Are You Big Fan of JACKIE ????

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He began his career by appearing in small roles at age of 5. At the age of 8, he appeared with some of his fellow "Little Fortunes", in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962)

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Chan was born on 7 April 1954, in Hong Kong, China as Chan Kong-sang.He was nicknamed Paopao (literally meaning "Cannonball") because the high-energy child was always rolling around

Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island, where he failed his first year, after which his parents withdrew him from the school

Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-yuen.  Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics. He eventually became part of the Seven Little Fortunes, a performance group made up of the school's best students, gaining the stage name Yuen Lo in homage to his master

Chan became close friends with fellow group members [smg id=15010] Sammo Hung  and [smg id=15011] Yuen Biao, the three of them later to be known as the Three Brothers or Three Dragons.

INTERESTING :
[smg id=15009] Jackie Chan began his film career as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films Fist of Fury (1972) and Enter the Dragon (1973, pictured).


CHAN beat previous box office records set by Bruce Lee

Chan starred in a number of successful sequels beginning with Police Story 2, which won the award for Best Action Choreography at the 1989 Hong Kong Film Awards.
This was followed by Armour of God II: Operation Condor, and Police Story 3: Super Cop, for which Chan won the Best Actor Award at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival.
In 1994, Chan reprised his role as Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II, which was listed in Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies. Another sequel, Police Story 4: First Strike, brought more awards and domestic box office success for Chan, but did not fare as well in foreign   Jackie Chan rekindled his Hollywood ambitions in the 1990s, but refused early offers to play villains in Hollywood films to avoid being typecast in future roles. For example, Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix, a criminal in the futuristic film Demolition Man. Chan declined and the role was taken by Wesley Snipes.

Blockbuster

Jackie's first huge blockbuster success came when he co-starred with Chris Tucker in the 1998 buddy cop action comedy Rush Hour,grossing US$130 million in the United States alone

Stuns

Jackie Chan has performed most of his own stunts throughout his film career, which are choreographed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team
The dangerous nature of his stunts makes it difficult for Chan to get insurance, especially in the United States, where his stunt work is contractually limited
Chan holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Stunts by a Living Actor", which emphasizes "no insurance company will underwrite Chan's productions in which he performs all his own stunts

Injuries

Chan has been injured numerous times attempting stunts; many of them have been shown as outtakes or as bloopers during the closing credits of his films. He came closest to death filming Armour of God, when he fell from a tree and fractured his skull. Over the years, Chan has dislocated his pelvis and broken his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck, ankle, and ribs on numerous occasions

Awards :

1989 Rouge
Best Action Choreography
1996 Rumble in the Bronx
1999 Who Am I?
Professional Spirit Award
2004

Golden Horse Awards

Best Actor
1992 Police Story 3
1993 Crime Story

Golden Rooster Awards
Best Actor
2005 New Police Story

MTV Asia Awards
Inspiration Award
2002

Other awards
MTV Movie Awards
2002 Best Fight (Rush Hour 2)
1999 Best Fight (Rush Hour)
1995 Lifetime Achievement Award
Shanghai International Film Festival
2005 Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema