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Biography

Jackie Chan (born Chan Kong-sang) can trace his origins to Hong Kong, where he was born to parents Charles and Lee-Lee Chan on April 7, 1954. His parents were so poor at the time of his birth, that they contemplated giving him up for adoption to the doctor who delivered him, since they couldn't afford the hospital bill.

But because the birth of their only child made it too hard to give him up, the Chan family labored in order to have money to raise their "Year of the Horse" son. Chan's father was employed as a cook in the French Embassy, while his mother worked as a housekeeper, but they eventually relocated to Australia, where his father worked as head chef in the American Embassy.

Jackie Chan, the artist

A 7-year-old Chan was sent back to Hong Kong, where he would become a student at the strict China Drama Academy for 10 years. There he endured 19-hour days of the kind of acrobatic action we see in Jackie Chan movies today; integrating mime, dance and martial arts, all thanks to very strict training.

Along with six more of the Opera Master's pupils, Chan (renamed Yuen Lou) became one of the sensational Seven Little Fortunes, after performing in an Opera of the same name. The Opera Master lent the septet as stuntmen to Chinese films, which is how Chan earned a reputation as an incredible stuntman.

After his introduction to the film company Golden Harvest, Chan began his stunt magic in the 1971 Bruce Lee films Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon (he also made Asian film history as the only one to successfully complete an extremely high fall).

Chan was finally cast in a rather substantial role in the film The Little Tiger of Guanddong (1971) and appeared in John Woo's Hand of Death (1976). But when the leading martial arts master of the time, Bruce Lee, suddenly passed away, popular director Lo Wei wanted to prime Chan as the next dragon, and even bestowed upon him the name "Sing Lung," which means "to become the dragon."

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But after acting à la Bruce Lee proved to be a film disaster, Chan moved on to bigger plans and decided to go back to classic comedy and film as inspiration. Essentially, he wanted to use the slapstick antics of Buster Keaton and chivalrous grace of Fred Astaire, rather than the traditional kung fu style of action.

While a star in Asia, Chan had yet to break through with a hit in the United States. The late '70s and the '80s were marked by huge hits for Chan, such as Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (197 cool , Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (197 cool , Drunken Master (197 cool , and The Fearless Hyena (1979), Project A (1983), Wheels on Meals (1984), Dragons Forever (198 cool , and Miracles (1989).

Although he was signed with Golden Harvest, was Asia's highest paid actor, and had more than 60 films to his credit, Chan still had to succeed at what proved to be his toughest feat: Becoming a Hollywood star.

He got a break when he appeared in The Big Brawl (1980), Cannonball Run (1984) and The Protector (1985), but due to his poor English skills and even poorer promotion of the films in America, Chan wasn't more than a fleeting thought in the U.S.

But Chan scored during his second attempt to break into Hollywood, with the 1995 film Rumble in the Bronx. He was even honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards. His 1999 comedy opposite Chris Tucker, Rush Hour, received critical and commercial praise, while 2000's Shanghai Noon, with Lucy Lui and Owen Wilson, was also considered to be a great success for Chan -- and made Mr. Nice Guy (1997) pretty forgettable, thankfully.
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The runaway success of Shanghai Noon and Rush Hour inevitably led Jackie into making the sequels Shanghai Knights in 2003, Rush Hour 2 in 2001 and Rush Hour 3 in 2007. And though Jackie's box-office take in Hollywood proved to be more than most actor's could ever hope for, the superstar became tired with the treatment of Asian actors in Tinseltown. This dissatisfaction led Jackie to create his production company, Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Limited, which went on to produce many box-office hits in Asia, including New Police Story (2004), The Myth (2005) and Rob-B-Hood (2006).

And though Jackie may have become disenchanted with Hollywood, he does pick and choose projects in L.A. when they interest him. Most notable among his North American projects is the the animated Kung Fu Panda (200 cool , in which he'll supply the voice of Master Monkey, and The Forbidden Kingdom (200 cool with fellow martial-arts master Jet Li.

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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:03 pm

hehe as said in the thread about "Jet Li" jackie chan is also an awesome Martial artist ... he had been a Stunt man for Bruce lee and he was really good he still does his own stunts but the guy has received several injuries from the stunts >.< his movies like "rumble in the bronx" rocked... and other oldies ... he is an overall awesome Comedian i love his movie Shanghigh Noon was awesome xd

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Jackie Chan is a great Martial Artist - his collaboration with Jet Li in "Forbidden Kingdom" was amazing. I think Shanghai Noon was hilarious.

If you haven't seen "New Police Story", I think you should. Unless you're afraid to watch a torture sequence. I think the torture sequence (the police squad break-in) was one of the most heart-wrenching movie sequences I've ever seen in my life. Personally, I think his sidekick "policeman" assistant is cute. ;3

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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:20 pm

Dang it >.<...I did not see this when I did mine on Jackie Chan. I did a full report on him in high school. Here it is...some of it is a rehash of Angels but this is what I got on him...I myself own around 30-50 of his almost 130 films.

Jackie Chan

History:

Jackie Chan was born in Chan Kong Sang, on 7 April 1954. He went to the Peking Opera School at the age of of six. There he was trained in how to sing, dance, perform stunts, martial arts, discipline and everything an all-around actor would know.

His first movie appearance was when he was eight years old and he played in Big and Little Wong Tin Bar. After that he and the 'Little Fortunes' as him and the other children including Sammo Hung were named. After ten years of education and lower cut movies and budget films he moved on from that school and worked as a stuntman for Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee.

He continued as a stuntman for a while like that before Bruce Lee died while making a movie and the director whom had been impressed with Jackie bought his contract. Then he had Jackie try to play as a second Bruce Lee in the New Fist of Fury. The movie was a horrendous failure as Jackie Chan said, "I can't do Bruce Lee. Only Bruce Lee can do Bruce Lee. I can only do Jackie Chan."

After several failures with that director trying to form him into a second Bruce Lee he got a break. Chan's first major breakthrough was the 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, shot while his contract was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal. Under director Yuen Woo Ping, Chan was allowed complete freedom over his stunt work. The film established the comedic kung fu genre, and proved to be a breakthrough in the kung-fu genre. Chan then starred in Drunken Master, which finally propelled him to be well known in China.

Upon returning to his former director the man let Jackie do his own thing but demanded that he make the movies as a near copy of his breakthrough films. After a little while longer there Jackie decided to move to Golden Harvest films. It was then Jackie played in his first American film called "Cannonball Run". However, he was out shown by the popular American actor Burt Reynolds.

After that Jackie returned to China to focus on making films there. Back in Hong Kong, Chan's films began to reach a larger audience, with early successes in the Japanese market of films with The Young Master (1980) and Dragon Lord (1982). Chan produced a number of action comedy films with his opera school friends Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The three co-starred together for the first time in 1983 in Project A, which won the Best Action Design Award at the third annual Hong Kong Film Awards. Over the following two years, the "Three Brothers" appeared in Wheels on Meals and the original Lucky Stars trilogy. In 1985, Chan made the first Police Story film, a US-influenced action comedy in which Chan performed his own stunts. It was named the "Best Movie" at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1987, Chan played "Asian Hawk", an Indiana Jones-esque character, in the film Armour of God. The film was Chan's biggest domestic box office success to date, grossing over $35 million.

In 1988 Chan starred alongside Hung and Yuen for the last time to date, in the film Dragons Forever. Hung co-directed with Corey Yuen, and the villain in the film was played by Yuen Wah, both of whom were fellow graduates of the China Drama Academy.

Following his early successes Jackie continued pressing the bar in Asain movie and entertainment. In the late 1980s and early 90s, Chan starred in a number of successful sequels beginning with Police Story 2, which won the award for Best Action Choreography at the 1989 Hong Kong Film Awards. This was followed by Armour of God II: Operation Condor, and Police Story 3, for which Chan won the Best Actor Award at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival. In 1994, Chan reprised his role as Wong Fei Hung in Drunken Master II, which was listed in Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies. Another sequel, Police Story 4: First Strike, brought more awards and domestic box office success for Chan, but did not fare as well in foreign markets. Jackie Chan rekindled his Hollywood ambitions in the 1990s, but refused early offers to play villains in Hollywood films to avoid being typecast in future roles. For example, Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix, a criminal in the futuristic film Demolition Man. Chan declined and the role was taken by Wesley Snipes.

Chan finally succeeded in establishing a foothold in the North American market in 1995 with a worldwide release of Rumble in the Bronx, attaining a cult following in the United States that was rare for Hong Kong movie stars. The success of Rumble in the Bronx led to a 1996 release of Police Story 3 in the United States under the title Supercop, which grossed a total of US $16,270,600. Jackie then co-starred with Chris Tucker in the 1998 buddy cop action comedy Rush Hour, grossing US$130 million in the United States alone. From here Jackie continued to make movie after movie, each being a large hit.

In 1998, Chan released his final film for Golden Harvest, Who Am I?. After leaving Golden Harvest in 1999, he produced Gorgeous, a romantic comedy that focused on personal relationships. Chan then helped create a PlayStation game in 2000 called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, to which he lent his voice and performed the motion capture.
Jackie Chan plays an anti-hero for the first time in Rob-B-Hood: A burglar with gambling problems.

Despite further success with Shanghai Noon in 2000, Rush Hour 2 in 2001 and Shanghai Knights in 2003, Chan became frustrated with Hollywood over the limited range of roles and lack of control over the film-making process. In response to Golden Harvest's withdrawal from the film industry in 2003, Chan started his own film production company, JCE Movies Limited (Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Limited) in association with Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG). His films have since featured an increasing number of dramatic scenes while continuing to succeed at the box office; examples include New Police Story (2004), The Myth (2005) and Rob-B-Hood (2006).

Chan's next release was Rush Hour 3 in August 2007. It grossed US$140 million – about $100 million less than the second film, but about the same as the first. However, it performed poorly in Hong Kong, grossing only HK$3.5 million during its opening weekend. The filming of The Forbidden Kingdom, Chan's first onscreen collaboration with fellow Chinese actor Jet Li, was completed on 24 August 2007 and the film was released in April 2008. Chan voiced the character Master Monkey in the DreamWorks Animation film, Kung Fu Panda, released in June 2008, appearing with stars Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. In addition, he has signed up to assist Anthony Szeto in an advisory capacity for the writer-director's upcoming film Wushu, which is currently in pre-production. The film will star Sammo Hung and Wang Wenjie as father and son. In November 2007, Chan began filming Shinjuku Incident with director Derek Yee, which sees Chan take on the role of a Chinese immigrant in Japan. Filming is now complete and it is currently in post-production. The film is due for release in Hong Kong cinemas on 25 September 2008. According to his blog, Chan wishes to direct a film after completing Shinjuku Incident, something he has not done for a number of years. The film is expected to be the third in the Armour of God series, and has a working title of Armour of God III: Chinese Zodiac. Chan originally stated that he would start filming on 1 April 2008, but that date had passed. Because the Screen Actors Guild did not go on strike, Chan started shooting his next movie The Spy Next Door at the end of October in New Mexico, leaving the status of Armour of God III: Chinese Zodiac up in the air. In The Spy Next Door, Chan plays an undercover agent whose cover is blown when he looks after the children of his neighbor.

Stunts:

Jackie Chan performs most of his own stunts, which are choreographed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. He has stated in interviews that the primary inspiration of his more comedic stunts were the films such as The General, starring Buster Keaton, who was also known to perform his own stunts without doubles. Since the team's establishment in 1983, Chan has used it in all his subsequent films to make choreographing easier, given his understanding of each member's abilities. Chan and his team undertake many of the stunts performed by other characters in his films, shooting the scenes such that their faces are obscured.

The dangerous nature of his stunts makes it difficult for Chan to get insurance, especially in the United States, where his stunt work is contractually limited. Chan holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Stunts By A Living Actor", which emphasises "no insurance company will underwrite Chan's productions, in which he performs all his own stunts". In addition, he holds an unrecognised record for the most number of takes for a single shot in a film, having shot over 2900 retakes for a complex scene involving a badminton game in Dragon Lord/

Chan has been injured numerous times attempting stunts; many of them have been shown as outtakes or as bloopers during the closing credits of his films. He came closest to death filming Armour of God, when he fell from a tree and fractured his skull. Over the years, Chan has dislocated his pelvis and broken his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck, ankle and ribs on numerous occasions.

Screen Persona:

Jackie Chan created his screen persona as a response to Bruce Lee, and the numerous imitators who appeared before and after Lee's death. In contrast to Lee's characters, who were typically stern, morally upright heroes, Chan plays well-meaning, slightly foolish regular guys (often at the mercy of their friends, girlfriends or families) who always triumph in the end despite the odds. Despite the success of the Rush Hour series, Chan has stated that he is not a fan of it since he neither appreciates the action scenes in the movie, nor understands American humor. In the same interview Chan said that while he is not enamored with the films he makes in the U.S., and has repeatedly shown a lack of enthusiasm for some of his biggest Hollywood projects fearing that Chinese viewers may not understand them, he uses the high salaries from these pictures to fund Chinese projects that he is more interested in.

In recent years, the aging Chan grew tired of being typecast as an action hero, prompting him to act with more emotion in his latest films. In New Police Story, he portrayed a character suffering from alcoholism and mourning his murdered colleagues. To further shed the image of Mr. Nice Guy, Chan played an anti-hero for the first time in Rob-B-Hood starring as Thongs, a burglar with gambling problems.

Television:

In 2000, Chan hosted a fictionalized version of himself in the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures, which ran until 2005.

In July 2008, the BTV reality television series entitled The Disciple concluded. The series was produced by, and featured Jackie Chan. The aim of the program was to find a new star, skilled in acting and martial arts, to become Chan's "successor" and student in film making. Contestants were trained by Jackie Chan Stunt Team members Alan Wu and He Jun and competed in various fields, including explosion scenes, high-altitude wire-suspension, gun play, car stunts, diving, obstacles courses etc. The regular judges on the program were He Ping, Wu Yue and Cheng Pei Pei. Guest judges include Stanley Tong, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The "Finals" began on 5 April 2008, with 16 contestants remaining, and concluded on 26 June 2008. Amongst those in attendance were Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ng See Yuen and Yu Rong Guang.

The winner of the series was Jacky Tu (Tu Sheng Cheng). Along with runners up Yang Zheng and Jerry Liau, Tu is now set to star in three modern Chinese action films, one of which was scripted by Chan, and all three will be co-produced by Chan and his company JCE Movies Limited. The films will be entitled Speedpost 206, Won't Tell You and Tropical Toranado and will be directed by Xie Dong, Jiang Tao and Cai Rong Hui. All 16 finalists will be given the opportunity to work on the films, or to join the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. Production on the first film is due to begin in September 2008. In addition, the finalists will be given roles in a forthcoming BTV action series.

Music Career:

Jackie Chan is a successful singer in Hong Kong and Asia, having begun producing records professionally in the 1980s. He has released 20 albums since 1984. He often sings the theme songs of his films, which play over the closing credits and at least 10 of these recordings have been released on soundtrack albums for the films.

Chan voiced the character of Shang in the Chinese release of the Walt Disney animated feature, Mulan (199 cool . He also performed the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You", for the film's soundtrack. For the US release, both voice and song were performed by Donnie Osmond.

In 2007, Chan recorded and released the song "We Are Ready", the official one-year countdown song to the 2008 Summer Olympics. He performed the song at a ceremony marking the one-year countdown to the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

The day before the Beijing Olympics opened, Chan released one of the two official Olympics albums, Official Album for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Jackie Chan's Version, which featured a number of special guest appearances. Chan, along with Andy Lau, Liu Huan and Emil Chau, performed "Hard to Say Goodbye", the farewell song for the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

List of Films:

Year:
1962
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar
The Love Eterne
1964
The Story of Qin Xiang Lin
1966
The Eighteen Darts (Part 1)
The Eighteen Darts (Part 2)
Come Drink with Me
1971
A Touch of Zen
1972
Fist of Fury
1973
Enter the Dragon
Facets of Love
Eagle Shadow Fist
Kung Fu Girl
Little Tiger of Canton
Chinese Hercules
1974
Fists of the Double K
The Golden Lotus
Police Woman
Supermen Against the Orient
1975
All in the Family
Bruce Lee and I
No End of Surprises
The Himalayan
The Young Dragons
1976
New Fist of Fury
Dance of Death
Shaolin Chamber of Death
Hand of Death
Killer Meteors
The Private Eyes
1977
The 36 Crazy Fists
To Kill with Intrigue
1978
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
Magnificent Bodyguards
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Drunken Master
Spiritual Kung Fu
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Two in Black Belt
1979
The Fearless Hyena
Dragon Fist
Immortal Warriors
Master With Cracked Fingers
1980
The Big Brawl
The Young Master
Read Lips
1981
The Cannonball Run
The Gold-Hunters
1982
Dragon Lord
Fantasy Mission Force
1983
Fearless Hyena Part II
Winners and Sinners
Project A
1984
Wheels on Meals
Cannonball Run II
Pom Pom
1985
Police Story
Heart of Dragon
Ninja Thunderbolt
The Protector
My Lucky Stars
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1986
Naughty Boys
1987
Project A Part II
Armour of God
That Enchanting Night
1988
Police Story 2
Dragons Forever
The Inspector Wears Skirts
Rouge
1989
Miracles
The Inspector Wears Skirts II
1990
Island of Fire
The Outlaw Brothers
Stage Door Johnny
Story of Kennedy Town
1991
A Kid from Tibet
Armour of God II: Operation Condor
Angry Ranger
Beauty and the Beast
1992
Police Story 3
The Twin Dragons
The Shootout
1993
Once a Cop
City Hunter
Crime Story
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1994
Drunken Master II
1995
Thunderbolt
Rumble in the Bronx
1996
Police Story 4: First Strike
1997
Mr. Nice Guy
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
1998
Rush Hour
Who Am I?
Hot War
1999
King of Comedy
Gorgeous
Gen-X Cops
2000
Shanghai Noon
2001
Rush Hour 2
The Accidental Spy
2002
The Tuxedo
2003
The Medallion
The Twins Effect
Shanghai Knights
2004
New Police Story
Twins Effect II
Around the World in 80 Days
Enter the Phoenix
2005
The Myth
Everlasting Regret
2006
Rob-B-Hood
2007
Rush Hour 3
2008
The Forbidden Kingdom
Kung Fu Panda
Run Papa Run
Wushu
2009
Shinjuku Incident
The Spy Next Door
Junior Soldiers
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 ((Pre-production))