Jackie Chan has an estimated net worth of $130 million
Jackie Chan is a Chinese actor, director, producer and stunt performer with an estimated net worth of $130 million. Chan is known for incorporating martial arts in films. He is one of the few performers to do his own stunts. Chan’s successful Rush Hour film series earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is 5’9″ and weighs 165 pounds. Chan Kong-sang was born on April 7, 1954 in Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. His parents were refugees from the Chinese Civil War who worked for the French ambassador in Hong Kong. After failing his first year of primary school, Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy when his father immigrated to Australia to work as a cook. Chan found his calling when he began training in martial arts and acrobatics and would become a member of the Seven Little Fortunes performance group.
Chan’s work in movies started very early as he landed small roles as early as 5-years-old in the 1960s. He worked consistently for much of that decade and in the 1970s he would begin working as a stuntman, including in Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon. He would land his significant role soon after in 1973 and two years later had his first nude scene in a comedic adult film, All in the Family. His stunt work eventually gained the attention of a director who cast Chan in his first starring role in New Fist of Fury in 1976, but the film was not a commercial success. Still, it established him in the industry and he would have his breakthrough role in 1978’s Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow, which established a new comedic kung fu genre which made him a star. His next movie, Drunken Master, would make him bankable actor in China.
In the 1980s Chan began making small appearances in American films like the popular Cannonball Run but would concentrate on building his brand in Asia. His breakthrough in American film would come in 1995 with Rumble in the Bronx. He followed it up with several more action film successes, but he became an even bigger celebrity with the comedy Rush Hour in 1998, starring alongside Chris Tucker. The film spurred his most successful franchise and led to other big projects in the U.S. including Shanghai Noon and the remake of The Karate Kid. He is married with a son, and reportedly had a daughter out of wedlock with a former Miss Asia.
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