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Jackie Chan

Actor, filmmaker, stunt performer and singer

Born 1954

Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong actor, director, producer, action choreographer, stunt performer and singer who transformed screen fighting by combining martial arts, acrobatics, prop work and physical comedy. Born Chan Kong-sang, he entered the China Drama Academy at seven and spent a decade studying Peking Opera performance, martial arts, acrobatics, acting and singing. After child roles and stunt work, he rejected attempts to cast him as another Bruce Lee and developed a comic, vulnerable action persona in Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master. Project A and Police Story consolidated a hands-on filmmaking method built around the JC Stunt Team, elaborate practical set pieces and visible outtakes. Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour later made him a global star, while his career expanded through directing, producing, animation voice work, music, philanthropy and a memoir. In 2025 he returned as Mr. Han in Karate Kid: Legends and received Locarno’s Pardo alla Carriera. His 2026 work includes leading the drama Unexpected Family and the comedy sequel Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe, releasing the song Congratulations to Myself, making his operatic directing debut with Turandot, and filming Armour of God: Ultimatum in Kazakhstan.

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ConnectionJoan LinWife since 1982 and a recurring subject in Chan’s accounts of family life.

ConnectionJaycee ChanSon and fellow actor and singer.

ConnectionChris TuckerCo-star across the Rush Hour trilogy.

Jackie Chan at the Locarno Film Festival in 2025 — Profile image · Segolene Liger / CC BY-SA 4.0

NewProject3 Sept 2026

Turandot brings Chan’s operatic directing debut to Macao

The centennial staging directed by Chan, blending Puccini’s opera with martial-arts movement, was scheduled for two Macao performances on October 31 and November 1.

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2026

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Asian Hawk returns in Armour of God: Ultimatum
Filming began in Kazakhstan for a new adventure starring Chan as Asian Hawk, with the JC Stunt Team and Kun-Do action team and Chan overseeing the creative process.
23 Jul 2026Current production report
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Panda Plan returns with a magical-tribe adventure
The 2026 sequel again casts Chan as a screen version of himself, protecting panda Hu Hu after they stumble into an isolated tribe.
17 Apr 2026Official US distributor page
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A new ensemble song marks the Lunar New Year
Chan released Congratulations to Myself with Emil Chau, Leehom Wang, Nicolas Tse and Zhang Jie.
22 Feb 2026Official release note
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Unexpected Family gives Chan a late-career dramatic lead
Chan plays Ren Jiqing, an elderly landlord with Alzheimer’s disease who mistakes a struggling tenant for his long-lost son, in Li Taiyan’s family drama.
8 Jan 2026Official distributor page
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Locarno celebrates a career that reshaped action cinema
The festival presented Chan with the Pardo alla Carriera and paired the tribute with screenings of Project A and Police Story.
9 Aug 2025Official festival program
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Mr. Han returns in Karate Kid: Legends
Chan reprised Mr. Han opposite Ralph Macchio and Ben Wang, linking two branches of the Karate Kid screen legacy.
4 Jun 2025Official promotion record
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Panda Plan turns the action star into a comic screen version of himself
The 2024 action comedy cast Chan as an international star protecting an adopted zoo panda from kidnappers.
18 Oct 2024Official distributor page
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Ride On reflects on the life of a stunt performer
Chan played down-on-his-luck stuntman Luo in a comedy-drama built around stunt craft, family reconciliation and a horse named Red Hare.
7 Apr 2023Official distributor page
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Selected Credits

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Year	Title	Role
2025	The Shadow’s EdgeFilm	Wong Tak-chung
2025	Karate Kid: LegendsFilm	Mr. Han
2026	Panda Plan: The Magical TribeFilm	Jackie
2026	Congratulations to MyselfSong	Performer
2026	Unexpected FamilyFilm	Ren Jiqing

Timeline

1954—2026

1954Born Chan Kong-sang in Hong Kong.
1961Enters the China Drama Academy, beginning a decade of Peking Opera, acrobatics, martial-arts, acting and singing training.
1970sBuilds a reputation as a screen stunt performer before moving into starring, directing and action choreography.
1978Finds a distinctive comic martial-arts persona in Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master.
1983Directs and stars in Project A, a defining fusion of period adventure, physical comedy and practical stunt design.
1985Directs and stars in Police Story, establishing one of his signature modern-action franchises.
1992–1993Wins consecutive Golden Horse Best Leading Actor awards for Police Story III: Super Cop and Crime Story.
1995–1996Rumble in the Bronx becomes his breakthrough with mainstream North American audiences.
1998Rush Hour pairs him with Chris Tucker and launches his most commercially successful Hollywood series.
2002Receives a star in the Motion Pictures category on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004Begins serving as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
2012Stars in, writes, directs, produces and choreographs Chinese Zodiac, extending the Armour of God adventure line.
2016Receives an Honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards.
2018–2019Publishes the English-language memoir Never Grow Up, later issued in the verified Gallery Books trade-paperback edition.
2025Returns as Mr. Han in Karate Kid: Legends and receives Locarno’s Pardo alla Carriera.
2026Stars in Unexpected Family and Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe, releases Congratulations to Myself, directs Turandot and begins filming Armour of God: Ultimatum.

Turandot brings Chan’s operatic directing debut to Macao

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Asian Hawk returns in Armour of God: Ultimatum

Panda Plan returns with a magical-tribe adventure

A new ensemble song marks the Lunar New Year

Unexpected Family gives Chan a late-career dramatic lead

Locarno celebrates a career that reshaped action cinema

Mr. Han returns in Karate Kid: Legends

Panda Plan turns the action star into a comic screen version of himself

Ride On reflects on the life of a stunt performer