You are here: MaxAbout.com > People

Jaycee Chan

Personal Profile

Jaycee Chan
  • Birth Name:
    Jo-Ming Jaycee Chan
  • Date of Birth:
    December 3, 1982
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Sagittarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Height:
    5' 10"
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:
    College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia

Family

Jaycee Chan
  • Father:
    Jackie Chan
  • Mother:
    Lin Feng-Jiao

Career

Jaycee Chan

Trivia

Jaycee Chan
  • When he was 21 years old and still struggling as an actor, Jackie made a porn movie made in Hong Kong entitled All in the Family.
  • TV honored Jackie Chan with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 for his vast contribution in the film industry.
  • In 2004 Jackie Chan created his own film production company called Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Limited. This was brought about by his dissatisfaction with the way Asian actors are treated in Hollywood. edit ยป
  • In 2000, Chan voiced himself in the video game Jackie Chan Stuntmaster.
  • Jackie Chan made an appearance in Uncle Kracker's music video of "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah".
  • On May 4, 2008, Chan was one of the Olympic torchbearers for the first day of the three-month journey of the torch to Beijing, the site of the 2008 Olympics. He was the last one to carry the torch during that day.
  • Jackie wrote an autobiographical book entitled I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action which was published on
  • June 28, 1999. A book about him was also written by Tony Rayns entitled The Mind is a Muscle: An
  • Appreciation of Jackie Chan in 1987.
  • Jackie attended the Nan Hua Elementary Academy.

Quotes

Jaycee Chan
  • " A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."
  • "After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and--Boom!--people go. "
  • " American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.."
  • " Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."
  • "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead. "
  • " For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies."
  • "I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way."
  • "Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie. "
  • "Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult. "
  • " I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid. "
View all Quotes: Jaycee Chan

Biography

Jaycee Chan
Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009

Jaycee ChanJaycee Chan is the son of the Internationally famous action star, Jackie Chan and Taiwnese actress Feng-Jiao Lin. He was born Chan Jo-Ming, but changed his surname to Fong/Fang in February of 2004 as this is his true ancestral name. Although this is his name in the Eastern hemisphere, his name remains "Jaycee Chan" in the Western hemisphere with a few sources listing him as "Jaycee Fong". Jaycee, who attended The College of William & Mary, is an actor, singer, composer, lyricist, and guitarist. Jaycee Chan  also plays the piano, drums, and bass guitar. Jaycee Chan  released his first, self-titled, CD, "Jaycee" on September 15, 2004. This CD, for which he composed the music and wrote the lyrics for 10 of the 13 tracks, earned him many music awards in Asia for Best New Male Singer.

In addition, Jaycee is active in many charities that include children's charities, help for research of organ diseases, natural disaster relief funds,and wildlife awareness public service campaigns in Asia. Jaycee is currently quite popular in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Jaycee Chan is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. In addition to his musical and acting skills, Jaycee is noted for his sincerity, impeccable manners, subtle humor and cheerfulness.

Submit Content