He was born Chan Kong-sang and his first stage name was Chan Yuen Lung. He adopted the name 'Jackie' after his stint as a construction worker in Australia. While on the job, he was mentored by a colleague named Jack and was known to friends as 'Little Jack', later shortened to 'Jackie'. He later even changed his Chinese name to Fong Si-lung

Chan began his career as a stuntname, working as an action coordinator and extra in Bruce Lee's monster hits 'Fist of Fury' and 'Enter The Dragon'

It wasn't smooth sailing for Jackie at the start. Because of the commercial failure of his early films, he was forced to star as a rickshaw driver in the adult film 'All In The Family'. He filmed his first sex scene for the movie and has only been part of one other in his entire acting career

The 'Rush Hour' films might have been some of Jackie's most lucrative projects to date, but the actor hated them! In a blog entry on his site he had said, "When we finished filming, I felt very disappointed because it was a movie I didn’t appreciate and I did not like the action scenes involved. I felt the style of action was too Americanized and I didn’t understand the American humor."

It isn't easy being a martial arts star and while performing his stunts, Jackie's broken his nose, ankle, fingers, cheekbones and even his skull. Ouch!

A female fan once committed suicide when she learnt that Chan was married

During fight scenes, Chan makes fellow actors wear padding to prevent serious injury as his punches and kicks make real contact

'Chinese Zodiac' has brought Chan two Guinness World Records - for Most Stunts Performed By A Living Person and Most Credits in a Film

Chan's films are usually clean and he's said the word 'fuck' in only two films - 'The Protector' and Burn, 'Hollywood, Burn'