I learnt that Chan's parents, Charles and Lee-Lee, were preparing to move from Hong Kong to Canberra when he was seven. They had been hired as a cook and housekeeper at the US Embassy.
Where is Jackie Chan from? Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong on April 7, 1954. His family moved to Australia briefly when he was six, but he returned to Hong Kong the following year.
In 1949, Jackie Chan's father Charles fled to Hong Kong and Lily Chan arrived in Hong Kong a couple of years later in 1951. A friend of Charles's helped him get employment at the French Consulate in Hong Kong. Earlier he did odd jobs but learned to cook and became a chef at the French Embassy.
Jackie was born Kong-sang Chan on April 7, 1954, on Hong Kong's famous Victoria Peak, to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, and the family immigrated to Canberra, Australia, in early 1960.
The truth turned out to be far stranger than anyone could have imagined. Chan's mother, it transpired, had been a prolific gambler of Shanghai's criminal underworld, while his dad was a Nationalist spy and gangland leader.
In 1960, his father emigrated to Canberra, Australia to work as the head cook for the American embassy, and Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-yuen. Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics.
Jackie Chan owns 8 houses in China worth RM65mil each that he bought 30 years ago for total of RM2. 6mil. Not too long ago, it was reported that Jackie Chan's estranged daughter, Etta Ng, was lining up to get free food given to the needy in Canada.
Does Jackie Chan have anything to do with his daughter?
His daughter, for her part, has previously said that the two don't have a relationship. "He is not my dad. I have no feelings for him. He is my biological father but he is not in my life,” she told Express in 2015.
He should be remembered as a significant global and cultural figure,” he says. Lee was born in San Francisco to parents from Hong Kong. His father was a noted Cantonese opera singer, and his mother came from one of the then-British colony's wealthiest and most famous Eurasian families.
He most recently had a voice role as Splinter in last year's animated hit “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” and he's currently set to reprise his role of Mr. Han in the next “Karate Kid” movie. The movie, directed by Jonathan Entwistle, unites Chan with original “Karate Kid” star Ralph Macchio.
His generosity is well-known, especially because Chan has a special bond with Thailand, having spent two years living in Bangkok's Chinatown when he was nine years old.
At the dawn of the 1980s, Jackie Chan was one of the most popular stars in Hong Kong but found himself anxious to get away from the corruption in the film industry there at the time. He decided to try his luck replicating his Eastern success in the West and, of course, the rest is history.
"My father was spy hiding in Hong Kong and hiding in Australia at the American embassy for so many years," Chan said. Chan, however, spent most of his young life estranged from his parents. While they lived in Canberra he grew up at a Hong Kong boarding school where he trained in martial arts and acrobatics.
Jackie Chan is NOT a native (aka mother tongue) Mandarin speaker. Jackie's accent is from his Cantonese background. It may surprise some non-Chinese people, but there are other Chinese languages besides Mandarin, and Cantonese is just one of them.
He is well known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons and innovative stunts a lot of which he performs himself. He is a Black Belt in Hapkido and trained in other Martial Arts styles such as Karate, Judo, Wushu Kung Fu Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is sometimes credited with paving the way for the combat sport mixed martial arts (MMA).
Jackie Chan's father originally surnamed Fang 房, but he changed his surname to Chen 陈 after immigrating to Hong Kong. This is why Jackie Chan's name was Chen Gangsheng/Chan Kong-sang 陈港生 when he was born. After Jackie Chan became an movie actor, he gave himself a stage name called 成龙.
Yes, he played one of the guards who gets his neck broken by Lee in Enter the Dragon. Chan also doubled for Bruce in The Chinese Connection/Fist of Fury for when he does front flips.
