Jackie Chan Biography - More than a Drunken Master stuck in Rush Hour

Jackie Chan who was born Chan Kong-sang, which means 'Born in Hong Kong' Chan.

His mother did not deliver him until 12 months in the womb, which left him weighing 12 pounds when born.

He was nicknamed Pao Pao (Chinese for cannonball) because of the way he would roll around as an infant.

Its ironic that his second Hollywood film would be "Cannonball Run".

Chan’s parents were very poor. They enrolled him into the Chinese Opera Research Institute to give him a better chance at life.

He was seven a the time, where he spent a decade training for the Peking Opera. He learned martial arts and gymnastics.

Chan would become friends with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao through his performance group called the Seven Little Fortunes.

They would eventually become known as the Three Dragons.

His first film was when he was a child and it was called "Big and Little Wong Tin Bar" with other performers from the Seven Little Fortunes.

At 17, Chan did stunt-work on two of Bruce Lee films: "Fists of Fury" and "Enter the Dragon".

His first adult starring role in "Little Tiger of Canton".

In 1978 Chan became known in China for his comedic KungFu style in the film "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow".

Jackie Chan movies from this point would open a new vein in martial arts films that would change the genre.

His major break came in the classic, "Drunken Master" which broke box-office records in Hong Kong and made Jackie Chan's movies a major hit all across Asia.

Chan would then make his first Hollywood debut with the film "The Big Brawl", made by the same producers of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon".

His next Hollywood film would be 1995's "Rumble in the Bronx". This film would gain him a cult following in the states.

His next big release in the US would be 1998s "Rush Hour" with Chris tucker this movie would make Chan a mainstream success.

And now with "The Karate Kid" Jackie has passed on the torch to ensure that an entire new generation of kids will fall in love with Kung Fu, like I did.

The Jackie Chan Biography will always have a significant place in Kung Fu and Hollywood cinema history.

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