Publisher's Synopsis
Jackie Chan is the star of over a hundred movies. Born in Hong Kong, his parents nearly sold him to the doctor who delivered him, and he had a punishing childhood as an apprentice in the Chinese Opera. Trained for film and theatre work, he was a stuntman in a Bruce Lee's Fists of Fury and Enter the Dragon, before becoming a star in his own right. He became a box office favourite in the Far East, helping to reinvent the Hong Kong action genre by blending hyperkinetic stunts with his trademark self-deprecating humour. After the success of Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour in the 1990s the West caught on. Insightful and revealing, I Am Jackie Chan is a must for his legions of fans.
