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[1] and especially Dragon Lord (1982).[2]
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[3] and is considered one of the best action films of all time.[4] 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 Noon series. In 2000, Chan produced an animated series Jackie Chan Adventures, which ran until 2005.[5] In 2010, Jackie Chan appeared in his first dramatic role in an American film, The Karate Kid.[6] In 2017, the Chinese-Indian co-production Kung Fu Yoga became his highest-grossing film in China.[7], Jackie Chan has appeared in nearly 150 films.[8]
At the box office, ten of his films earned nearly worldwide between 1985 and 1989.[9] 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.[10] In East Asia, his films collectively grossed in Hong Kong between 1973 and 2010,[11] in Japan between 1979 and 2012,[12] and over in South Korea between 1991 and 2010,[13] while topping the Taiwan box office ten times between 1982 and 1994.[14] In Europe, his films collectively sold about tickets between 1973 and 2010.[15], his films have grossed over in China,[16] and [17] (more than adjusted for inflation) in the United States and Canada.[18], 48 of his films listed by The Numbers have grossed more than at the worldwide box office.[17]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Producer | |||||
| 1962 | Big and Little Wong Tin Bar | Child | ||||
| 1963 | The Golden Hairpin | Child | ||||
| 1964 | Liang Shan Po and Chu Ying Tai | Child | ||||
| The Story of Qin Xiang Lin | Child | |||||
| 1966 | The Eighteen Darts (Part 1) | Kid | [19] | |||
| The Eighteen Darts (Part 2) | Kid | |||||
| 1969 | The Magnificent Monk | As writer | [20] | |||
| 1970 | Lady of Steel | Beggar Kid | ||||
| 1971 | The Blade Spares None | Enemy | ||||
| The Angry River | Guard | |||||
| A Touch of Zen | Stuntman Only | |||||
| 1972 | Fist of Fury | Jing Wu's Student | [21] [22] [23] | |||
| Hapkido | Black Bear's Student | |||||
| The Black Tavern | Official Hai's Servant | |||||
| The Brutal Boxer | Thug | |||||
| 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 | [24] | ||
| Facets of Love | Xiao Liu | Cameo | ||||
| Not Scared to Die | Si To / Shi Tzer | Cameo | ||||
| Police Woman | Gang Leader | [25] | ||||
| Kung Fu Girl | Japanese Thug | |||||
| Little Tiger of Canton | Hsiao Hu | |||||
| Chinese Hercules | Thug | Uncredited extra | ||||
| Ambush | Extra | Uncredited | ||||
| The Awaken Punch | Stuntman | Uncredited | ||||
| Fist of Unicorn | Stuntman | Uncredited | ||||
| 1974 | Fist to Fist | Stuntman | Uncredited | |||
| 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 Member | |||||
| 1976 | 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 | Stuntman only | |||||
| 1977 | The 36 Crazy Fists | Stunt coordinator and action director only | ||||
| To Kill with Intrigue | Lei Shao Feng | |||||
| The Face Behind The Mask | Masked Fighter | Uncredited | ||||
| 1978 | Snake in the Eagle's Shadow | Chien Fu | [26] | |||
| 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 | [27] | ||||
| Spiritual Kung Fu | Yi Lang | |||||
| Two in Black Belt | Cameo | |||||
| 1979 | The Fearless Hyena | Shing Lung | Directioral debut | |||
| Dragon Fist | Tang Huo Wan | |||||
| Dance of Death | 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 Part 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 | Cameo | ||||
| 1985 | My Lucky Stars | Muscles | [28] | |||
| The Protector | Billy Wong | |||||
| Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars | Muscles | [29] | ||||
| Heart of Dragon | Tat Fung / Ted | |||||
| Police Story | Chan Ka Kui / Kevin Chan | Also director | ||||
| 1986 | Armour of God | Jackie Condor / Asian Hawk | Also director | |||
| Naughty Boys | Prisoner | Cameo | [30] | |||
| 1987 | Project A II | Dragon Ma | Also director | [31] | ||
| That Enchanting Night | ||||||
| 1988 | Police Story 2 | Chan Ka Kui / Kevin Chan | Also director | [32] | ||
| Dragons Forever | Jackie Lung | [33] | ||||
| The Inspector Wears Skirts | [34] | |||||
| Rouge | ||||||
| Painted Faces | Biography | [35] | ||||
| 1989 | Miracles | Charlie Cheng Wah Kuo / Kuo Chen Wah | Also director | |||
| The Inspector Wears Skirts II | ||||||
| I Am Sorry | ||||||
| 1990 | 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 | |||
| 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 | [36] | ||||
| Crime Story | Inspector Eddie Chan | Uncredited co-director | ||||
| 1994 | The Legend of Drunken Master | Wong Fei Hung | Uncredited co-director | |||
| 1995 | Thunderbolt | Chan Foh To / Alfred Tung | ||||
| Rumble in the Bronx | Ma Hon Keung | |||||
| 1996 | First Strike | Chan Ka Kui / Jackie | ||||
| Martin | Jackie Chan | Guest appearance | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Himself | Cameo | |||||
| Mulan | Captain Li Shang (voice) | Cantonese & Mandarin dub | ||||
| 1999 | King of Comedy | Actor | Cameo | |||
| Gorgeous | C. N. Chan | |||||
| Gen-X Cops | Fisherman | Cameo | ||||
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Chon Wang | ||||
| Dragon Heat | Himself | Cameo | ||||
| Gen-Y Cops | Presenter only | [37] | ||||
| 2001 | The Accidental Spy | Buck Yuen | ||||
| Rush Hour 2 | Chief Inspector Lee | [38] | ||||
| 2002 | The Tuxedo | Jimmy Tong / Clark Devlin | [39] | |||
| 2003 | Shanghai Knights | Chon Wang | [40] | |||
| Vampire Effect | Jackie Fong | Cameo | ||||
| The Medallion | Eddie Yang | |||||
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Passepartout / Lau Xing | ||||
| The Twins Effect II | Lord Of Armour / General Wai Shing | |||||
| New Police Story | Chan Ka Kui / Chan Kwok Wing | [41] | ||||
| Enter the Phoenix | Mr. Chan | Cameo | ||||
| Rice Rhapsody | ||||||
| 2005 | The Myth | General Meng Yi / Jack | [42] | |||
| Everlasting Regret | ||||||
| House of Fury | Producer and presenter only | |||||
| 2006 | Rob-B-Hood | Fong Ka Ho / Thongs | [43] | |||
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Chief Inspector Lee | [44] | |||
| 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 | [45] [46] | |||
| Little Big Soldier | Little Soldier | |||||
| The Karate Kid | Mr. Han | [47] | ||||
| The Legend of Silk Boy | Xu Rongcun (voice) | |||||
| 2011 | Shaolin | Wu Dao | [48] | |||
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Monkey (voice) | [49] | ||||
| 1911 | Huang Xing | Also director | ||||
| Legendary Amazons | ||||||
| 2012 | CZ12 | Asian Hawk | Also director | [50] | ||
| 2013 | Personal Tailor | Cameo | [51] | |||
| Police Story 2013 | Detective Zhong Wen | [52] [53] | ||||
| 2014 | As the Light Goes Out | Cameo | [54] | |||
| 2015 | Dragon Blade | Huo An | [55] | |||
| Who Am I 2015 | [56] | |||||
| Monkey King (voice) | [57] | |||||
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Master Monkey (voice) | [58] | |||
| Skiptrace | Bennie Chan | [59] [60] | ||||
| Railroad Tigers | Ma Yuan | [61] | ||||
| 2017 | Kung Fu Yoga | Jack | ||||
| Mr. Feng (voice) | [62] | |||||
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | Mr. Liu / Master Wu (voice) | [63] | ||||
| The Foreigner | Quan Ngoc Minh | [64] | ||||
| Bleeding Steel | Lin Dong | [65] | ||||
| Namiya | Namiya | Cameo | [66] | |||
| 2018 | Golden Job | [67] | ||||
| 2019 | Pu Songling | [68] | ||||
| Master | [69] | |||||
| The Climbers | Yang Guang | Cameo | [70] | |||
| 2020 | Vanguard | Tang Huating | [71] | |||
| 2021 | Wish Dragon | Long (voice) | [72] | |||
| All U Need Is Love | Supervisor | Cameo | [73] | |||
| Good Night Beijing | Chen Shu | Cameo | [74] | |||
| 2023 | Ride On | Lao Luo | [75] | |||
| Hidden Strike | Dragon Luo Feng | [76] | ||||
| Splinter (voice) | [77] | |||||
| 2024 | The Diary | Director, producer and writer only | [78] | |||
| Home Operation | Presenter only | |||||
| A Legend | Professor Chen | [79] | ||||
| Project P | Sgt. Dragon Ma / Jackie | Post-production | ||||
| 2025 | Karate Kid | Mr. Han | Post-production | [80] | ||
| TBA | Whispers of Gratitude | Post-production | ||||
| Rush Hour 4 | Chief Inspector Lee | [81] | ||||
| New Police Story 2 | Chan Kwok Wing | |||||
| Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Producer | ||||
| 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 | Master Wu (voice) | |||
| Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Fearless Hyena | ||||
| 1980 | The Young Master | ||||
| 1982 | Dragon Lord | ||||
| 1983 | Project A | ||||
| 1985 | Police Story | ||||
| 1986 | Armour of God | Co-director | |||
| 1987 | Project A Part II | ||||
| 1988 | Police Story 2 | ||||
| 1989 | Miracles | ||||
| 1991 | |||||
| 1998 | Who Am I? | Co-director | |||
| 2011 | 1911 | Co-director | |||
| 2012 | CZ12 | ||||
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Son of The Incredibly Strange Film Show | Episode 1; 22 September 1989 | [82] [83] | ||
| 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 | |||||
| 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, mockumentary | |||
| 2008 | 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 | Jackie Chan's Green Heroes | 成龙环保英雄 | 18 April 2018 | ||
| 2019 | Xing Guang | 26 September 2019 |
| Year | Title | Role | class=unsortable | Notes | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Martin | Himself | Scrooge Season 5 Ep. 10 | |||
| 2000–2005 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Himself (live-action segments) | Also executive producer | [84] [85] | ||
| 2009–2010 | Jackie Chan's Fantasia | Himself | ||||
| 2017 | All New Jackie Chan Adventures |
| Year | Title | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Disciple | Aka 龍的傳人 (Disciple of the Dragon) | [86] [87] [88] | |
| 2013 | Running Man | Episode 135; special guest (with Choi Siwon), Red Team receives a golden boot, which is given to Jackie Chan. | [89] | |
| Happy Camp | 21 December 2013; guest (with Jing Tian, Ding Sheng, Lin Shen, Li Tai) | |||
| 2014 | Happy Together | Guest (with Choi Siwon, Jessica and Narsha) | [90] |