Jackie’s profile
“Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie… Study computers instead.”
-Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan (born Chan Kong-sang, as a tribute to his native Hong Kong) can trace his origins to Hong Kong, where he was born to parents Charles and Lee-Lee Chan on April 7, 1954.
His parents were so poor at the time of his birth, that they contemplated giving him up for adoption to the doctor who delivered their only child, since they couldn’t afford the hospital bill.
But because the birth of their only child made it too hard to give him up, the Chan family labored in order to have money to raise their “Year of the Horse” son. Chan’s father was employed as a cook in the French Embassy, while his mother worked as a housekeeper, but they eventually relocated to Australia, where his father worked as head chef in the American Embassy.