About Jackie

  • Birth name: Chan Kong-Sang
  • Born: April 7, 1954, Hong Kong, China
  • Height: 174cm (5'8½")
  • Other name(s): Yuen Lo (School given name)
  • Wife: Lin Feng-Jiao - a Taiwanese actress (they married in 1983)
  • Children: J C Chan (born in 1982) and a daughter from relationship with Elaine Ng (former Miss Asia)
  • Profession: Actor, Producer, Director, Stunts, Writer, Production Manager
  • Nan Hua Elementary Academy
    Chinese Opera Research Institute (1961-1971)
    Peking Opera School

Before he adopted the Westernized name, "Jacky", and later, "Jackie", he was known by a variety of other nicknames. As he was a heavy baby - 5.5kg (12 lb) at birth, his mother nicknamed him "Pao Pao" (meaning "Cannonball"). Later, while studying at the Peking Opera School he was known as Yuen Lo, as a mark of respect to his master, Yu Jim-Yuen.