Jackie Chan In Conversation

Legendary master of Kung Fu comedy Jackie Chan breaks from filming his blockbuster Bleeding Steel to talk about his life, craft and career at the Sydney Opera House – one of the locations for the sci-fi thriller now in production – on Saturday 6 August.

At today's Bleeding Steel start-of-shoot press conference at the Sydney Opera House, New South Wales Acting Premier Troy Grant announced that the Hollywood star, martial arts expert, and trained Peking Opera performer will be in conversation on the Concert Hall stage for his first public talk in Australia.

Australia is where Chan – born Chan Kong-sang – was given the nickname 'Jackie", while working on a construction site.

He studied Kung Fu, martial arts, singing and acting from age seven to 17 at the intensive China Drama Academy, debuting in the Cantonese movie Seven Little Valiant Fighters: Big and Little Wong Tin Bar when he was just eight years old. Throughout his schooling and beyond Chan worked as a stuntman and an extra in Hong Kong films, but when the local industry took a downturn, Chan left for Australia, where his family lived in Canberra.