About
Jackie Chan, born on 7 April 1954, is a world renowned entertainer. The vast kaleidoscope of professional roles he has taken up is just a tame proof of this multi-talented human being’s abilities. From action choreography to comedy; from screenwriting to production; from singing to a rib-tickling comedian – he has seen it all and more importantly, he has done it all.
In 1976, he received a telegram from a producer who introduced him to renowned technicians who could see glimpses of the legendry Bruce Lee in him. Three decades later, Jackie Chan is a household name in the Hong Kong film industry and Hollywood is not devoid of the luster from this diamond personality.
Jackie Chan is the benchmark as far as innovation in stunts goes. Chan, with his team, has been setting screens afire with their breathtaking stunts, doing something unexpected and breathtaking every single time. A measure of the risks involved is the fact that he finds it hard to get insurance for them. Just to stress the point, he holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Stunts By A Living Actor”, which emphasizes “no insurance company will underwrite Chan’s productions, in which he performs all his own stunts. The sheer class of execution and the fact that he chooses to them himself put to light the greatness of this actor.
His recent endeavors are a genuine attempt on his part to get over the image of the DEATH DEFYING MANIAC. And it was refreshing for his fans to see their star excelling at something not his forte. Till date, Jackie Chan has starred in over a hundred movies, and is one of the most recognizable Chinese and Asian movie stars in the world.