Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan (born Chan Kong-Sang on 7 April 1954) SBS,[1] MBE,[2] PMW[3] is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, stuntman, director, and singer. He is known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. By mixing martial arts, gymnastic stunts, and comedy, Chan created his own sub-genre of martial arts movies.[4] He is widely considered one of the biggest martial arts superstars.[5]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chan.

Jackie Chan SBS MBE PMW
成龍
Chan at Bleeding Steel press conference at Sydney Opera House in 2016
Born	Chan Kong-sang (1954-04-07) 7 April 1954 Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Big Brother (大哥) Fong Si-lung
Alma mater	Peking Opera School
Occupation(s)	Actor, action choreographer, director, martial artist, producer, screenwriter, singer, stunt director and performer
Years active	1962–present
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Joan Lin (m. 1982)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Charles Chan (father) Lee-Lee Chan (mother)
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	Cantopop, Mandopop, Hong Kong English pop, J-pop
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	成龍
Simplified Chinese	成龙
Literal meaning	Become the Dragon
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chéng Lóng Bopomofo ㄔㄥˊㄌㄨㄥˊ Wade–Giles Ch'eng2 Lung2 IPA [ʈʂʰə̌ŋ.lʊ̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sing4 Lung4
Real name
Traditional Chinese	房仕龍
Simplified Chinese	房仕龙
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fáng Shìlóng Bopomofo ㄈㄤˊㄕˋㄌㄨㄥˊ IPA [fǎŋ ʂɻ̩̂.lʊ̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Fong4 Si6 Lung4
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	陳港生
Simplified Chinese	陈港生
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Gǎngshēng Bopomofo ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄤˇㄕㄥˊ Wade–Giles Ch'en2 Kang3 Sheng1 IPA [ʈʂʰə̌n kàŋ.ʂə́ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Can4 Gong2 Sang1
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Thành Long
Thai name
Thai	เฉินหลง
Korean name
Hangul	성룡
Hanja	成龍
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Seongryong McCune–Reischauer Sŏngryong
Japanese name
Kanji	成龍
Hiragana	せいりゅう
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Seiryū Kunrei-shiki Seiryû
Website	jackiechan.com

Chan in 2002

Chan is skilled in Kung-fu, acrobatics, and Hapkido.[6] He has trained in other martial art forms such as Karate, Judo, Taekwondo, and Jeet Kun Do.[7] During his film career, Chan has starred alongside many other martial arts stars, such as Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Hwang Jang-lee, Donnie Yen, and Bruce Lee (in Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon as a stunt double and extra).

Chan has appeared and provided the voice for his animated character in the TV series Jackie Chan Adventures which originally aired from 2000 to 2005.

In his earlier roles, Chan did all of the dangerous stunts without safety equipment. Rumble in the Bronx, which was his ultimate breakthrough American movie. He subjected his already aging body to several leaps and falls. He had a broken ankle.[8]

His two worst injuries occurred during the making of Armour of God and Police Story. Footage was shown over the credits with a subdued and bloodied Chan in a spinal injury stretcher.[9] A tree branch in which he was to swing off had snapped just when he jumped upon and over it. Chan fell 10 meters onto the rocky ground. In Police Story, Chan was doing a stunt where he fell about 5 to 6 stories through a series of window canopies.[10] Instead of landing on his feet, Chan fell in a head-down position. His arms became caught in the material of the last canopy. He landed on his head first and his head was then forced on to the side as he could not break his fall with his arms. While the Police Story fall looked worse, Chan said that the Armour of God fall was the closest he has come to death while filming.[11]