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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.

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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.
3 Sept 2026Official Macao event notice
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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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Turandot brings Chan’s operatic directing debut to Macao

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