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Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...
began his film career as an extra child actor in the 1962 film ''
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar ''Big and Little Wong Tin Bar'' (), also known as ''Seven Little Valiant Fighters'' () and ''Two of a Kind'', is a 1962 Hong Kong film. It is notable for being Jackie Chan's and Sammo Hung's film debut. Until 2016, the film was considered lost. ...
''. Ten years later, he was a
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opposite
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in 1972's '' Fist of Fury'' and 1973's '' Enter the Dragon''. He then had starring roles in several kung fu films, such as 1973's '' Little Tiger of Canton'' and 1976's '' New Fist of Fury''. His first major breakthrough was the 1978 kung fu action comedy film '' Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'', which was shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal. He then enjoyed huge success with similar kung fu action comedy films such as 1978's '' Drunken Master'' and 1980's ''
The Young Master ''The Young Master'' () is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts film starring and directed by Jackie Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang, Lau Tin-chi and Tung Lu. The film co-stars Yuen Biao, Fung Fung and Shih Kien. The film was r ...
''. Jackie Chan began experimenting with elaborate
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action sequences in ''The Young Master'' and especially '' Dragon Lord'' (1982). 1983's '' Project A'' saw the official formation of the
Jackie Chan Stunt Team The Jackie Chan Stunt Team (), also known as Jackie Chan's Stuntmen Association, is a group of stuntmen and martial artists who work alongside Jackie Chan. Founded in the 1970s, it initially included Hong Kong action stuntmen and martial artist ...
and established Chan's signature style of elaborate, dangerous stunts combined with martial arts and slapstick humor, a style he further developed in a more modern setting with 1984's '' Wheels on Meals'' and notably 1985's '' Police Story'', which contained numerous large-scale action scenes and is considered one of the best
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of all time. Chan continued his style of slapstick martial arts mixed with elaborate stunts in numerous other films, such as the '' Police Story'' sequels, the ''
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'' series, ''
Project A Part II ''Project A Part II'' (; aka ''Jackie Chan’s Project A II''; released in the Philippines as ''Super Fighter'') is a 1987 Hong Kong action film starring and directed by Jackie Chan, who also writer with Edward Tang, who also producer with Ray ...
'' (1987), '' Dragons Forever'' (1988), ''
Twin Dragons ''Twin Dragons'' (also known as ''Shuang long hui'' and ''Brother vs. Brother'') is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark, and starring Jackie Chan in a double role as identical twin brothers separated at ...
'' (1992), '' City Hunter'' (1993), and '' Drunken Master II'' (1994), among others. '' Rumble in the Bronx'' (1995) made Jackie Chan a mainstream celebrity in North America, leading to a successful Hollywood career with the ''
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'' and '' Shanghai Noon'' series. In 2000, Chan produced an
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'' Jackie Chan Adventures'', which ran until 2005. In 2010, Jackie Chan appeared in his first dramatic role in an American film, ''
The Karate Kid ''The Karate Kid'' is a 1984 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the first installment in the ''Karate Kid'' franchise, and stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue an ...
''. In 2017, the Chinese-
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co-production '' Kung Fu Yoga'' became his highest-grossing film in China. , Jackie Chan has appeared in nearly 150 films. At the
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, ten of his films earned nearly worldwide between 1985 and 1989. By the mid-1990s, he had become the most popular action movie star in Asia and Europe, with at least 20 films (out of 40 films) up until then earning him a net income of per film. In
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, his films collectively grossed () in
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between 1973 and 2010, () in
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between 1979 and 2012, and over in South Korea between 1991 and 2010, while topping the
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box office ten times between 1982 and 1994. In Europe, his films collectively sold about tickets between 1973 and 2010. , his films have grossed over () in China, and (more than adjusted for inflation) in the United States and Canada. , 48 of his films listed by '' The Numbers'' have grossed more than at the worldwide box office.


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