For the next 10 years, Chan studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics and singing, and was subjected to stringent discipline, including corporal punishment for poor performance.
He appeared in his first film, the Cantonese feature Big and Little Wong Tin Bar , when he was only eight, and went on to appear in a number of musical films. Upon his graduation in , Chan found work as an acrobat and a movie stuntman, most notably in Fist of Fury , starring Hong Kong's resident big-screen superstar, Bruce Lee. For that film, he reportedly completed the highest fall in the history of the Chinese film industry, earning the respectful notice of the formidable Lee, among others.
After Lee's tragic, unexpected death in , Chan was singled out as a likely successor of his mantle as the king of Hong Kong cinema. To that end, he starred in a string of kung fu movies with Lo Wei, a producer and director who had worked with Lee. Most were unsuccessful, and the collaboration ended in the late s. By that time, Chan had decided that he wanted to break out of the Lee mold and create his own image. Blending his martial arts abilities with impressive nerve—he insisted on performing all of his own stunts—and a sense of screwball physical comedy reminiscent of one of his idols, Buster Keaton , Chan found his own formula for cinematic gold.
Before long, Chan had become the highest-paid actor in Hong Kong and a huge international star throughout Asia. He exerted total control over most of his films, often taking charge of duties ranging from producing to directing to performing the theme songs. In the early s, Chan tried his luck in Hollywood, with little success.
He also had small supporting roles opposite Burt Reynolds in the ensemble comedy The C annonball Run and its sequel. Back in Hong Kong, Chan's star continued to rise. He produced impressive action comedies such as Project A , Police Story and Armor of God , as well as the hit period film Mr. Movies 25 06 Movies 06 04 Movies 20 02 Movies 17 04 Movies 27 01 The dispute was resolved with the help of fellow actor and director Jimmy Wang Yu , allowing Chan to stay with Golden Harvest.
His Cantonese song Story of a Hero theme song of Police Story was selected by the Royal Hong Kong Police and incorporated into their recruitment advertisement in In , He recorded and released "We Are Ready", the official one-year countdown song to the Summer Olympics which he performed at a ceremony marking the one-year countdown to the Summer Paralympics.
Chan also released one of the two official Olympics albums, Official Album for the Beijing Olympic Games - Jackie Chan 's Version, which featured a number of special guest appearances. His greatest regret in life is not having received a proper education, inspiring him to fund educational institutions around the world. His wife Feng-Jiao Lin was formerly a famous Taiwanese actress. Ranked 94 in Premiere magazine's annual Power list.
During a news conference in Shanghai on 28 March , Chan referred to the recently concluded Republic of China presidential election in Taiwan, in which Democratic Progressive Party candidates Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu were re-elected as President and Vice-President, as "the biggest joke in the world".
A Taiwanese legislator and senior member of the DPP, Parris Chang, called for the government of Taiwan to ban his films and bar him the right to visit Taiwan.
Police and security personnel separated Chan from scores of protesters shouting "Jackie Chan, get out" when he arrived at Taipei airport in June Miracles: The Canton Godfather is favorite out of his own movies. He was sucker punched by one of his fans while filming Rush Hour 2 because the fan thought he would block the punch.
Frequent collaborator of Stanley Tong. His exclamation "Duang! According to a interview, he went out bowling with Bruce Lee just days before the latter died in He has said he can't get health or life insurance due to his habit of doing his own stunts and all the injuries he's gathered over the years.
Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie Study computers instead. I don't want to be an action star, action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer. I have a few rules that I tell my manager: No sex scenes. No make love. The kids who like me don't need to see it. It would gross them out.
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am. My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films. The firefighter is the only one I have yet to put in a film.
I have dragged this idea on for so many years, even if I want to make it, now I feel that my age makes me unsuitable. If I do make this film, I would no longer play a firefighter, and would more likely be a firefighting captain.
But if I were to be honest with you, the role I want to play most is the firefighter. In Hollywood, they care more about comedy, relationship and so many things before action stunts. In Hong Kong, we go straight into stunts and action, but in America sometimes that's too much. So, now I'm making a film half and half - take some good things from Hollywood and some good things from Asia.
I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now. If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic. I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.
I'm really, really tired. And the world is too violent right now. It's a dilemma - I like action but I don't like violence. Chan is also known as a major pop star in Asia, and he released over song titles in 20 albums since He sings in many different languages including English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese.
Chan is one of the most well-known philanthropists in Hong Kong, and has worked tirelessly to champion many charity works and causes. As a well-respected figure of the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
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