Jackie Chan SBS MBE
Chan at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival
Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office March 2013 – March 2023
Personal details
Born	Chan Kong-sang[1][2] (1954-04-07) 7 April 1954 (age 72) British Hong Kong
Spouse	Joan Lin ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	2, including Jaycee Chan
Occupation	Martial artist actor director writer producer action choreographer singer stunt director stunt performer
Awards	Full list
Signature
Website	jackiechan.com
Musical career
Genres	Cantopop Mandopop Hong Kong English pop J-pop
Years active	1962–present
Musical artist
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	陳港生
Simplified Chinese	陈港生
Literal meaning	Chan the [Hong] Kong-born
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Gǎngshēng Bopomofo ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄤˇ ㄕㄥ Wade–Giles Chʻen2 Kang3-sheng1 Tongyong Pinyin Chén Gǎng-sheng IPA [ʈʂʰə̌n kàŋ.ʂə́ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping can4 gong2 sang1 IPA [tsʰɐn˩ kɔŋ˧˥ sɐŋ˥]
Stage name
Traditional Chinese	成龍
Simplified Chinese	成龙
Literal meaning	Becoming the Dragon
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chéng Lóng Bopomofo ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ Wade–Giles Chʻeng2 Lung2 Tongyong Pinyin Chéng Lóng IPA [ʈʂʰə̌ŋ lʊ̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sing4 lung4 IPA [sɪŋ˩ lʊŋ˩]
Adopted name
Traditional Chinese	房仕龍
Simplified Chinese	房仕龙
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fáng Shìlóng Bopomofo ㄈㄤˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ Wade–Giles Fang2 Shih4-lung2 Tongyong Pinyin Fáng Shìh-lóng IPA [fǎŋ ʂɻ̩̂.lʊ̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping fong4 si6 lung4 IPA [fɔŋ˩ si˨ lʊŋ˩]

Chan Kong-sang^[a] (born 7 April 1954), also known as Fang Shilong^[b] and known professionally as Jackie Chan and Sing Lung,^[c] 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.^[3][4] Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $6 billion worldwide.^[5]

Starting as one of the Seven Little Fortunes at the China Drama Academy, where he was trained in acrobatics, martial arts and acting, Chan entered the Hong Kong film industry as a stuntman before making the transition to acting. His breakthrough came with the action comedy Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978). He then starred in similar action comedies such as Drunken Master (1978) and The Young Master (1980). He made his directorial debut with The Fearless Hyena (1979), which was a box office success. Throughout the 1980s, he was part of the "Three Dragons" along with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao; the three starred in six Hong Kong films together.^[6] Project A (1983) 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 Wheels on Meals (1984) and Police Story (1985). Rumble in the Bronx (1995), which had a successful worldwide theatrical run, brought Chan into the North American mainstream.^[7][8] By the mid-1990s, he was the most popular action movie star in Eurasia.^[7]

Chan gained Hollywood success for portraying Chief Inspector Lee in the American buddy cop action comedy film Rush Hour (1998), a role he reprised in two sequels. He went on to work both in American and Chinese films, appearing in the Shanghai film series (2000–2003), New Police Story (2004), Rob-B-Hood (2006), Little Big Soldier (2010), Shaolin (2011), and The Shadow's Edge (2025), among others. The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) marked his first collaboration with fellow martial arts star Jet Li. He has played martial arts mentor Mr. Han in two Karate Kid films, the 2010 remake The Karate Kid and Karate Kid: Legends (2025). For CZ12 (2012), he earned two Guinness World Records for "Most Stunts Performed by a Living Actor" and "Most Credits in One Movie". He played against type in Shinjuku Incident (2009) and The Foreigner (2017).^[9][10] His voice acting work includes all three Chinese versions of Mulan (1998), the first three films in the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008–2016), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023).

One of the most recognizable and influential film personalities in the world, Chan was described by film scholar Andrew Willis in 2004 as perhaps "the most recognized star in the world."^[11] He has received fame stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame,^[12][13] as well as an honorary Academy Award in 2016. Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, films, television series, and video games. He has an award named after him, the Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards. He is an operatically trained vocalist who has released several pop music albums and performed theme songs for some of the films in which he starred. He is also a philanthropist and was named one of the top 10 most charitable celebrities by Forbes in 2011.^[14][15] In 2016, Forbes ranked him the second-highest-paid actor in the world.^[16][17]

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