1954-04-07 ( 70 years old ) 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.
Movies
Panda Plan 2
2025-10-01
Karate Kid: Legends
2025-05-08
Panda Plan
2024-10-01
A Legend
2024-07-05
Henan Spring Festival Gala 2024
2024-02-07
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023-07-31
Hidden Strike
2023-07-06
Ride On
2023-04-07
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022-03-30
Good Night Beijing
2021-12-10
Dragon Sword Outlander
2021-08-22
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021-08-04
All U Need Is Love
2021-04-22
Vanguard
2020-01-22
The Climbers
2019-09-30
Iron Mask
2019-08-16
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019-08-14
The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang
2019-02-05
Jackie Chan's Green Heroes
2018-04-18
Namiya
2017-12-29
Bleeding Steel
2017-12-18
The Foreigner
2017-09-28
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017-09-21
WildAid: Jackie Chan & Pangolins
2017-08-22
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017-08-11
Earth: One Amazing Day
2017-08-04
Kung Fu Yoga
2017-01-27
Railroad Tigers
2016-12-23
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
2016-09-22
Skiptrace
2016-07-21
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
2016-03-04
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016-01-23
Dragon Blade
2015-02-19
Impetuous Love in Action
2014-05-23
As the Light Goes Out
2014-01-02
Police Story: Lockdown
2013-12-24
Personal Tailor
2013-12-19
Chinese Zodiac
2012-12-20
I Am Bruce Lee
2012-02-09
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
1911
2011-09-23
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011-05-25
Shaolin
2011-01-20
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010-11-26
The Karate Kid
2010-06-10
Little Big Soldier
2010-02-14
The Spy Next Door
2010-01-15
The Legend of Silk Boy
2010-01-01
The Founding of a Republic
2009-09-17
Looking for Jackie
2009-07-03
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009-05-17
Shinjuku Incident
2009-03-22
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2008-08-24
Kung Fu Panda
2008-06-04
The Forbidden Kingdom
2008-04-17
A Touch of Beijing
2008-01-01
Making Rush Hour 3
2007-12-26
Rush Hour 3
2007-08-08
The Wind
2007-01-01
Rob-B-Hood
2006-09-28
Jackie Chan's Global Friendship Tour
2006-05-01
The Heavenly Kings
2006-04-05
Magic & Me
2006-01-01
Come Home Gary Glitter
2005-12-05
The Myth
2005-05-11
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005-01-01
New Police Story
2004-09-23
The Twins Effect II
2004-08-12
Around the World in 80 Days
2004-06-16
Enter the Phoenix
2004-04-08
Golden Chicken 2
2003-12-24
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003-10-04
The Medallion
2003-08-15
Heromakers
2003-07-08
The Twins Effect
2003-03-08
Shanghai Knights
2003-02-06
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003-01-01
Golden Chicken
2002-12-26
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
2002-12-10
The Tuxedo
2002-09-27
Rush Hour 2
2001-08-03
The Accidental Spy
2001-01-18
Jackie Chan's Hong Kong Tour
2001-01-01
Hong Kong Superstars
2001-01-01
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
2000-10-22
Shanghai Noon
2000-05-26
Jackie Chan - The Kung Fu Years
2000-04-17
Fist to Fist
2000-01-01
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
1999-08-25
Gen-X Cops
1999-06-18
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
1999-03-30
Gorgeous
1999-02-12
King of Comedy
1999-02-08
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
1999-01-01
Rush Hour
1998-09-18
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998-07-17
Bruce Lee: In His Own Words
1998-07-01
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998-02-27
Who Am I?
1998-01-17
The Making of Who Am I
1998-01-01
The Path of the Dragon
1998-01-01
Mr. Nice Guy
1997-01-31
Face to Face
1997-01-01
Top Fighter 2
1996-09-10
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996-08-30
Police Story 4: First Strike
1996-02-10
Thunderbolt
1995-09-08
Top Fighter
1995-06-15
Rumble in the Bronx
1995-01-21
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
1995-01-01
The Legend of Drunken Master
1994-02-03
The Life of Bruce Lee
1994-01-01
Supercop 2
1993-10-21
Crime Story
1993-06-24
City Hunter
1993-01-01
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992-07-04
Twin Dragons
1992-01-15
A Kid from Tibet
1992-01-10
Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania
1992-01-01
Operation Condor
1991-02-07
Island of Fire
1990-03-28
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
1990-01-01
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
1989-06-15
Police Story 2
1988-08-13
Dragons Forever
1988-02-11
Someone Will Know Me
1988-01-01
Project A: Part II
1987-07-25
Armour of God
1986-08-16
Naughty Boys
1986-07-25
Police Story
1985-12-14
Heart of Dragon
1985-09-14
Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
1985-08-15
The Protector
1985-06-15
My Lucky Stars
1985-02-10
Wheels on Meals
1984-08-17
Cannonball Run II
1984-06-29
Pom Pom
1984-02-22
Bruce Lee: The Legend
1984-01-01
Project A
1983-12-22
Fire Dragon
1983-09-02
Winners & Sinners
1983-07-07
Fearless Hyena 2
1983-03-04
Fantasy Mission Force
1983-02-13
Dragon Lord
1982-01-21
The Cannonball Run
1981-06-19
The Big Brawl
1980-08-18
The Young Master
1980-02-09
Dragon Fist
1979-04-21
Fearless Hyena
1979-02-17
Spiritual Kung Fu
1978-11-23
Drunken Master
1978-10-05
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
1978-06-30
Magnificent Bodyguards
1978-04-27
Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin
1978-03-08
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
1978-03-01
To Kill with Intrigue
1977-07-22
The 36 Crazy Fists
1977-01-01
Shaolin Wooden Men
1976-10-10
The Killer Meteors
1976-08-21
Hand of Death
1976-07-15
New Fist of Fury
1976-07-08
The Himalayan
1976-02-20
The Golden Lion
1975-12-21
No End of Surprises
1975-12-05
All in the Family
1975-02-08
The Golden Lotus
1974-01-17
Village of Tigers
1974-01-12
Kung Fu Killers
1974-01-01
Supermen Against the Orient
1973-11-29
Fist to Fist
1973-09-01
Enter the Dragon
1973-08-17
The Awaken Punch
1973-05-23
None But the Brave
1973-05-09
The Heroine
1973-04-26
Facets of Love
1973-04-05
The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
1973-03-31
Freedom Strikes a Blow
1973-03-05
Fist of Unicorn
1973-03-01
Not Scared to Die
1973-01-12
Ambush
1973-01-05
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
1973-01-01
The Black Tavern
1972-12-16
The Brutal Boxer
1972-10-04
Hapkido
1972-10-01
The Bloody Fists
1972-05-17
Fist of Fury
1972-03-22
A Touch of Zen
1971-11-18
The Angry River
1971-05-12
The Blade Spares None
1971-04-30
Lady of Steel
1970-02-27
The Eighteen Darts (Part 2)
1966-08-30
The Eighteen Darts (Part 1)
1966-08-23
The Story of Qin Xiang-Lian
1964-07-18
The Monkey Soldiers Come to the Rescue
1963-03-06
The 7 Tyrants of Jiangnan
1962-12-05
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