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Jackie Chan Chan Kwong Sang, screen - Sing Lung |
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Jackie Chan Chan Kwong Sang, screen - Sing Lung |
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Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1954 as Chan Kwong Sang. He took the screen name of Sing Lung and is known as Jackie Chan to the western world. When he was seven years old, he joined the Chinese Opera Research Institute and trained for the following ten years in Chinese theatre (Peking opera), martial arts, music and acrobatics. In the 70's he began work as a stunt-man and choreographer for the then expanding Hong Kong film industry. After the death of the legendary Bruce Lee, Jackie was groomed to take a lead role in the films which were fast becoming a global successes. Jackie Chan decided to radicalise filming and blended in comedy, martial arts and death defying stunts which he did himself. This of course resulted in many broken bones and injuries but this did not seem to deter him and has given his films a certain uniqueness not to be found in modern Hollywood films. He took up directing and writing his own films |
| and perhaps his first breakthrough into the western market came with the release of his film Rumble In The Bronx (1995), which brought him considerable acclaim. Some of the other films he has starred in include The Canonball Run, The Protector, The Police Story and First Strike. His latest release in the western market is Mr. Nice Guy (3/98). In describing the appeal behind Chan's films, one has to admit that it is because he keeps us on the edge of our seats with his fast action martial arts, daring stunts and slap-stick comedy. |
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