Jackie Chan began his film 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. He then had starring roles in several kung fu films, such as 1973's Little Tiger of Canton and 1976's New Fist of Fury. His first major breakthrough was the 1978 kung fu action comedy film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, which was shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal. He then enjoyed huge success with similar kung fu action comedy films such as 1978's Drunken Master and 1980's The Young Master. Jackie Chan began experimenting with elaborate stunt action sequences in The Young Master and especially Dragon Lord (1982).
1983's Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and established Chan's signature style of elaborate, dangerous stunts combined with martial arts and slapstick humor, a style he further developed in a more modern setting with 1984's Wheels on Meals and notably 1985's Police Story, which contained numerous large-scale action scenes and is considered one of the best action films of all time. Chan continued his style of slapstick martial arts mixed with elaborate stunts in numerous other films, such as: the Police Story sequels, the Armour of God series, Project A Part II (1987), Dragons Forever (1988), Twin Dragons (1992), City Hunter (1993), and Drunken Master II (1994), among others. Rumble in the Bronx (1995) made Jackie Chan a mainstream celebrity in North America, leading to a successful Hollywood career with the Rush Hour and Shanghai series. In 2000, Chan produced an animated series Jackie Chan Adventures, which ran until 2005. In 2010, Jackie Chan appeared in his first dramatic role in an American film, The Karate Kid. In 2017, the Chinese-Indian co-production Kung Fu Yoga became his highest-grossing film in China. , Jackie Chan has appeared in nearly 150 films.
At the box office, ten of his films earned nearly worldwide between 1985 and 1989. By the mid-1990s, he had become the most popular action movie star in Asia and Europe, with at least 20 films (out of 40 films) up until then, earning him a net income of per film. In East Asia, his films collectively grossed () in Hong Kong between 1973 and 2010, () in Japan between 1979 and 2012, and over in South Korea between 1991 and 2010, while topping the Taiwan box office ten times between 1982 and 1994. In Europe, his films collectively sold about tickets between 1973 and 2010. , his films have grossed over () in China, and (more than adjusted for inflation) in the United States and Canada. , 48 of his films listed by The Numbers have grossed more than at the worldwide box office.
As actor YearTitle Credited asRoleNotesActorProducer 1962 Big and Little Wong Tin Bar Child 1963 The Golden Hairpin 1964 Liang Shan Po and Chu Ying Tai The Story of Qin Xiang Lin 1966 The Eighteen Darts (Part 1) Kid 兩湖十八鏢(上集) The Eighteen Darts (Part 1) (1966). Hong Kong Movie DataBase. The Eighteen Darts (Part 2) 1969 The Magnificent Monk As writer 1970 Lady of Steel Beggar Kid1971 The Blade Spares None Enemy The Angry River Guard A Touch of Zen Stuntman Only1972 Fist of Fury Jing Wu's Student Hapkido Black Bear's Student The Black Tavern Official Hai's Servant The Brutal Boxer Thug The Bloody Fists Japanese Policeman Game of Death Hai Tien's Fan In scripts only Stranger from Hong Kong Cameo 1973 Enter the Dragon One Of Han's Prison Security Guards Also Stuntman Facets of Love Xiao Liu Cameo Not Scared to Die Si To / Shi Tzer Police Woman Gang Leader Kung Fu Girl Japanese Thug Little Tiger of Canton Hsiao Hu Chinese Hercules Thug Uncredited extra Ambush Extra Uncredited The Awaken Punch Stuntman Fist of Unicorn 1974 Fist to Fist The Golden Lotus Brother Yun Supermen Against the Orient Extra Village of Tigers Bandit The Young Dragons Action director and martial arts choreographer only 1975 All in the Family Hsiao Tang Flatfoot in Hong Kong Beijing Opera Thug Uncredited No End of Surprises Secretary Chen The Himalayan Tseng's Men The Golden Lion Golden Lion Gang Member1976 New Fist of Fury Ah Lung The Hand of Death Little Tan The Killer Meteors Immortal Meteor Wa Wu Bin Shaolin Wooden Men Tiger / Little Mute The Private Eyes rowspan=2 Stuntman only1977 The 36 Crazy Fists Stunt coordinator and action director only To Kill with Intrigue Lei Shao Feng The Face Behind The Mask Masked Fighter Uncredited1978 Snake in the Eagle's Shadow Chien Fu Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin Hsu Yin Fung Magnificent Bodyguards Lord Ting Chung Half a Loaf of Kung Fu Master Jiang Drunken Master Wong Fei Hung / Freddie Spiritual Kung Fu Yi Lang Two in Black Belt Cameo1979 The Fearless Hyena Shing Lung Directioral debut Dragon Fist Tang Huo Wan Dance of Death rowspan=2 Stuntman, stunt coordinator and action director only Immortal Warriors Action director and stunt coordinator only Fists and Guts Brief appearance Master with Cracked Fingers Ah Lung / Jackie 1980 The Young Master Dragon / Master Lung Also director Battle Creek Brawl Jerry Kwan Hollywood debut Read Lips 1981 The Cannonball Run Subaru Leone 4WD Driver Cameo The Gold-Hunters 1982 Dragon Lord Dragon Ho / Lung Also director 1983 Fantasy Mission Force Sammy Fearless Hyena II Chan Lung / Stone Winners and Sinners CID 07 / Cop #7086 Project A Sgt. Dragon Ma / Yue Lung Also director 1984 Wheels on Meals Thomas Cannonball Run II Mitsubishi Engineer Pom Pom Motorcycle Cop #2 Cameo1985 My Lucky Stars Muscles The Protector Billy Wong Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars Muscles Heart of Dragon Tat Fung / Ted Police Story Chan Ka Kui / Kevin Chan Also director 1986 Naughty Boys Prisoner Cameo Armour of God (Operation Condor) Jackie Condor / Asian Hawk Also director1987 Project A II Dragon Ma Also director That Enchanting Night 1988 Police Story 2 Chan Ka Kui / Kevin Chan Also director Dragons Forever Jackie Lung The Inspector Wears Skirts rowspan=3 Rouge Painted Faces Biography 1989 Miracles Charlie Cheng Wah Kuo / Kuo Chen Wah Also director The Inspector Wears Skirts II I Am Sorry Presenter1990 Island of Fire Steve Tong / Da Chui The Outlaw Brothers Action director only Stage Door Johnny Story of Kennedy Town 1991 A Kid from Tibet Airport passenger Cameo Armour of God II: Operation Condor Jackie Condor Also director Angry Ranger Beauty and the Beast Beast (voice) Mandarin dub Center Stage Presenter only 1992 Supercop Chan Ka Kui / Kevin Chan Twin Dragons Ma Yau / Bok Min The Shootout 1993 Supercop 2 Chan Ka Kui / Inspector Chan Cameo City Hunter Ryo Saeba / Michael Martin City Hunter Crime Story Inspector Eddie Chan Uncredited co-director 1994 Drunken Master II Wong Fei Hung 1995 Thunderbolt Chan Foh To / Alfred Tung Rumble in the Bronx Ma Hon Keung 1996 First Strike Chan Ka Kui / Jackie 1997 Mr. Nice Guy Jackie Understanding Time and Space Webcam partner Guest appearance 1998 Who Am I? "Who Am I?" Also director Rush Hour Chief Inspector Lee Hot War An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Himself Cameo Mulan Captain Li Shang (voice) Cantonese & Mandarin dub1999 King of Comedy Actor Cameo Gorgeous C.N. Chan Gen-X Cops Fisherman Cameo2000 Shanghai Noon Chon Wang Dragon Heat Himself Cameo Gen-Y Cops Presenter only2001 The Accidental Spy Buck Yuen Rush Hour 2 Chief Inspector Lee 2002 The Tuxedo Jimmy Tong / Clark Devlin2003 Shanghai Knights Chon Wang Vampire Effect Jackie Fong Cameo The Medallion Eddie Yang2004 Enter the Phoenix Mr. Chan Cameo Around the World in 80 Days Passepartout / Lau Xing The Twins Effect II Lord Of Armour / General Wai Shing Cameo New Police Story Chan Ka Kui / Chan Kwok Wing Rice Rhapsody 2005 The Myth General Meng Yi / Jack Everlasting Regret House of Fury Producer and presenter only 2006 Rob-B-Hood Fong Ka Ho / Thongs 2007 Rush Hour 3 Chief Inspector Lee Air Diary Kung Fu Zeng Zeng (voice) 2008 The Forbidden Kingdom Lu Yan / Old Hop Kung Fu Panda Master Monkey (voice) Run Papa Run Wushu 2009 Shinjuku Incident Steelhead Looking for Jackie Himself The Founding of a Republic Reporter Cameo 2010 The Spy Next Door Bob Ho"It's Bob, the bouncing babysitting spy". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 on the Wayback Machine. Little Big Soldier Little Soldier The Karate Kid Mr. Han The Legend of Silk Boy Xu Rongcun (voice) 2011 Shaolin Wu Dao Kung Fu Panda 2 Monkey (voice) 1911 Huang Xing Also director Legendary Amazons 2012 CZ12 Asian Hawk Also director 2013 Personal Tailor Cameo Police Story 2013 Detective Zhong Wen 2014 As the Light Goes Out Cameo 2015 Dragon Blade Huo An Watch: Jackie Chan, John Cusack Face Off in ‘Dragon Blade’ Trailer. Variety. Maane Khatchatourian. 27 December 2014 Who Am I 2015 Monkey King: Hero Is Back Monkey King (voice) 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 Monkey (voice) Skiptrace Bennie Chan Railroad Tigers Ma Yuan2017 Kung Fu Yoga Jack The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Mr. Feng (voice) The Lego Ninjago Movie Mr. Liu / Master Wu (voice) The Foreigner Quan Ngoc Minh Bleeding Steel Lin Dong Namiya Namiya Cameo 2018 Golden Job 2019 The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang Pu Songling Viy 2: Journey to China Master The Climbers Yang Guang Cameo 2020 Vanguard Tang Huating 2021 Wish Dragon Long (voice) Mandarin dub All U Need Is Love Supervisor Cameo Good Night Beijing Chen Shu2023 Ride On Lao Luo Hidden Strike Dragon Luo Feng Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Splinter (voice) 2024 The Diary Director, producer and writer only Home Operation Presenter only A Legend Professor Chen & Zhao Zhan Panda Plan Jackie 2025 Karate Kid: Legends Mr. Han The Shadow's Edge Wong Tak-chong 2026 Unexpected Family Ren Jiqing Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe Jackie Rush Hour 4 Chief Inspector Lee Armour of God IV: Ultimatum Jackie a.k.a. 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Short film YearTitle Credited asRoleNotesActorProducer 1993 Kin chan no Cinema Jack Anthology film 2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday Master Monkey (voice) 2013 The Unbelievable Mr. Z 2016 The Master: A Lego Ninjago Short Master Wu (voice) 2017 Zane's Stand Up Promo
As director Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 1979The Fearless Hyena 1980The Young Master 1982Dragon Lord 1983Project A 1985Police Story 1986Armour of God Co-director 1987Project A Part II 1988Police Story 2 1989Miracles 1991Armour of God II: Operation Condor 1998Who Am I? Co-director 20111911 2012CZ12
Documentaries Year English title Original titleNotes 1989 Son of The Incredibly Strange Film Show Episode 1; 22 September 1989 The Incredibly Strange Film Show Episode Guide . Retrieved 23 February 2012.The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988–1989) Episode List. Internet Movie Database. 1990 The Best of the Martial Arts Films 金裝武術電影大全 1996 Biography: Jackie Chan: From Stuntman to Superstar 传记：成龙：从特技人到超级巨星 8 October 1996 1998 Jackie Chan: My Story 成龍的傳奇 1999 Jackie Chan: My Stunts 2002 The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture 功夫片歲月2003 Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu 電影香江：功夫世家 Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family 2005 Come Home Gary Glitter TV documentary, cameo 2006 The Heavenly Kings Feature film, mockumentary2008 A Touch of Beijing 北京之触 Documentary about Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mega Cities: Hong Kong 大城市：香港 20 June 2008 2018 The Game Changers Executive Producer 2018 Jackie Chan's Green Heroes 成龙环保英雄 18 April 2018 2019 Xing Guang 26 September 2019
Television Scripted series Year Title Role Notes 1996 Martin Himself Scrooge, Season 5 Ep. 10 2000–2005 Jackie Chan Adventures Himself (live-action segments)Also executive producer 2009–2010 Jackie Chan's FantasiaHimself 2017 All New Jackie Chan Adventures
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