Now Viewing: jackie_chanTag type: Character （成龍） Hong Kong actor/director/stuntman/singer who is one of the most widely recognized Asian celebrities. He is a dark haired man with a prominent nose. He is one of the most iconic Asian celebrities. He was born on April 7, 1954. He has been acting and performing stunts ever since he was a child, making his film debut in the 1962 movie 大小黄天霸 (Big and Little Wong Tin Bar). He was sent to China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-Yuen. At the academy, Chan learned the physical and acting skills he would eventually use for his film career. He was part of a group called the Seven Little Fortunes, a performance group consisting of the school's top students. Many of its members grew up and became involved in the film industry with its members including Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao who would often work with Chan during the 1980s, becoming known as the Three Dragons. Chan began being cast in lead roles a few years after Bruce Lee's untimely death and in Chan's first few starring roles, he was being groomed to be a Bruce Lee successor. However, said films did poorly at the box office and Chan himself did not like doing these films. In 1978, he collaborated with director Yuen Woo Ping on two films (蛇形刁手) Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and (醉拳) Drunken_Master. These two films were closer to what Chan wanted to all along and both films blended martial arts action and physical comedy. Both films were major successes, established Chan's style, and launched his film career. Chan would go on to deliberately cultivate a radically different screen persona from Bruce Lee. He is famous for doing the majority of his own stunts to the point that he is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as having the "Most Stunts by a Living Actor," and subsequently, has amassed so many injuries that no insurance company is willing to insure him. He is also notable for developing his own unique style of staging fight scenes, which he usually choreographs himself with the help of his stunt crew who are usually cast as supporting characters in his films. His fights are famous for taking full advantage of the environment, using virtually any object that isn't nailed to the ground as a weapon. His group fight scenes often have a frantic nature to them as they often involve the villains ganging up on his character at once and resulting in his character taking quite a few hits. He also incorporates a lot of Buster Keaton inspired physical comedy into his films. Despite the action-oriented nature of his films, he usually keeps things family friendly and avoids explicit gore or gruesome deaths. This is done because he wants to be a good role model to children and because he describes himself as liking action but not violence. His films are also known for their unique take on an outtake/blooper reel. Instead of just showing the actors messing up their lines, the outtakes show Chan and his fellow actors and stunt crew's stunt mishaps and injuries. This trademark was inspired by the 1981 American movie The Cannonball Run, a movie he had a small role in. While he is known for his death-defying stunts, his advancing age, the accumulation of injuries over his career, and a desire to do something different led to him taking more low-key roles from the late 2000s onwards. As a director, he has strong perfectionist tendencies. A shuttlecock kicking sequence in his 1982 film Long Xiao ye (Dragon Lord) took over a thousand takes before he was satisfied, a world record when the film was released. He also tends to sing the theme songs to his Hong Kong movies. Prior to his success in Hollywood, he was immensely popular all over Asia, Japan included. Many of his movies have been released in Japan and dubbed in Japanese. Some of the Japanese releases of his Hong Kong films have extra footage that is unavailable in other releases and he has participated in variety shows in Japan as well as Japanese commercials. His voice is dubbed by Ishimaru_Hiroya. Characters who use drunken boxing in anime/manga/video games are likely inspired by his 1978 martial arts comedy Drunken Master. He also starred in a live action film adaptation of the manga City Hunter as the hero Saeba Ryo. He has also had a few video games, both Japanese and American, based off of him and using his likeness. Mitsubishi cars tend to feature prominently in his movies and they are often used in car chase scenes. He is married to Taiwanese actress Lin Feng-jiao and is the father of actor/singer Jaycee Chan. Lei_Wulong from Tekken is modeled after him. Hon_Fu from Fatal_Fury has his likeness and his personality is reminiscent of the kinds of characters Jackie often plays, but his moves are inspired by Bruce_Lee. His work: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000329/ Internet Movie Firearms Database: imfdb.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan Other Wiki Information Last updated: 06/16/22 10:00 AM by Adam_McCall This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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