Jackie Chan truly has suffered for his art: In more than 20 years of moviemaking, the nimble and fearless Hong Kong action star has broken every bone in his body while performing his own stunts.As a poverty-stricken youngster in Hong Kong, he was still able to enroll at the Chinese Opera Research Institute at age seven and rigorously trained with the Peking Opera for the next decade. After an incredibly prolific -- and award-winning -- career in Europe and Asia, Chan broke into the U.S. film industry with 1996's Rumble in the Bronx, followed quickly by 1998's success opposite Chris Tucker in Rush Hour and 2000's comedy-Western Shanghai Noon.
The charismatic Chan has become one of the world's favorite action stars, with much credit given to those bone-breaking, acrobatic stunts.
Rush Hour 3Quick-fisted Det. Lee (Jackie Chan) and loudmouthed Det. Carter (Chris Tucker) -- an admitted odd couple -- team up again and head to Paris to protect a tattooed French woman (Noémie Lenoir) who knows too much about an assassination plot. Along the way, Lee discovers that he grew up with one of... Read More
The Spy Next DoorWhile babysitting for his neighbor, Gillian (Amber Valletta), Bob (Jackie Chan) is thrust into a world of top-secret adventure after one of the kids inadvertently downloads a secret code in this action-packed comedy. Now Bob must guard the children when secret agents descend upon them. Billy Ray... Read More
Rush Hour 2Opposites attract once again in this sequel to the box office blockbuster Rush Hour. Martial arts star Jackie Chan is a fine foil for the disdainful dish meted out by comedian Chris Tucker. Together, they reprise their roles as buddy cops on vacation in Hong Kong. But their R&R is cut short when an... Read More
Shanghai NoonJackie Chan stars in this parody of American Westerns as Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard who trails Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) when she is kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw... Read More
Jackie Chan's Who Am IMartial-arts megastar Jackie Chan writes, directs and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie develops amnesia after a plane crash, he fights to... Read More
