Martial arts expert and actor Jackie Chan will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar.

Chan, 62, the Hong Kong-born star of Hollywood film such as Kung Fu Panda, The Karate Kid and the Rush Hour franchise, will join documentary maker Frederick Wiseman, British film editor Anne V. Coates and casting director Lynn Stalmaster as recipients of the 2016 Governors Awards.

Each will get an honorary Oscar statuette recognising their lifetime contribution to film at a gala in Los Angeles in November.

Chan made his movie debut at the age of eight, and has acted and sometimes written and directed more than 30 martial arts films in Hong Kong. He has never won an Oscar.

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