
Acting
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
April 7, 1954 (age 71)
Born in
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍; born 7 April 1954), 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.

The Shadow's Edge
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2025

City Hunter
Ryo Saeba
1993

Karate Kid: Legends
Mr. Han
2025

Kung Fu Panda
Monkey (voice)
2008

Rush Hour
Lee
1998

The Karate Kid
Mr. Han
2010

Kung Fu Panda 2
Monkey (voice)
2011

The Legend of Drunken Master
Wong Fei-hung
1994

Rush Hour 2
Yan Naing Lee
2001

Kung Fu Panda 3
Monkey (voice)
2016

Panda Plan
Jackie
2024

Fist of Fury
Student (uncredited)
1972

Enter the Dragon
Guard (uncredited)
1973

A Legend
Professor Fang/Zhao Zhan
2024

My Lucky Stars
Muscles
1985

Iron Mask
Master
2019

Ride On
Luo Zhilong
2023

The Tuxedo
Jimmy Tong
2002

Drunken Master
Fred Wong
1978

Rush Hour 3
Yan Naing Lee
2007

Armour of God
Director
1986

Police Story
Director
1985

Who Am I?
Director
1998

Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Director
1989

Chinese Zodiac
Director
2012

Operation Condor
Director
1991

Police Story 2
Director
1988

Project A Part II
Director
1987

Jackie Chan: My Story
Director
1998

Dragon Lord
Director
1982

1911
Director
2011

Fearless Hyena
Director
1979

Project A
Director
1983

The Young Master
Director
1980

Jackie Chan: My Stunts
Director
1999

The Diary
Director