Happy 66th Birthday, Jackie Chan! Born today in 1954 as Chan Kong-sang, this Hong Kongese action choreographer, stunt director, stunt performer, martian artist, singer, actor, screenwriter, producer and film director is best known for his many talents.
These include acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
These include acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
Chan is one of the most recognisable and influential cinematic personalities in the world, gaining a widespread following in both the Eastern and Western hemisphere.
He has also received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As an actor, Chan has starred in at leas one hundred and seventeen films!
As a filmmaker, he had directed at least seventeen features. Of these, Chan is best known for starring, co-writing and directing the 1987 Hong Kong action/comedy film 'A' Gai Waak Juk Jaap' ('Project A Part II').
The film tells of corrupt police inspector Superintendent Chun (David Lam), who has made himself the most powerful law enforcement officer in Hong Kong by staging high-profile arrests of the criminals and mobsters with whom he's in cahoots.
However, The British authorities know that Chun is a dirty cop but have not been able to infiltrate his inner circle.
Enter fearless and incorruptible military policeman Sergeant "Dragon Ma" Yue Lung (Chan), who comes back to his hometown to pose as Chun's new right-hand man and take down both cops and criminals.
The film also co-stars Hong Kong-born actress Maggie Cheung as Yesan.
In the 1990s, Chan served as presenter for Hong Kong film director and producer Stanley Kwan's 1992 Hong Kong drama/romance film 'Yuen Ling-yuk' ('The Actress', also known as 'Center Stage').
The film stars Cheung as Chinese silent film actress Ruan Lingyu. Considered the Greta Garbo of China, she was one of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s.
However, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of twenty-four led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.
However, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of twenty-four led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.
Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, and video games. In animation, he is most notable as the voice of Monkey (one of the Furious Five) in DreamWork's Animation Kung Fu Panda trilogy.
In 2004, British film scholar Dr. Andrew Willis stated that Chan was "perhaps" the "most recognised star in the world".
In 2015, Forbes estimated Chan's net worth to be $350 million, and as of 2016, he was the second-highest paid actor in the world.
Chan has been active from 1962–present.
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