Jaycee Chan Jo-ming is an American-born Hong Kong actor and singer.
In 2004, he released his first Mandarin CD album in Hong Kong.
He is currently based in Taiwan to continue his music career.
He is the son of the Hong Kong martial artist and actor, Jackie Chan and his wife, Lin Feng-Jiao.
He sings and performs in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Early life and education Jaycee was born and raised in Los Angeles,
California, the son of Hong Kong action/martial arts star Jackie Chan and Taiwanese actress
Lin Feng-Jiao.
Sources, including Jackie Chan's autobiography, state that he was born in 1984 and that his
parents were married in 1983.
On the other hand Jackie's official website states that he was born in 1982.
Jaycee briefly attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia for two
semesters, but did not graduate.
He has a penchant for luxury cars and nightlife and stated that he left school because “all
you can see in Virginia is sheep.”
Career Giving up on school, Jaycee moved to Hong
Kong in 2003.
Despite heavy promotions and awards, his albums and movies have had dismal sales.
His film Double Trouble only grossed US$9,000 in Hong Kong, making it one of the biggest
box office failures ever.
His studio, though, is adamant that he will be a success one day at whatever cost.
In early 2009, Chinese websites reported that he has given up his United States citizenship
in favor of Chinese citizenship to appeal to local audiences.
For the film Little Big Soldier, his mother Joan Lin suggested that Jaycee costar with
his father, but Jackie was highly against it.
However, Jaycee has since reconciled with his father, and they starred together in Jackie's
100th film, 1911.
The team-up resulted in Jackie Chan's least profitable and worst reviewed film to date.
To appeal outside of Chinese audiences, his studios hired Korean and Singaporean artists,
Jang Nara and Fann Wong, to promote Jaycee's new film, Whoever.
The film was meant to satire Jaycee's life as a playboy from a famous father.
Once again, the film was a box office disaster, not placing in the China top ten, despite
a government mandate requiring it to be played at half the nation's theaters.
The studios decided not to release the film theatrically in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
During an awards ceremony in Beijing in April 2011, Jackie stated that he would be donating
half his money to charity when he dies, instead of to his son.
Jackie explained, "If he is capable, he can make his own money.
If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money."
Legal issues On August 18, 2014, it was reported that Chan
had been arrested on August 14 by Beijing police due to drug possession, alongside Ko
Chen-tung, a Taiwanese actor.
Police later found more than 100 grams marijuana after searching Chan's apartment.
While Ko was set to be released 14 days after his arrest, Chan faces criminal charges and
sentences up to the death penalty or life imprisonment for allegedly hosting others
to consume marijuana.
Jaycee, whose father Jackie had been China's anti-drug goodwill ambassador since 2009,
admitted to taking drugs for 8 years.
On September 17, 2014, procurator’s office have approved the formal arrest of Chan on
suspicion of “accommodating drug users”.
Chan has been formally charged with providing a venue for drug use, a criminal charge that
carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.
Filmography Discography
References
External links Jaycee Chan at the Internet Movie Database