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Chan Kong-sang, also known as Fang Shilong and known professionally as Jackie Chan and Sing Lung, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor and filmmaker, known for his slapstick, acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. With a film career spanning more than sixty years, he is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential martial artists in the history of cinema. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $6 billion worldwide.
entertainment · Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954) · film actor · film producer · screenwriter · stunt performer · film director · choreographer · judoka · taekwondo athlete · actor · also Jackie Chan, Sing Lung, Y'uen Lo, Pao Pao, Kong-sang Chan, Kung-Fu Master
Born 7 April 1954 · Q36970
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Rappler rated the claim “An image shows action star Jackie Chan sculpting a statue of detained former president Rodrigo Duterte.” False.
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During a press event in Beijing for his 2025 film Unexpected Family, Chan highlighted the suffering of children in Gaza caused by the Israeli bombing.
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video of Jackie Chan and his daughter watching his old stunts” Misleading.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Jackie Chan is dead.” Pants on Fire.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Pictures shows actor Jackie Chan after he returned from Hajj” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan is providing handouts to those staying at home and commenting on the Facebook post during the COVID-19 pandemic.” False.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Jackie Chan is giving cash handouts to COVID-19 patients.” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “The famous actor Jackie Chan convertedto Islam.” misleading.
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VERA Files rated the claim “Jackie Chan said Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is an exemplary and very good president” Fake.
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“No matter how many people try and rip off Jackie Chan movies, there”
Chan criticized Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests, saying that the "'Five-starred Red Flag' is respected everywhere around the world
Served as an executive producer for the plant-based documentary, The Game Changers, along with James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Pamela Anderson
According to her lawyer, Chan refused to provide any assistance
Co-starred with Pierce Brosnan in the action-thriller The Foreigner, an Anglo-Chinese production
However, in 2017 according to her lawyer, Chan refused to provide any assistance.
When asked about her coming out as lesbian, he replied: "As long as she's happy
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (2016).
Forbes ranked him the second-highest-paid actor in the world
Teamed up with Johnny Knoxville and starred in his own production Skiptrace
Chan partnered with Asian Le Mans Series champion David Cheng to form a racing team in the series and the FIA World Endurance Championship
A made-up word inspired by Chan's description of his hair during an interview for a commercial, duang, became an internet viral meme particularly in China
Chan was awarded the title of "Datuk" by Malaysia as he helped Malaysia to boost its tourism, especially in Kuala Lumpur where he previously shot his films
When his own son Jaycee was arrested for cannabis use, he said that he was "angry", "shocked", "heartbroken" and "ashamed" of his son
Chan starred in Police Story 2013, a reboot of the Police Story franchise directed by Ding Sheng, and it was released in China at the end of 2013
Lin retired from acting after their marriage, but made a cameo in CZ12 (2012), in which she plays Chan's wife.
Starred with Jaden Smith in The Karate Kid, a remake of the 1984 original
Chan was named an "anti-drug ambassador" by the Chinese government, actively taking part in anti-drug campaigns and supporting President Hu Jintao's declaration that illegal drugs should be eradicated, and their users pu
“provide another way for us to tell the world about Chinese culture.”
Received another honorary doctorate from the University of Cambodia, and has also been awarded an honorary professorship by the Savannah College of Art and Design in Hong Kong in 2008
Chan recorded and released "We Are Ready", the official one-year countdown song to the 2008 Summer Olympics which he performed at a ceremony marking the one-year countdown to the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Chan participated in the opening ceremony
Chan also appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in a 2005 advert to combat copyright infringement in Hong Kong.
When Hong Kong Disneyland opened in 2005, Chan participated in the opening ceremony.
Chan created the Dragon's Heart Foundation to help children and the elderly in remote areas of China by building schools, providing books, fees, and uniforms for children; the organisation expanded its reach to Europe in
As perhaps "the most recognized star in the world
Chan launched his own line of clothing, which bears a Chinese dragon logo and the English word "Jackie", or the initials "JC"
Teamed up with Steve Coogan in Around the World in 80 Days, loosely based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name
Film scholar Andrew Willis stated that Chan was "perhaps" the "most recognized star in the world"
And also featured his first on-screen fight scene with Donnie Yen
Chan started his own film production company, JCE Movies Limited (Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Limited) in association with Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)
Was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame
Chan planned to make an action comedy titled Nosebleed, about a window washer working at the World Trade Center who foils a terrorist plot
Called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, to which he lent his voice and performed the motion capture
When he teamed up with Owen Wilson in the Western action comedy Shanghai Noon
Produced and starred alongside Shu Qi in Gorgeous, a romantic comedy that focused on personal relationships and featured only a few martial arts sequences
Chan had an extramarital affair with Elaine Ng Yi-Lei, who gave birth to their daughter, Etta Ng Chok Lam, on 18 January 1999.
The company continued to produce and distribute for two of his films, Gorgeous (1999) and The Accidental Spy (2001)
Chan released his final film for Golden Harvest, Who Am I
With a worldwide release of Rumble in the Bronx, attaining a cult following in the United States that was rare for Hong Kong movie stars
Chan was featured in the arcade game Jackie Chan The Kung-Fu Master
Chan reprised his role as Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II, which was listed in Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor for Supercop (1992).
For the PC-Engine and Nintendo Entertainment System
Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (1989).
And the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 1999
Chan performed at the Concert for Democracy in China in support of democratic movement during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
To offer scholarship and active help to Hong Kong's young people and provide aid to victims of natural disaster or illness
Chan starred alongside Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the last time to date in the film Dragons Forever
Chan played "Asian Hawk", an Indiana Jones-esque character, in the film Armour of God
Chan made the first Police Story film, a crime action film in which Chan performed a number of dangerous stunts
Chan temporarily abandoned his attempts to break into the US market, returning his focus to Hong Kong films
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor for Crime Story (1983).
Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and added elaborate, dangerous stunts to the fights and typical slapstick humor; at one point, Chan falls from the top of a clock tower through a series
And Chan has used them in all his subsequent films to make choreographing easier, given his understanding of each member's abilities
In Project A, which introduced a dangerous stunt-driven style of martial arts that won it the Best Action Design Award at the third annual Hong Kong Film Awards
In December 1982, they married in Los Angeles; their son, Jaycee Chan, was born the day after.
Chan met Taiwanese actress Joan Lin
In 1981, Chan met Taiwanese actress Joan Lin.
Jackie Chan received a telegram from Willie Chan, a film producer in the Hong Kong film industry who had been impressed with Jackie's stunt choreography work
After an appearance as an extra in another kung Fu film, A Touch of Zen, Chan was signed to Chu Mu's Great Earth Film Company
Where he briefly attended Dickson College and worked as a construction worker
His father emigrated 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
Born 1954-04-07.
Won Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor.
Earned Silver Bauhinia Star.
Awarded American Choreography Awards.
Awarded Order of the British Empire.
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Career landmark: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Studied at Dickson College.
Career landmark: member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Career landmark: Panama Papers.