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  • Category: Motion pictures
  • Unveiled: 04 Oct 2002
  • Star rank: 48
  • Address:
    6803 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101668, -118.339419

Jackie Chan

Next star: Mabel Normand
Previous star: Kermit the Frog

Biography

Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong-sang, 陳港生; 7 April 1954) is a Hong Kong-born Chinese stuntman, actor, and director whose perilous acrobatic stunts and engaging physical humour made him an action-film star in Asia and helped to bring kung fu movies into the mainstream of American cinema. 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 1960s and has appeared in over 100 films.

Fact file

  • Chinese name: 成龍 (Traditional)
  • Chinese name: 成龙 (Simplified)
  • Pinyin: Chéng Lóng (Mandarin)
  • Jyutping: Sing4 Lung4 (Cantonese)
  • Birth name: Chan Kong-sang 陳港生 (Traditional) 陈港生 (Simplified) Chén Gǎngshēng (Mandarin) Can4 Gong2 Sang1 (Cantonese)
  • Ancestry: Linzi, Shandong, China
  • Origin: Hong Kong
  • Born: 7 April 1954 (age 58) Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
  • Other name(s): 房仕龍 (Fong Si-lung) 元樓 (Yuen Lou) 大哥 (Big Brother)
  • Occupation: Actor, martial artist, director, producer, screenwriter, action choreographer, singer, stunt director, stunt performer
  • Genre(s): Cantopop, Mandopop, Hong Kong English pop, J-pop
  • Years active: 1962–present
  • Spouse(s): Lin Feng-jiao (1982–present)
  • Children: Jaycee Chan (born 1982)
  • Parents: Charles and Lee-Lee Chan
  • Influences: Bruce Lee Buster Keaton Harold Lloyd

Read more about Jackie Chan at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Chan movie is "last action role"
BBC Entertainment, 2012-05-18 10:10:35
Jackie Chan confirms he will be steering away from action roles in the future.

Fun. Ready To Burn Bright At MTV Movie Awards
MTV News, 2012-04-29 15:27:59
'It's an opportunity to have a performance that will be talked about forever,' band says of taking the Movie Awards stage on June 3.By James Montgomery Nate Ruess of fun. Photo: Getty Images Given that Fun. are the first musical act announced for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, you'd think ...

Hollywood warms to China's new openness
Yahoo Entertainment, 2012-04-16 21:30:03
There's a new breach in China's great cultural wall and Hollywood is cautiously moving in.

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