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Jackie Chan Biography
Jackie Chan was born on 7 April 1954 in Hong Kong. He was born into a very poor family and was the only child of Charles and Lee Lee Chan. |
His original name was Chan Kong Sang which means born in Hong Kong literally. Jackie Chan’s father was a servant in the French Ambassador’s house and most of his childhood was spent in the embassy.
Jackie was not very good at academics so his parents had to send him away to an acting school. Apparently Jackie did very well in this school and excelled in martial arts and dance. He also learned singing in this school. Seeing his skills, the school signed him on a ten year contract to perform in the Chinese Opera’s where he did very well in lead roles and he also started taking responsibilities behind the stage in directing. After the contract, knowing about Bruce Lee, Jackie also wanted to start acting in movies. However, he did not get his much deserved break and so he had to settle down as a stunt man. He worked as a stunt man for 10 years before he finally got his break in Hollywood.
After he got his first break in Hollywood in 1980, he soon got other movies like Police Story series through which he rose to international fame. Project A was another block buster which got him a lot of mileage. The list of successful movies did not stop here and Jackie went ahead to become the highest paid actor in Asia. He also acted in several Chinese movies, directed and even produced movies.
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