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 and actresses in his movies to do their own stunts as well.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

He worked with Bruce Lee as a stunt coordinator.

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

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

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 on July 20, 1973.

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 this.

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)

Capable of speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and English.

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.

In the action 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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".

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

Trained in Northern and Southern styles of Kung-Fu as well as other styles of martial arts including Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and 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.

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.

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

One of Forbes magazine's Top 10 Most Generous Celebrities. (2006)

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

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

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

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.

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.

He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to entertainment.

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

He received the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual New York Asian Film Festival. (2013)

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

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

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.

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

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

In 2009, he was named an anti-drug ambassador by the Chinese government, actively taking part in anti-drug campaigns and supporting President Xi Jinping's declaration that illegal drugs should be eradicated, and their users punished severely. In 2014, when his own son Jaycee was arrested for cannabis use, he said that he was "angry", "shocked", "heartbroken" and "ashamed" of his son. He also remarked, "I hope all young people will learn a lesson from Jaycee and stay far from the harm of drugs. I say to Jaycee that you have to accept the consequences when you do something wrong.

His Cantonese song "Story of a Hero" (theme song of Police Story (1985)) was selected by the Royal Hong Kong Police and incorporated into their recruitment advertisement. (1994)

Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix in Demolition Man (1993). However, he turned down the role, as he didn't want to play a villain.

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

Good friends with Steven Seagal and James Lew. Best friends with Sylvester Stallone.

His films Project A (1983), Rush Hour (1998) and The Myth (2005) have been adapted to a television series.

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