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Jackie Chan |
Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong. He studied at the Peking Opera School. He married Lin Feng-Jiao, a Taiwanese actress, in 1982. He was offered the role in many movies as a villain, but he declined them all because he believed that many children looked up to him.
Jackie Chan is one of the most famous people in Kung Fu and action movies around the world, and is also a pop star in Hong Kong. He sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese. In the movie world, he is known well for his fighting style, his use of set pieces as improvised weapons, and is also known very well for performing his own stunts. He is in the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Jackie has been in more than 100 movies, and has directed some of his own movies too. He wanted to be in Hollywood, and to be known as well in the US. He finally achieved this goal after the movie Rumble in the Bronx came out. He was later in some very successful Hollywood movies, such as Rush Hour 2 and Shanghai Knights. As well as being in many successful movies, he also made an animated series called Jackie Chan Adventures. Many games have used characters that are named after him or are based on him. Some of these characters include Hitmonchan from Pokemon, and Lei Wulong in Tekken,
Jackie also holds some world records. He holds the record of Most Stunts By A Living Actor. Also, in the movie Dragon Lord, the shuttlecock game scene took over 2900 takes, which is one of the other world records that Jackie holds.
He has studied many martial arts. They include Hapkido, Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo, and Hei Long. His personal style of martial arts is a mix of Hapkido, Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo.
He is an extremely keen philanthropist and has done a lot to help charities. After the 2004 December tsunami disaster, Jackie was able to raise thousands of dollars to help the relief. He also helped open the Disneyland in Hong Kong.
Jackie Chan is a hero because he has tried very hard in everything he has done and has helped raise money and awareness for many charities and organizations. He has worked his way to the top through his many years of work, and is now a hero that is known all around the world.
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Last edited 11/16/2006 4:33:57 PM