Trivia

Has a permanent hole in his head from a stunt accident while filming Armour of God (1986).

Not only does he do his own stunts, but he is a lead-from-the-front kind of guy and expects the actors & actresses in his movies to do their own stunts as well.

In his action scenes, his punches and kicks actually connect with their targets. He has his actors wear special padding in their feet and body to prevent serious injury.

Despite being known for his extraordinary combat skills, Jackie abhors violence in real life and claims to having only been in one fight his entire life and only then because his friends dragged him into it.

Says the most painful of all the injuries he's sustained in his career happened on Enter the Dragon (1973), when Bruce Lee accidentally hit him in the face with a nunchuck.

Has a great, long-lasting relationship with Mitsubishi Motors. The company has donated many of their automobiles for his films.

He worked with Bruce Lee as a stunt coordinator.

Received his name "Jackie" from fellow workers on a construction site in Canberra, Australia, who couldn't pronounce his real name.

His greatest regret in life is not having received a proper education, inspiring him to fund educational institutions around the world.

Despite his nearly innumerable injuries, he admits he still has a fear of needles.

Was to star in a film entitled "Nosebleed", but the project was canceled after the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. He was to play a window-washer at the WTC who has to stop a terrorist plot.

Underwent plastic surgery in 1976 to re-shape his eyelids, giving him a more "Western" appearance. The final film with the old-look Chan is Shaolin Wooden Men (1976).

He sings in the Chinese version of Mulan (1998). He sings the Chinese version of "I'll Make a Man Out of You".

Is best friends with Sylvester Stallone.

He said the hardest thing about acting is speaking in English. Doing stunts are easy for him compared to speaking in English.

In the act of performing his own stunts, he has broken his nose three times, his ankle once, most of the fingers in his hand, both cheekbones and his skull.

Some of his favourite films include Gone with the Wind (1939), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and The Matrix (1999).

According to a 2017 interview, he went out bowling with Bruce Lee just days before the latter died in 1973.

Capable of speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Korean.

Jackie Chan personally holds two Guinness World Records that were awarded to him December 5, 2012. He holds the records of Most credits in one movie and Most stunts by a living actor. The first record was made by him with the movie Chinese Zodiac (2012) where he carried out 15 of the major creative movie-making roles for the film including Director, Producer, Actor, Fight Choreographer and Composer, breaking the previous record of 11 credits held by Robert Rodriguez.

He was sucker punched by one of his fans while filming Rush Hour 2 (2001) because the fan thought he would block the punch. [April, 2001].

According to his production diary on the official Shanghai Knights (2003) website, the producers of the film wanted to throw him a birthday party, but he asked them not to since his mother had recently died and Chinese tradition dictates that you should wait 3 to 12 months after a death to stop the mourning period. The producers threw the party anyway, and Chan did not object because, he said, "it is an important part of the American culture to celebrate birthdays".

His role models are Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, all of whom were more important to him as a child than any martial arts star, the label he was basically forced into at a very young age.

Was John Carpenter's first choice for the role of Wang Chi in Big Trouble in Little China (1986) but declined in order to concentrate on his career in Hong Kong.

While he's classed as a Martial Artist, he has little formal training, and doesn't hold any formal belt for any style. The basis for his martial arts was Peking Opera which uses a more theatrical interpretation of martial arts and acrobatics. The fighting style he used during filming was a mix of different styles, primarily using Northern and traditional Kung-Fu as the base, then building on that with other fighting styles and slapstick to make the scene work is the most humorous way possible.

He turned down Jet Li's roles in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) and The One (2001) due to his policy of not playing villains.

Prefers to do action films with strong humour streaks and physical clowning like Buster Keaton.

Has a son, Jaycee Cho-Ming Chan (born December 3, 1982), with wife Feng-Jiao Lin.

A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Admits that he is not very good with technology, particularly computers.

The character 'Hitmonchan' from the Pokemon series is named after him.

Most often dubs his own voice for the English release of his Asian films. He also dubs his Asian films in Mandarin.

Is trained in Northern & Southern styles of Kung-Fu as well as other styles of Martial Arts including Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Hapkido. Chan also has some experience in Jeet Kune Do having studied under Bruce Lee while working as a stuntman on some of his films.

One of Forbes' Top 10 Most Generous Celebrities in 2006.

His fan club once topped 10,000 members, mostly young girls; one of them committed suicide after she discovered that he was married. Another female fan attempted suicide, but was saved.

His movie Drunken Master II (1994) was listed in Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies.

His wife Feng-Jiao Lin was formerly a famous Taiwanese actress.

Performed the voice acting and singing for the Beast in the Chinese (Mandarin) dub of the Beauty and the Beast (1991).

Despite the minimal formal education he received, he was made an honorary doctor of social science of the Hong Kong Baptist University, and an honorary fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.

Supporter of The Salvation Army's work in China.

His parents worked at the American Embassy in Canberra, Australia. Jackie lived with them there for a while after one of his attempts in the movie business fell through.

In 1989, he was awarded an M.B.E.(Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to entertainment.

Admits he did Cannonball Run II (1984) just to fulfill his contract with Warner Brothers.

Jackie received the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual New York Asian Film Festival in 2013.

He has his own stunt team, known as the Jackie Chan Stunt Team (Sing Ga Ban). Members of the team often appear as characters and extras in his films, in addition to them doubling for other actors. The team includes Andy Kay, Chung Cheng, Chung-Chi Li (Nicky Li), and Bradley James Allan.

He was a stunt/fight coordinator for John Woo during his kung-fu phase.

Won Taiwan Golden Horse "Best Actor" Awards Two Times: Police Story 3, 1992. Crime Story, 1993.

He is also a talented singer. He has released numerous albums in Asia. His music is normally heard in the outtakes of his HK movies. Movies include:

The Young Master (1980) (The Young Master), Project A (1983) (Project A; not in US version), Police Story (1985) (Police Story; not in US version), Armour of God (1986) (Armour of God; not in US version), Project A 2 (1987) (Project A 2), Police Story 2 (1988) (Police Story 2), Dragons Forever (1988) (Dragons Forever), Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991) (Armour of God 2: Operation Condor; not in US version), Twin Dragons (1992) (Twin Dragons; not in US version), Supercop (1992) (Police Story 3: Supercop; not in US version), Drunken Master II (1994) (Drunken Master II; not in US version), Rumble in the Bronx (1995) (Rumble in the Bronx; not in US version), Thunderbolt (1995) (Thunderbolt), First Strike (1996) (Police Story 4: First Strike; not in US version), Mr. Nice Guy (1997) (Mr. Nice Guy), Who Am I? (1998) (Who Am I?), The Twins Effect (2003) (The Twins Effect), and New Police Story (2004) (New Police Story).

His father is Charles Chan and his mother is Lily Chan (also known as Lee-Lee Chan).

His fans call him and crew often call him "Dai Gor", in English "Big brother".