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Chinese actor Jackie Chan's career spans more than 5 decades and features him working as actor, martial artist, film director, producer and singer.
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Career Summary
Jackie began his career as an extra child actor in the 1962 film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar. Ten years later he was a stuntman opposite Bruce Lee in 1972's Fist of Fury and 1973's Enter the Dragon. The first major breakthrough was the 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, which was shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal.
In 1995, Rumble in the Bronx made Jackie Chan a mainstream celebrity in America.
In 2000, Chan played a fictionalized version of himself in the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures, which ran until 2005.
In July 2008, the BTV reality television series titled The Disciple (simplified Chinese: 龙的传人; traditional Chinese: 龍的傳人; literally: "Disciple of the Dragon") concluded. The aim of the series, produced by and featured Chan, was to find a new star to become Chan's "successor" and student in film-making. The winner of the series was Jack Tu (Tu Sheng Cheng), who is now set to star in three modern Chinese action films, one of which was scripted by Chan, and all three to be co-produced by Chan's company JCE Movies Limited.
In 2010, Jackie Chan appeared in his first dramatic role in an American film, a remake of 1984's The Karate Kid as Mr. Miyagi, opposite co-star Jaden Smith. Chan followed up the high profile part with a minor role Shaolin.
Jackie Chan's 100th movie,1911, which he was co-directed, produced, and starred in, was released on September 26, 2011 and in North America on October 14th. While Chan has directed over ten films over his career, this was his first directorial work since Who Am I? in 1998.
While at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Chan announced that he was retiring from action films citing that he was getting too old for the genre. He later clarified that he would not be completely retiring from action films, but would be performing fewer stunts and taking care of his body more.
Recent news
Jackie Chan's latest movie was "Kung Fu Yoga", released on 27 January 2017. Jackie Chan plays the role as Jack, a world-renowned archaeology professor, and his team are on a grand quest to locate a lost ancient Indian treasure when they are ambushed by a team of mercenaries and left for dead. Using his vast knowledge of history and Kungfu, Jack leads his team on a race around the world to beat the mercenaries to the treasure and save an ancient culture in this breakneck action-comedy that reunites Chan with acclaimed director Stanley Tong.
His last movie was called Dragon Blade, a historical action film. Chan plays Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. The film was released on February 19, 2015.