Jackie Chan received an honorary Oscar award at the 8th Annual Governors Award last November 12. Chan garnered the honor because of his valued contribution to the film industry.
Jackie Chan have devoted himself to cinema so much more than any actor in the industry have. Vanity Fair illustrates Jackie Chan's hardwork with fractured skull, broken vertebrae, and knocked out teeth. However, he does not have any Oscar, not until this very moment.
At the age of 62, Hong Kong-born action and comedy star Jackie Chan received the Honorary Oscar award. Chan later revealed that he spent his past 56 years in the film industry and have starred in more than 200 films.
Assumingly laid, Jackie Chan started his acting career when he was still 6 years old. These facts rather substantiated him as a recipient of the Honorary Oscar Award last Saturday night in Hollywood.
In one of Jackie Chan's interview, the Honorary Oscar awardee made mention that even though he have made so many movies around the world, he only made comedy-action movies. Thus he could not vie for an Oscar award, which his father would normally ask him if when would he receive one.
The Governor Awards which acknowledged Jackie Chan's efforts is created eight years ago by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS). This Award aims to recognize lifetime achievements of people involved in the film industry and is considered to be actor's ticket in the Oscars.
According to the IB Times, Jackie Chan credited his home country Hong Kong in his speech in 8th Governors Award. Chan cheerfully thanked his fans for giving him so many reason to persist in his films, jumping through windows, punching and kicking, and eventually breaking bones.
In Jackie Chan's speech in the Governors Award where he was applauded by a star-studded crowd, Chan narrated his experience when he was in the house of Sylvester Stallone in Hollywood 23 years ago. Chan said he can still recall how fascinated he was with an Oscar trophy.
