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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan, Born Chan Kong Sang on 7th April 1954 on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.

As his parents Charles and Lee Lee chan worked for the French Ambassador, Jackie spent most of his formative years on the grounds of his residence.

During the 1960's Charles Chan emigrated to Austrailia to work for the American embassy. Jackie was thus sent to the Chinese Drama Academy, a Peking opera school run by Master Yu Jim Yuen.

Chan trained vigerously under the Masters rule and excelled highly in martial arts and acrobatics. He eventually became one of Seven Little Fortunes, (a performace group made up of the schools best students) He quickly became close friends with two of the other performers, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, later to be known as the Three Brothers or Three Dragons.

After a few years he spent some time doing dome extra work in various martial arts films and at the age of 17 he worked as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films Fist Of Fury & Enter The Dragon. He starred in his first lead role later that year.

After having trouble finding stuntwork he joined his parents in Australia in 1976, where he briefley attended college and worked on a construction site, during his time working he gained the nick name "Little Jack" and was eventually shortened to "Jackie" which incidently stuck forever.

In 1976 Jackie recieved a telegram from Willie Chan (a Hong Kong film producer) offering work. The producer attempted to re-create Bruce Lee films with Jackie but not being accustomed to Lee's style the films subseqently failed.

Chan's first major filming was in 1978 in the film Snake in the Eagles Shadow. Under Yuen Woo Ping, Chan was allowed tottal freedom with his stunt work.
Chan then starred in Drunken Master which placed him within mainstream filming.

After filming a few films, in 1980 Chan joined Golden Harvest and began his arrival into the American film industry. After filming Battle Creak Brawl, Cannonball Run and the likes, Chan decided to return focus to Hong Kong films.

Once in Hong Kong he starred in various films and started filming martial art/ comedies with his "brothers" Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The first film the co-starred in was Project A in 1983. over the next few years the "Three Dragons" made a few films, Wheels On Meals, Lucky Stars.

In 1985 Chan made the first Police Story film which was named "Best Movie" at the 1985 Hong Kong Film Awards. Chan then played the infamous "Aisan Hawk" in Armour Of God. The film was Jackie's biggest demestic box office success to date, the film also nearly cost the thrill seeking martial artist his life but resulted in him breaking nearly every bone in his body.

The "Three Brothers" starred with each otehr for the last time in Dragons Forever in 1988.

In the late 1980's/ early 90's Chan starred in various sequals, begining with Police Story 2, Armour Of God 2: Operation Condor, Police Story 3, Drunken Master 2, Police Story 4: First Strike. Chan has opertunities to play villians in a few US box office hits but declined, he was asked by Sylvester Stallione to play the role of Simon Phoenix in Demolishion Man.

Finally in 1995 Chan got a foothold upon the US film market in his film Rumber In The Bronx. after this he released Police Story 3 in the US (re-named Supercop) then in 1998 he teamed up with Chris Tucker in Rush Hour.

In 1998 Chan release his last film for Golden Harvest - Who Am I?. After leaving he produced the film Gorgeous and starred in a Playstation game. Later that year he became animated in the Jackie Chan adventure series.

Despite sucesses in the US box office with Shanghia Noon, Rush Hour 2 and Shanghai Knights, Jackie wasnt happy with US film production and yearned for Hong Kong film production, but with Golden Harvest withdrawel from film in 2003, Chan started his own film company Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Ltd (JCE Movies). His newer films included New Police Storey (2004), The Myth (2005), Rob-B-Hood (2006)
Jackie's next release was Ruch Hour 3 in 2007.

Chans latest films to be released are The Forbidden City in which he stars along side Jet Li for the first time and Kung Fu Panda in which Chan recieves animation once again as a wise old monkey.







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Jackie Chan - news / articles


  • Chan in talks for earthquake film - 27 May 2008
    Jackie Chan is in discussions to make a film about the Chinese earthquake, which will raise money for its survivors.-The Tuxedo star said he was in meetings with directors and scriptwriters to get the project off the ground-"I want to make the movie about the ea


  • Chan and Li floor the opposition at US box office - 21 April 2008
    The Forbidden Kingdom, the first film to bring together martial arts legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li, has topped the US box office on its opening weekend, according to new figures from Nielsen. -The film took over $20.8 million (£10.49 million) to leave the compe


  • Blairs fans of Chan - 25 November 2005
    Cherie Blair has revealed that she and her husband Tony are big fans of martial arts star Jackie Chan.-She made the revelation when she presented Chan with the 2005 World Diversity award, in recognition of the Shanghai Knights star's charity work, at a London hotel y

Jackie Chan - what members say


  • Rush Hour
  • Rush Hour review by A customer from North London
    Rated - 5 stars Funny As Hell - Good Action Comedy!! 17 November 2005
    ... but this is an American production, 2 high quality actors in their own rights, Jackie Chan (Kung Fu) & Chris Tucker (American Comic) partner up in what is an unlikely com...  
  • Snake In The Eagle's Shadow
  • Snake In The Eagle's Shadow review by Guy from York
    Rated - 3 stars Old School Kung Fu 5 April 2005
    ...I absolutely love old kung fu films and I've recently watched quite a few of Jackie Chan's early offerings. To be honest this is a decent enough film, the fight scenes are...  
  • Drunken Master
  • Drunken Master review by A customer from Manchester
    Rated - 5 stars classic kung fu comedy 12 October 2004
    ...Jackie Chan's classic kung fu comedy is a masterpiece. The fights are excellent and the humour is plentiful. ...  

Jackie Chan - filmography


  • The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Jet Li,  Michael Angarano
    Director: Rob Minkoff
    Certificate: 12
    n Forbidden Kingdom, American teenager Jason (Michael Angarano), who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kungfu classics, finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawn shop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King (Jet Li). With the lost relic in hand, Jason ...
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  • Rush Hour 3 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Chris Tucker,  Vinnie Jones
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: 12
    While in Paris, Chief Inspector Lee's (Jackie Chan) latest assignment is to escort and to protect Chinese Ambassador Han as he delivers a major address before the World Criminal Court Summit in Los Angeles. While delivering his announcement, he is shot and nearly killed. Meanwhile, former LAPD ...
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  • Around The World In Eighty Days (2004)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Steve Coogan,  Robert Fyfe
    Director: Frank Coraci
    Certificate: PG
    In this raucous Disney adaptation of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, Steve Coogan plays Phileas Fogg, a quirky inventor at the turn of the 20th century. After suffering rejection by England's Royal Academy of Science, Fogg strives to prove his scientific worth by ...
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  • The Twins Effect on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Digger Mesch,  Maggie Lau,  Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
    Director: Dante Lam
    Certificate: 12
    Eastern pop music sensation the Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung) star in this action/comedy/horror yarn about an evil Duke's attempt to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong ...
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  • Around The World In 80 Days on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Steve Coogan,  Robert Fyfe
    Director: Frank Coraci
    Certificate: 12
    In this raucous Disney adaptation of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, Steve Coogan plays Phileas Fogg, a quirky inventor at the turn of the 20th century. After suffering rejection by England's Royal Academy of Science, Fogg strives to prove his scientific worth by ...
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  • New Police Story on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Nicholas Tse,  Charlie Young
    Director: Benny Chan
    Certificate: 15
    Massive explosions and incredible stunts abound as Jackie Chan stars in this Hong Kong release. He plays the burned-out Inspector Wing, whose motivation died when the rest of his police team was wiped out at the hands of a wily and brutal new gang. When, against the odds, a rookie cop rouses the ...
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  • The Medallion on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Lee Evans,  Claire Forlani
    Director: Gordon Chan
    Certificate: PG
    Jackie Chan is back in action with THE MEDALLION, yet another fast-paced martial arts action-comedy. Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong cop who is working with Interpol officer Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) in order to protect a gifted young child. Aware that the child holds a centuries-old medallion ...
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  • Shanghai Knights on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Owen Wilson,  Fann Wong
    Director: David Dobkin
    Certificate: 12
    In this entertaining sequel to SHANGHAI NOON, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are reunited on an adventure that leads them from their home in the USA to England. Upon hearing of his father's murder in China at the hands of the English Lord Rathbone (Aidan Gillen), Wang leaves ...
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  • Heromakers on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Sammo Hung,  Ken Miller
    Director: Toby Russell
    Certificate: 15
    Experience an action-packed, stunt filled journey behind the scenes of the World-famous 'Hong Kong Action Cinema industry'. Join Jackie Chan, Sammon Hung and the leading members of the 'Hong Kong Stuntman Association' as they reveal the secrets of their trade, and disclose fascinating anecdotes ...
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  • The Tuxedo on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Jennifer Love Hewitt,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Kevin Donovan
    Certificate: 12
    In THE TUXEDO, Jackie Chan stars as Jimmy Tong, a taxi driver who's aggressive behind the wheel, but painfully shy outside of his cab. Jimmy's driving talents garner the attention of a secret organization, and soon he's hired as the chauffeur for the suave, enigmatic agent Clark Devlin (Jason ...
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  • The Art Of Action on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Jackie Chan,  Jet Li
    Director: Keith Clarke
    Certificate: 18
    This in-depth documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film--from its rebellious beginnings to the high-flying epics of today. Host Samuel L. Jackson takes you through the best moments of 100 films, including CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, and ...
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  • Flix Mix - Ultimate Fights on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tsui Hark,  Jackie Chan,  Brad Pitt
    Certificate: 18
    A compendium of some of the most exciting fight scenes in recent motion picture history, ULTIMATE FIGHTS provides a whole new perspective on scenes from films such as BLADE, SNATCH, SCARFACE, THE KILLER, FIRST BLOOD, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, and THE KILLER.
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  • The Accidental Spy on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Eric Tsang
    Director: Teddy Chen
    Certificate: 12
    The fastest feet and fists of the irrepressible Mr Chan star with him in this salesman-to-spy adventure. He's bored with working in a sports shop and by chance his appetite for adventure leads him to get embroiled in a whole barrage of fighting thrills and spills and good versus evil.
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  • Rush Hour 2 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Chris Tucker,  John Lone
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: 12
    Crime fighting has never been so hazardous--or funny. Chopsocky action star Jackie Chan reteams with motormouth Chris Tucker in this RUSH HOUR sequel as the mismatched cop duo investigate several bombings in Hong Kong attributed to Chinese gang leader Ricky Tan (John Lone) and an assassin (Zhang ...
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  • Rush Hour 2 - BLU-RAY Version (2001)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Chris Tucker,  John Lone
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: 12
    Crime fighting has never been so hazardous--or funny. Chopsocky action star Jackie Chan reteams with motormouth Chris Tucker in this RUSH HOUR sequel as the mismatched cop duo investigate several bombings in Hong Kong attributed to Chinese gang leader Ricky Tan (John Lone) and an assassin (Zhang ...
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  • Top Fighter on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme,  Bolo Yeung,  Jackie Chan
    Director: Toby Russell
    Certificate: 18
    Go behind the scenes of the films and lives of the world's top martial arts stars in this revealing look at the strength and discipline required to make it in this demanding field. Through rare and hard-hitting footage, you will explore the psychology of the combatant and what it took to get him ...
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  • Shanghai Noon on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Owen Wilson,  Lucy Liu
    Director: Tom Dey
    Certificate: 12
    An action-comedy with a decidedly Western twist, SHANGHAI NOON features astounding acrobatics from superstar Jackie Chan. Chong Wang (Chan) is a dedicated member of the Chinese Imperial Guard. When the emperor's former captain, Lo Fong (Roger Yuan), oversees an illegal operation that involves ...
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  • Gen X Cops on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Nicholas Tse,  Stephen Fung,  Sam Lee
    Director: Benny Chan
    Certificate: 18
    When Japanese uber-gangster Akatura (Nakamura) absconds with a huge cache of explosives, a rebellious trio of police officers (the titular Gen-X Cops) must use their youthful instincts and street smarts to infiltrate his international crime syndicate. Racing against the clock and an army of highly ...
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  • Jackie Chan's Who Am I? on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Michelle Ferre,  Mirai Yamamoto
    Director: Benny Chan,  Jackie Chan
    Certificate: 12
    International action superstar Jackie Chan portrays a secret government agent of the same name who develops amnesia after a plan to assassinate him goes awry. In order to put the pieces of his life back together, he seeks refuge within the confines of an African tribe. From there, he garners the ...
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  • Rumble In The Bronx on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Anita Mui,  Francoise Yip
    Director: Stanley Tong
    Certificate: 15
    After years as the biggest star in Asia, Jackie Chan (abetted by his able collaborator director Stanley Tong) took North America by storm in 1996 with RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, the first Hong Kong film to make it to number one at the U.S. box office. Keung (Chan) visits his uncle in the Bronx and ends ...
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  • Jackie Chan's First Strike on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Chen Chun Wu,  Jackson Lou
    Director: Stanley Tong
    Certificate: 12
    In director Stanley Tong's action-packed film, martial arts megastar Jackie Chan (as a Hong Kong police officer named Jackie) battles on land, in the air, and underwater in his efforts to help both the CIA and a Russian intelligence agency retrieve a stolen Ukrainian nuclear warhead. Sent on an ...
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