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Jackie Chan Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Wiki & More

Updated On : May 2, 2017

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Short Biography

Jackie Chan was born on 07-04-1954 in Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. He is a Hong Kong Martial Artist, Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Stunt Performer, Stunt Coordinator, Singer, Choreographer, Philanthropist, Comedian, Voice Artist & Screenwriter who best known for his work in Hollywood films.

Jackie Chan Complete Bio & Career

Jackie Chan’s parents relocated to Australia when Chan was just 7 years old. Chan stayed in Hong Kong and studied at the Chinese Opera Research Institute. Chan studied drama, martial arts, singing and acrobatics. He made his film debut at the age of 8 by appearing in Big and Little Wong Tin Bar in 1962.
After legendary Bruce Lee's unexpected and tragic death in 1973, Chan came out as his likely inheritor of Hong Kong cinema. After a string of flop movies, Chan finally decided that he wants to create his own image and therefore he came out of Lee mould. After which he took the Hong Kong film industry by storm with his film Drunken Master in 1978. Eventually hits such as Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, The Young Master and The Fearless Hyena, established him as a star of Hong Kong film world.
In 1986, he established his own production house called Golden Way. Besides that, he also established a casting and modelling agency called Jackie's Angels. Through this company, he recruited numerous talents for his own films. In the year 1995, Chan designed his own comic book character that is the main figure in Jackie Chan's series called Spartan X.
His production house Golden Harvest and New Line Cinema collaborated and released the film titled Rumble in the Bronx which was Chan's his first major hit in America. The film grossed over $10 million at the box-office in its very first weekend. The success of the film prompted the American distributors to release Chan films like Drunken Master II and Crime Story. Chan popularity doubled after the release of Rush Hour in 1998.
Chan is well-known for his philanthropist work around the world for causes such as animal welfare, disaster relief and conservation, He announced that after his death half of his assets will go to charity.

Jackie Chan Family, Relatives and Other Relations

Chan married the Taiwanese actress named Lin Feng-jiao popularly known as Joan Lin in 1982. The couple is blessed with a son named Jaycee.

Life's Important Dates Of Jackie Chan

Body Measurements

Chest Size 42
Biceps Size 15
Waist Size 32
Skin Colour Fair
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black

Jackie Chan Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

70 years, 2months, 24 days old age Jackie Chan will turn 71 on 07 April, 2025. Only 9 months, 5 days, 21 hours,28 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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Jackie Chan has celebrated the total number of 70 birthdays till date. See the analysis by days count and bar graph.

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