
Jackie
Chan is the first Chinese to be honoured
with an honorary Oscar statuette for his
lifetime contribution to film.
Chan, 62, will receive the ‘Lifetime
Achievement Award’ at the Academy’s
Governors Awards, which will hold on
November 12, for ‘charming audiences with
his dazzling athleticism, inventive stunt
work and boundless charisma.’
In August, Chan, who made his movie
debut at the age of eight but is yet to win
an Oscar, was ranked as the second-
highest paid actor in the world by Forbes
with estimated 2016 earnings of $61
million.
‘I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to the
Oscars for giving me this award of
encouragement and recognising my
achievements while I’m still ‘young’,’ he
wrote. ‘I’m absolutely honoured to be the
first Chinese in history to receive this
award.’
Some of Chan’s popular movies include:
Drunken Master, Kung Fu Panda, The Karate
Kidand Rush Hour .
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