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Chan in 2010, image via Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Chan Kong-sang
Place of Birth: Victoria Peak, British Hong Kong (now Hong Kong)
Date of Birth: 7 April, 1954
Ethnicity: Han Chinese
Jackie Chan is a Chinese actor, martial artist, director, producer, stuntman, and singer.
He was born in Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, while it was still a British territory, to Chinese parents, Lee-Lee/Lily Chan and Charles Chan (born Fong Dao-Long or Fong Dou-Loong). Jackie’s birth name, Chan Kong Sang, means “born in Hong Kong.” Jackie is married to Taiwanese actress Joan Lin. He has a son, singer and actor Jaycee Chan, with Joan; and a daughter from his relationship with actress Elaine Ng Yi-Lei.
Jackie’s paternal grandfather was named Fang Zhengwen.