24 Interesting Facts About Jackie Chan

An impressive collection of things you probably didn't know about the action-movie star.

Published 10 years ago in People & Lifestyle

An impressive collection of things you probably didn't know about the action-movie star.

1
Jackie Chan’s son will get none of his $130 Million fortune. According to him, If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money.

2
Jackie Chan got the name Jackie while he was working as a construction worker in Canberra, Australia.

3
Jackie Chan is a classically trained vocalist and has released more than 20 albums in over five languages, in addition to providing the theme tunes for several of his earlier films and singing in several Chinese dubs of Disney classics.
4
Jackie Chan used to carry multiple guns and even a grenade to protect himself and his other artists from The Triad in the 1980s and 1990s.

5
No company insures Jackie Chan or his team, so he pays it for himself and his stunt team.
6
In one scene IT took Jackie Chan 2900 separate takes in the movie Dragon Lord because it was so intricate.
7
Jackie Chan while he was working as a nightclub bouncer spent two days after a fight trying to push his bone back into his fist. He later found that it wasn’t his bone, it was in fact the other guy’s tooth.

8
Jackie Chan doesn’t like the Rush Hour series because he doesn’t appreciate the action scenes, nor does he understand the American humor. He only made the sequel because he was offered an irresistible amount of money.
9
Jackie Chan speaks 7 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, German, Korean, Japanese and Thai and also American sign language.
10
Jackie Chan is a staunch supporter of China’s communist party. He thinks Taiwanese democracy is the biggest joke in the world, and he believes Chinese citizens need to be controlled through censorship, otherwise they’ll do whatever they want.

11
Jackie Chan sang I’ll Make a Man out of you from Mulan in Chinese.
12
Jackie Chan holds the Guinness World Record for Most Stunts by a Living Actor
13
Jackie Chan didn’t do the voice acting for his character in Jackie Chan Adventures series of cartoons.

14
On Jackie Chan Adventures, the character of Jackie Chan’s niece was voiced by Stacie Chan, his real niece.
15
Jackie Chan’s real name is Chan Kong-Sang.
16
Jackie Chan reportedly spent 12 months in the womb. His Mother therefore nicknamed him Cannonball.

17
Jackie Chan has his own stunt fighters that communicate when they attack him by specific grunting noises.
18
Jackie Chan actually jumped out of a plane and landed on top of hot air balloon.
19
Jackie Chan actually began his film career as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films, Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon.

20
Jackie Chan was awarded two Guinness World Records for the 2012 movie Chinese Zodiac: one for Most Stunts Performed by a Living Actor and one for Most Credits in One Movie. He had 15 credits in that movie.
21
Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
22
It is possible to train a fish, and Jackie Chan taught a catfish tricks in Mandarin and English.

23
Jackie Chan has a permanent plastic plug in his skull due to an accident that he sustained.
24
Jackie Chan broke twelve concrete blocks with his hand, while keeping the egg he was holding intact.