Look at this long list of injuries he's sustained throughout his film career:
The Accidental Spy (2001)
Hurt his back.
Doctor said that if he had another back injury that Chan could be paralyzed for life.
The floor was slippery in the Turkish Bath scene and Jackie Chan fell, hitting his head.
Armour of God (1987)
Chan and his crew were filming in Yugoslavia and the scene called for him to jump from a wall to a tree branch. The first take went perfectly, but Jackie was not satisfied and wanted to do the scene once more. The second time, his grip on the branch slipped and Jackie fell forty feet to the ground below.
Jackie Chan landed hard on his head, causing a partial skull fracture which resulted in bone entering his brain. He was flown to the hospital and remained in surgery for eight hours. He now has a plastic plug, and a permanent hole in his head. He is also slightly hard of hearing in one ear as a result that fall.
Armour of God II (AKA Operation Condor)
Dislocated sternum after falling from a handing chain.
A wire went through his leg.
Bruises and cuts on his chest from repeatedly being kicked in chest forty-three times for one scene.
City Hunter
Hurt knees during a skateboard chase. Also hurt his leg, and had to spend time in a wheelchair and on crutches.
Dislocated shoulder.
Broke top part of foot.
Crime Story (1993)
His legs got crushed between two cars.
Dragon Fist
Broken nose.
Dragon Lord
Injured chin.
Fell from the bun tower and hit his head. Got a big bruise.
Dragons Forever (1988)
Hurt ankle.
Drunken Master (1978)
His brow ridge was injured, and he almost lost an eye.
Suffered concussion.
Drunken Master II (1994)
Burned his buttocks, hands and face during the hot coal scene.
Back was injured when he was kicked onto a table.
Hurt nose when he and Ken Lo bumped heads.
Hand of Death
He was knocked unconscious as a stunt man.
The Medallion
He got whipped by a broken stunt wire. It left a large cut between his nose and left eye.
While shooting a scene for the U.S. version, he burned his hands and some of his hair.
Magnificent Bodyguards
Broken hip.
Miracles (Mr. Canton and Lady Rose)
Got a piece of bamboo between his eye and eyebrow.
Got a small gash on his brow from a misdirected ax handle.
Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Broke nose.
Messed up on a flip and hurt his neck.
Police Story (1985)
Jackie Chan as he prepares to leap off the top of a shopping mall.
Dislocated pelvis during the pole slide stunt.
Was almost paralyzed when he nearly broke his seventh and eighth vertebrae in his spine.
Burned all the skin off of his hands and suffered third degree burns on them during the pole slide stunt.
Police Story 2 (1988)
Head Injury while crashing through a billboard and glass window (Apparently this happened because he jumped through the wrong billboard).
Accidentally knocked over by a van, sprawling him ten feet.
Cut on arm.
Hurt eye when pop-it went off near it.
Cut by glass at least twice on scalp and various other places.
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Chan Broke his shoulder.
He Suffered from a fractured rib when he was hit by a helicopter.
Chan received a deep bruise on his back.
Chan's cheek bone was dislocated.
Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Chan nearly died of hypothermia after falling into an icy lake.
Chan accidentally split his upper lip.
Chan accidentally cut his finger.
Project A (1983)
Chan suffered from a broken nose.
received his worst neck injury; occurred during the clock tower fall.
He broke a finger.
During the brawl in the pub, he jumped over a chair and grazed his back badly.
Chan either lost a tooth or knocked one loose when he fell down a a flight of stairs.
Project A Part 2 (1987)
Chan hurt his leg when being thrown down a staircase during the teahouse fight.
He hurt his hand when taking a wooden board.
The Protector
He injured his hand and broke finger bones.
Rumble in the Bronx (1996)
Leaping from one building to another.
Chan broke his ankle while jumping onto a hovercraft.
He was supposed to stay off his feet until it healed, but instead he put on a sock painted like a sneaker and continued filming.
He was run over incorrectly by a hovercraft.
Rush Hour (1998)
He hurt his back when he landed incorrectly.
Rush Hour 2
Chan broke his previously broken toe on his right foot.
He popped it back into place and continued to film.
Shanghai Knights (2003)
Received a small scratch on left of face from a spear.
Chan bruised his throat.
As a result it became swollen which made talking difficult.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Hwang Jang Lee accidentally kicked out one of Chan's teeth.
Chan's arm was slashed by a sword that was supposed to have a blunted edge. Chan fell down screaming, and the cameras kept on rolling; that scene displayed real blood.
Thunderbolt (1995)
Chan's eyebrows were singed from standing too close to an explosion.
He hurt his back after a fall from a container port.
Cracked a bone in his hip.
The Tuxedo
received a small cut on forehead.
Suffered from a sprained ankle.
The Twin Dragons (1992)
Chan had glass shards lodged in his buttocks
The Young Master
Chan broke his nose.
Chan injured his throat and nearly suffocated.
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