Jackie Chan began his film career as an extra child actor in the 1962 film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar . Ten years later, he was a stuntman opposite Bruce Lee in 1972's Fist of Fury and 1973's Enter the Dragon . He then had starring roles in several kung fu films , such as 1973's Little Tiger of Canton and 1976's New Fist of Fury . His first major breakthrough was the 1978 kung fu action comedy film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow , which was shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal.[ 1] He then enjoyed huge success with similar kung fu action comedy films such as 1978's Drunken Master and 1980's The Young Master . Jackie Chan began experimenting with elaborate stunt action sequences in The Young Master [ 2] and especially Dragon Lord (1982).[ 3]
1983's Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and established Chan's signature style of elaborate, dangerous stunts combined with martial arts and slapstick humor, a style he further developed in a more modern setting with 1984's Wheels on Meals and notably 1985's Police Story , which contained numerous large-scale action scenes[ 4] and is considered one of the best action films of all time.[ 5] Chan continued his style of slapstick martial arts mixed with elaborate stunts in numerous other films, such as the Police Story sequels, the Armour of God series, Project A Part II (1987), Dragons Forever (1988), Twin Dragons (1992), City Hunter (1993), and Drunken Master II (1994), among others. Rumble in the Bronx (1995) made Jackie Chan a mainstream celebrity in North America, leading to a successful Hollywood career with the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series. In 2000, Chan produced an animated series Jackie Chan Adventures , which ran until 2005.[ 6] In 2010, Jackie Chan appeared in his first dramatic role in an American film, The Karate Kid .[ 7] In 2017, the Chinese -Indian co-production Kung Fu Yoga became his highest-grossing film in China .[ 8] As of 2021[update] , Jackie Chan has appeared in nearly 150 films.[ 9]
At the box office , ten of his films earned nearly US$ 200,000,000 (equivalent to $570,000,000 in 2023) worldwide between 1985 and 1989.[ 10] By the mid-1990s, he had become the most popular action movie star in Asia and Europe, with at least 20 films (out of 40 films) up until then earning him a net income of $5 million per film.[ 11] In East Asia , his films collectively grossed HK$ 1.14 billion (US$146 million ) in Hong Kong between 1973 and 2010,[ 12] ¥ 48.4 billion (US$607 million ) in Japan between 1979 and 2012,[ 13] and over US$72 million in South Korea between 1991 and 2010,[ 14] while topping the Taiwan box office ten times between 1982 and 1994.[ 15] In Europe, his films collectively sold about 84 million tickets between 1973 and 2010.[ 16] As of 2021[update] , his films have grossed over CN¥ 14 billion (US$2.17 billion ) in China,[ 17] and US$1.84 billion [ 18] (more than US$2.44 billion adjusted for inflation) in the United States and Canada.[ 19] As of 2018[update] , 48 of his films listed by The Numbers have grossed more than US$5 billion at the worldwide box office.[ 18]
Film
1960s
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1962
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar
Child
First film; credited as Yuen Lau
1963
The Golden Hairpin 碧血金釵
1964
Liang Shan Po and Chu Ying Tai 梁山伯與祝英台
The Story of Qin Xiang Lin 秦香蓮
1966
The Eighteen Darts (Part 1) 兩湖十八鏢(上集)
Kid
[ 20]
The Eighteen Darts (Part 2) 兩湖十八鏢(下集)
Come Drink with Me
1969
The Magnificent Monk 濟公活佛
—
As writer
[ 21] [ 22]
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Documentaries
Television
Scripted series
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1996
Martin
Himself
Scrooge Season 5 Ep. 10
2000-2005
Jackie Chan Adventures
Himself (live-action segments)
Also executive producer
[ 70] [ 71]
2009-2010
Jackie Chan's Fantasia
Himself
2017
All New Jackie Chan Adventures
Reality shows
Notes
^ Cantonese and Mandarin dub versions
^ as well as action director, production manager
^ as well as cinematographer, art director, lighting and action director
^ Master Monkey in English dub and Li Shan in Mandarin and Cantonese dub
^ Master Monkey in English dub and Li Shan in Mandarin and Cantonese dub
References
^ a b "Jackie Chan Biography (an Asian perspective)" . Biography . Ng Kwong Loong (JackieChanMovie.com). Archived from the original on 2 April 2004. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ Havis, Richard James (14 June 2020). "Jackie Chan on Project A, the martial arts film that set a creative template for his decades of show business success" . South China Morning Post . Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020 . I had worked out that for myself. I was actually already doing these kind of things in The Young Master .
^ a b "Dragon Lord" . Love HK Film. Retrieved 14 April 2011 .
^ a b Chan, Jackie . "Jackie's Aches and Pains: It Only Hurts When I'm Not Laughing" . Random House . Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2012 .
^ "The 100 best action movies" . Time Out . 29 April 2016.
^ "Voice actors of Jackie Chan Adventures" . Cast list . VoiceChasers. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ Warmoth, Brian. " 'Karate Kid' Remake Keeping Title, Taking Jaden Smith to China" . MTV Movie Blog . Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "Jackie Chan caper 'Kung Fu Yoga' tops China's box office during New Year holiday" . Los Angeles Times . 7 February 2017.
^ Sledge, Philip (25 April 2021). "The Best Jackie Chan Movies And How To Watch Them" . Cinema Blend . Retrieved 16 April 2022 .
^ Leslie, Ian (1989). "The Reporters: Jackie Chan" . 60 Minutes (television ). Event occurs at 8:04. Channel 4 . Australia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2020 . He's tight-lipped about his personal fortune, but his ten most recent films have earned nearly $200 million .
^ Meyers, Chris (29 February 1996). "Jackie Chan Rumbles in the U.S.A." . The Daily Utah Chronicle . p. 14. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ 【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第8回:香港での興行収入 [(Jackie Chan Box Office Results) 8th: Box Office in Hong Kong]. KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2018 .
^ 【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第12回:日本での興行収入 [(Jackie Chan Box Office Results) 12th: Box Office in Japan]. KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2018 .
^ 【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回:韓国での興行収入 [(Jackie Chan Box Office Results) 10th: Box Office in Korea]. KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 5 September 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2018 .
^ Zhang, Yingjin (2 August 2004). Chinese National Cinema . Routledge . p. 306. ISBN 978-1-134-69086-2 . Retrieved 23 March 2022 .
^ Soyer, Renaud (4 February 2014). "Jackie Chan Box Office" . Box Office Story (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Jackie Chan" . Maoyan (in Chinese). Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media . Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018 .
^ a b "Jackie Chan - Box Office" . The Numbers . Retrieved 8 December 2018 .
^ "Jackie Chan Movie Box Office Results" . Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018 .
^ 兩湖十八鏢(上集) The Eighteen Darts (Part 1) (1966) . Hong Kong Movie DataBase .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi "Jackie Chan" . Hong Kong Movie DataBase . Retrieved 28 November 2018 .
^ "The Magnificent Monk (1969)" . Hong Kong Movie DataBase . Retrieved 28 November 2018 .
^ Thomas, Bruce (23 February 2012). Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit . Pan Macmillan . p. 279. ISBN 978-0-283-07081-5 . Retrieved 19 March 2022 .
^ a b Havis, Richard James (3 October 2021). "Being a stunt double for Bruce Lee made Jackie Chan want to be a star" . South China Morning Post . Retrieved 19 March 2022 .
^ "20 Years Later, Rush Hour Is Still a Buddy-Cop Gem" . Rotten Tomatoes . 18 September 2018.
^ Pollard, Mark. "Drunken Master" . Movie review . Kung Fu Cinema. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "The Big Brawl" . Variety . 31 December 1979. Retrieved 31 May 2012 .
^ " 'High Adventure' Starts Today" . Manila Standard . Kamahalan Publishing Corp. 17 September 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 17 November 2020 – via Google News Archive. Starring Samo Hung • Yuen Biao • Mars • Dick Wei • Isabella Wong...
^ Soriano, Luciano (22 February 1987). " 'Singlaub's soldiers' " . The Manila Standard . p. 14.
^ a b "Opens Tomorrow" . Manila Standard . Manila Standard News, Inc. 31 January 1989. p. 14. Retrieved 24 April 2021 .
^ Soriano, Luciano (12 May 1987). "Crazy craze" . Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. p. 13. Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
^ "Special Advance Showing Today" . Manila Standard . Manila Standard News, Inc. 23 August 1988. p. 15. Retrieved 25 June 2020 . It's Jacky Chan's Disciple and Bruce Lee's Student Together . . . See the Styles of Champions!
^ "Opens Today" . Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. 3 December 1987. p. 11. Retrieved 2 May 2019 .
^ "MTRCB Film Classification and Ratings Guide" . Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. 7 July 1988. p. 14. Retrieved 24 April 2021 .
^ "Grand Opening Today" . Manila Standard . Standard Publishing, Inc. 11 August 1988. p. 14. Retrieved 14 January 2019 . Flash! Flash! Flash! Cindy Rothrock reveals for the first time her secret training on how she became a tough lady cop on screen!
^ Fu, Poshek; Desser, David (2002). The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity . Cambridge University Press . p. 151. ISBN 978-0-521-77602-8 .
^ "Jackie Chan's Stuntmen Association" . Hong Kong Movie DataBase . Retrieved 30 November 2018 .
^ Sullivan, John (11 February 2002). "Jackie Chan Presents :Metal Mayhem : Hong Kong's coolest cops take on a robot gone wrong" . Science Fiction Weekly (SciFi.com). Archived from the original on 1 February 2003.
^ Honeycutt, Kirk (30 July 2001). "Rush Hour 2 Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2012 .
^ Ebert, Roger (27 September 2002). "The Tuxedo Review" . Official website of Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ Pierce, Nev (3 April 2003). "Shanghai Knights Review" . BBC film. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "New Police Story Review" . LoveHKFilm. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "The Myth Review" . Karazen. Archived from the original on 28 October 2005. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "Rob-B-Hood Review" . HkFlix. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "Rush Hour 3 Box Office Data" . Box Office Mojo. 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2004. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "It's Bob, the bouncing babysitting spy" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 on the Wayback Machine .
^ Lee, Min (7 August 2008). "Jackie Chan to star in Hollywood spy comedy" . USA Today . Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "Jackie Chan: "Karate Kid's" New Mr. Miyagi?" . The Huffington Post . 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2010 .
^ Vancheri, Barbara (11 June 2010). "Jackie Chan: "Karate Kid's" New Mr. Miyagi?" . Post Gazette . Retrieved 9 August 2010 .
^ Warmoth, Brian. " 'Karate Kid' Remake Keeping Title, Taking Jaden Smith to China" . MTV Movie Blog . Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "Police Story 2013" . jackiechan.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012 .
^ "SuperChan's Jackie Chan Blog: "As The Lights Go Out" Cameo" . 26 December 2013.
^ Watch: Jackie Chan, John Cusack Face Off in ‘Dragon Blade’ Trailer . Variety . Maane Khatchatourian. 27 December 2014
^ "Jurassic World reigns in Greater China" . Film Business Asia . 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015.
^ "Cannes: Fan Bingbing Joins Jackie Chan Action Comedy 'Skiptrace' " . The Hollywood Reporter . 6 May 2013.
^ "Johnny Knoxville Joins Jackie Chan In China-Set 'Skiptrace' " . 5 September 2014.
^ 网易. "成龙加盟《铁道飞虎》 与丁晟再携手_网易娱乐" . ent.163.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2016 .
^ "Jackie Chan to Star in Action-Thriller 'The Foreigner' for STX" . Variety . 5 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015 .
^ Frater, Patrick (15 June 2016). "Village Roadshow Pacts With China's Heyi on Jackie Chan Sci-fi 'Bleeding Steel' " . Variety . Retrieved 16 June 2016 .
^ " 'Golden Job': Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . 19 September 2018.
^ "Filmart: Jackie Chan, Wu Jing to Star in Chinese Mountain Climbing Epic (Exclusive)" . Hollywood Reporter . 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019 .
^ "Jackie Chan unites with 'Police Story 3' director for 'Vanguard' " . City on Fire . 25 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2018 .
^ N'Duka, Amanda (17 April 2018). "Jackie Chan, Constance Wu & More Join The Sony/China Co-Produced Animated Film 'Wish Dragon' " . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
^ "Jaycee Chan Finishes Up Directorial Debut on Mother's Birthday" . Jayne Stars . 30 September 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2018 .
^ " 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' Unveils Full Voice Cast, Including Jackie Chan as Splinter" . 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023 .
^ "Jackie Chan's period drama The Diary expected to be released in autumn 2020" . Asian Movie Pulse . 30 September 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020 .
^ "Jackie Chan Says 'Rush Hour 4' Is In The Works And Teases Drama Film He Has Directed "For Women" — Red Sea Film Festival" . Deadline Hollywood. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022 .
^ The Incredibly Strange Film Show Episode Guide . Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988–1989) Episode List . Internet Movie Database .
^ Stanley, T.L. (14 October 2000). "Now Chan Is the Picture of an Action Hero" . The Los Angeles Times . USA. Retrieved 7 May 2011 .
^ Fritz, Steve (18 September 2000). "MEN IN BLACK and JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES" . Mania . USA. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2011 .
^ "Jackie Chan on the Reasons Behind Producing The Disciple" . Wu-Jing.org. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "龍的傳人 The Disciple" (in Chinese). BTV.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ "Jackie Chan names Jack Tu His Disciple" . Wu-Jing.org. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
^ 청룽(성룡), ‘런닝맨’과 만났다..직접 미션 수행 . Edaily . Retrieved 19 February 2013.(in Korean)
^ Jackie Chan to Appear on "Happy Together" with Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, and Brown Eyed Girls . Soompi . Retrieved 13 January 2014.
External links
Films
Films directed Films written Films produced only
Television Video games Books Related