon (2000) and Shanghai Knights (2003), both co-starring Owen Wilson as an American outlaw and Chan as a member of the Chinese Imperial Guard, with directors Tom Dey and David Dobkin (respectively), and which delivered a cumulative return of $188 million. Chan’s other major Hollywood franchise was launched by Sony/Columbia Pictures’ U.S./China/Hong Kong feature remake, The Karate Kid (2010), which marked his debut in a dramatic role as kung fu master Mr. Han, co-starring Jaden Smith with Taraji P. Henson and Yu Rongguang under Harald Swart’s direction, produced (in part) by Will Smith and grossing over $359 million; Chan returned as Mr. Han in the franchise’s sixth entry, Karate Kid: Legends (2025), co-starring Ben Wang and Ralph Maccio under Jonathan Entwistle’s direction. Jackie Chan, as he aged out of his heavy-duty martial arts acting in previous decades, made a crafty move and landed one of his few voice roles as Master Monkey in yet another Hollywood franchise, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount Pictures’ hit animated Kung Fu Panda series, including Kung Fu Panda (2008), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), co-starring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu, and grossing a cumulative $1.81 billion global return.

Personal Life
Movies
Facts

Personal life

Jackie Chan was born and raised in then-British-controlled Hong Kong by his parents, Charles and Lee-Lee. Chan grew up on the grounds of the French consulate in Hong Kong, since his father was the head cook in the consulate kitchen, while attending and failing at Nah-Hwa Primary School. Chan was then transferred to study for the next decade under Master Yu Jim-yuen’s Peking Opera school at the Hong Kong-based China Drama Academy, and became one of the academy’s top students as a member of the Seven Little Fortunes with future movie stars Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, aka “Three Dragons.” Chan moved to Canberra, Australia, to live with his parents while briefly attending Dickson College. Graduated from School. Chan has been married to Feng-Jiao (Joan) Lin since 1982; the couple has one child, Jaycee. Chan had a notoriously scandalous affair with actor Elaine Ng Yi-Lei in 1998-1999, when the couple had a child, Etta, whom Chan hasn’t seen since her birth and, according to Yi-Lei’s attorney, received no financial assistance from Chan. Chan’s height is 5’ 8 ½ ”. Chan’s estimated net worth is $400 million.

Known For

Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe

(2026)

Unexpected Family

(2026)

Karate Kid: Legends

(2025)

Panda Plan

Jackie (2024)

Ride On

Luo Zhilong (Lao Luo) (2023)

Jackie Chan Movies

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2024 |
Panda Plan
Panda Plan
2024
Action, Adventure, Comedy
International action superstar Jackie Chan is involved in a rescue operation of a beloved zoo panda named Hu Hu.
asJackie
2023 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Turtle brothers work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
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asSplinter
2023 |
Ride On
Ride On
2023
Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
A washed-up stuntman and his stunt horse become an overnight social media sensation when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral.
asLuo Zhilong (Lao Luo)
2020 |
Vanguard
Vanguard
2020
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
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asTang Huating
2019 |
Police Story
Police Story
2019
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
asChan Ka Kui
2019 |
The Climbers
The Climbers
2019
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
The four members of the China Everest Climbing Commando confront the most difficult mount. The first four failures have cost them too much physical strength until the wind and snow stop the gap.
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asOld Yang Guang (Guest Appearance in Post Credit Scene)
2018 |
Namiya
Namiya
2018
Drama, Family, Fantasy
When three runaways shack up in an abandoned general store, a supernatural correspondence connects them to many lives that were all touched by the owner of the store years before they were born.
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asNamiya
2017 |
The Foreigner
The Foreigner
2017
Action, Crime, Thriller
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
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asQuan Ngoc Minh
2017 |
The Lego Ninjago Movie
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Shunned by everyone for being the son of an evil warlord, a teenager seeks to defeat him with the help of his fellow ninjas.
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asMaster Wu
2017 |
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
A group of squirrels try to stop a mayor from destroying the park where they live to make way for a dysfunctional amusement park.
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asMr. Feng
2017 |
Earth: One Amazing Day
Earth: One Amazing Day
2017
Documentary, Family
From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to e... Read all
asNarrator
2017 |
Kung Fu Yoga
Kung Fu Yoga
2017
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Two professors team up to locate a lost treasure and embark on an adventure that takes them from a Tibetan ice cave to Dubai, and to a mountain temple in India.
asJack
2017 |
Railroad Tigers
Railroad Tigers
2017
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
asMa Yuan
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as Insp. Chan Ka Kui
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as Mr. Han
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as Monkey
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as Insp. Chan Ka Kui
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as Monkey
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as Mr. Han
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as Lee
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as Lee
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as Monkey
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as Ren Jiqing
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as Jackie

Facts About Jackie Chan

Heads Up: Jackie Chan has a permanent hole in his head from a stunt accident experienced during the making of Armour of God. Worst Injury: Chan, who may have endured more stunt injuries than anyone else in movie history, claims that his most painful injury occurred when Bruce Lee accidentally hit him in the face with a nunchuck while filming Enter the Dragon. Jackie’s Rule: Jackie Chan has noted that “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.” Heritage: Chan’s parents were political refugees from Mainland China, with his father having been a secret agent for the anti-Communist Kuomintang forces and fleeing to Hong Kong in the 1940s. Chan traces his family heritage to the city of Wuhu in the Chinese province of Anhui. Political Flip Flops: Jackie Chan was a vocal supporter of democratic interests in British-held Hong Kong, but after the “Turnover” to the People’s Republic of China, Chan became a public advocate of the Chinese Communist Party, including criticizing the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.

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