The Jackie Chan family. Best movies with Jackie Chan. Jaycee Chan and Etta Wu Zhilin

Born in a poor family, who always wanted to get out of this life, Jackie worked hard from childhood. At the Beijing Opera School, he trained and worked for nineteen hours a day. In addition to basic classes, students helped the staff.

Persistence and outrageous work capacity were necessary later, so that Jackie Chan's family (wife and children) did not know what poverty was. The actor has only one official son, and it is very difficult for him to communicate with him. Having achieved everything on his own, he waits very much and demands from his son, distressed by his laziness and attitude to life. However, this misunderstanding often occurs between children and their parents.

Information about the actor

The Jackie Chan family fled from China to Hong Kong during the civil war. Father, Charles Chan, began to work as a cook, and his mother, Lili-chan, settled herself as a maid. In 1960, the family moved to Australia.

Parents gave their son to primary school, and from the age of six they were sent to the Beijing Opera School. Since childhood Jackie has taken a great interest in kung fu.

At the age of seventeen, the young man left the opera, whose popularity was on the decline, and got a job as a professional stuntman. This allowed him to gain a foothold in the cinematography and get the nickname Jackie the Fearless.

Occupation

Film career Jackie began with childhood. From the age of eight he began to star in episodic roles, and in his teens he appeared in the crowd of "Fist of Fury". Subsequently, he became a popular militant actor.

The best films with Jackie Chan are known for their acrobatic stunts. The actor has a comic gift and uses various tools in combat. In addition to his acting career, he established himself as a stuntman, director, screenwriter, producer, singer, martial artist.

Filmography

The actor was the main character in more than a hundred paintings. Many of them can be reviewed as entertainment programs. In his films, the actor himself performed tricks, so injuries were not a rare occurrence.

Best movies with Jackie Chan:

• "Police history" is a film in which Jackie fell from the second floor and damaged his spine, and in the third part he knocked out his shoulder, evading the helicopter.
• "Miracles" - as a result of sliding back on the wagon got a deep cut eye.
• "Armor of God".
• "Drunk master".
• «Criminal history».
• "Disassembly in the Bronx."
• "Who am I?".
• "Peak hour".

A family

The Jackie Chan family is his wife and son. The spouse's name is in the English version of Joan Lin. She was born in Taiwan on January 23, 1953. From the age of thirteen she began to work as a salesman. Since she was eighteen, she and her sister were invited to act in films. A few years later Joan became one of the best actresses of South Asia. But by 1982, the actress decides to end his career for the sake of the family. During her short career, she starred in more than seventy scenes.

In 1982, Jackie Chan, whose personal life was always associated with Joan Lin, married his companion. Although, according to other sources, the marriage took place only in 1984. With the birth of her son, she devoted herself entirely to the family, practically not showing up in front of the cameras' lenses. His patient and loving wife actor dedicated the song "Staying with you for life."

A son

Jaycee Chan was born on 03.12.1982 in Los Angeles. He is the only official child of the actor. The Jackie Chan family lived away from annoying reporters and rarely saw their father, who was busy shooting all the time.

Jaycey graduated from high school in Santa Monica, studied for a year at the College of William and Mary. During his studies, no one knew that his father was a well-known actor. The son was not supposed to spread it. Yes, and the father for a long time hid information about his personal life, so as not to lose the love of the fans. Therefore, not everyone knew about his wife and child.

Living in Los Angeles, Jackie's son studied acting skills, playing skills on classical guitar. In Hong Kong, he mastered the electric guitar and had the opportunity to learn from Jonathan Lee's vocals.

For the first time, Chan's son was officially recognized at the funeral of Leonard Ho, who was the godfather of Jaycee. It happened in 1998. From that time about him began to be mentioned in the press, and he began to see his father more often.

In 2003, the family of Jackie Chan moved to Hong Kong. The young man decided to conquer the Asian show business. At first he tried himself as a performer of his own songs, but this did not bring success. Then he switched to the cinema. Success came to him only in 2005, after his role as a teenager in love in the drama "Two Young". Since that time, Jaycee has been in the movies, is trying again in music, and is involved in charity.

Being a lifetime in the shadow of his own father, he does not tolerate being treated like a son of Jackie Chan.

Unrecognized daughter

Information about the illegitimate daughter appeared in the press in 1999. Actress Elaine Wu Qili gave birth to a girl on October 19, 1999 and gave her the name of Etta Wu Zholin. According to the young mother, they met with Chan on the set of the movie "Magnificent." At that time she was twenty-six years old.

Etta Wu Zhilin was born as a result of friendship between the actors. However, the alleged father does not wish to confirm the fact of paternity, stating that he will take responsibility if his blood relationship is proved. Until this point, he considers his son only Jaycee, whom his official wife gave him. Perhaps someday the whole truth will open.

After the birth of her daughter, who was born before the deadline and weighed just over two kilograms, Elaine moved to Shanghai. She brings up her daughter on her own.