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Jackie Chan
Actor · Stunt performer · Hong Kong
Jackie Chan is an actor, filmmaker and stunt artist whose action grammar shaped modern screen fighting, stunt design and the way physical comedy travels across cultures.
Profile checked 17 August 2026
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Chan built a body of work around visible risk, readable choreography and comic invention, then turned the Jackie Chan Stunt Team into a durable school of action craft.
This VJOURNAL profile gathers official channels and our reporting on how his stunt lineage still appears in contemporary blockbuster choreography, including the dispute around Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
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People · Aug 18, 2026
Who really choreographed Spider-Man, and why nobody can agree
Jackie Chan said his stunt team shaped the film's action and that he visited the set. The director said the team did not work on it. Neither is obviously lying, and the gap between them is the most interesting thing about how action gets made.
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Top News · Aug 13, 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the return of the practical stunt
It holds the largest opening weekend ever recorded and the reviews are divided. The most interesting thing about Brand New Day is not either of those — it is that a $1.7 billion superhero film was built mostly out of people actually doing things.
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