Jackie Chan be recognised by some of the most famous action men of all time. The
62-year-old actor was the recipient of an honourary Oscar Award at the
8th Annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Chan, 62, was awarded an honorary Oscar at the Eighth Annual Governors Awards at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Tom Hanks, Michelle Yeoh and Chris Tucker presented Chan with the award in the final presentation of the evening.
“As you know the Governors Awards are a chance for the Academy to recognize unique achievements across an artist’s whole body of work, because [throwing his arm out demonstratively] Jackie Chan, the man that puts the ‘Chan’ in ‘Chan-Tastic,’ because he has worked mostly in martial arts films and action comedies, two genres that have been, for some reason, shall we say, historically underrepresented at the Oscars, a fact that will change if I have any pull on the board of Governors,” Hanks said, garnering laughs from the crowd.
Jackie Chan finally get an Oscar...After 56 Years in the Industry and Over 200 Films
“As you know the Governors Awards are a chance for the Academy to recognize unique achievements across an artist’s whole body of work, because [throwing his arm out demonstratively] Jackie Chan, the man that puts the ‘Chan’ in ‘Chan-Tastic,’ because he has worked mostly in martial arts films and action comedies, two genres that have been, for some reason, shall we say, historically underrepresented at the Oscars, a fact that will change if I have any pull on the board of Governors,” Hanks said, garnering laughs from the crowd.
Jackie Chan finally get an Oscar...After 56 Years in the Industry and Over 200 Films
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