Biography on jackie chan
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Jackie Chan
(1954-)
Who Is Jackie Chan?
Jackie Chan began studying martial arts, drama, acrobatics and singing at age seven.
Biography on jackie chan
Once considered a likely successor to Bruce Lee in Hong Kong cinema, Chan instead developed his own style of martial arts blended with screwball physical comedy. He became a huge star throughout Asia and went on to have hits in the United States as well.
Early Life
Chan was born Chan Kong-sang on April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China.
When his parents moved to Australia to find new jobs, the 7-year-old Chan was left behind to study at the Chinese Opera Research Institute, a Hong Kong boarding school. For the next 10 years, Chan studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics and singing, and was subjected to stringent discipline, including corporal punishment for poor performance.
He appeared in his first film, the Cantonese feature Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962), when he was only eight, and went on to appear in a number of musical films.
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