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Donnie Yen (Chinese: 甄子丹; pinyin: Zhēn Zǐdān, born July 27, 1963), is a martial artist and a film actor.

The son of martial arts master Bow Sim Mark, Yen was born in Guangdong, Guangzhou, China and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is a well known film and television actor in Hong Kong and, more recently, in the West, having been featured in many movies with prominent, internationally known actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Donnie's younger sister Chris (Chi-Ching) is also an accomplished martial artist and rising actress, recently appearing in the independent film The Adventures of Johnny Dao.

From a young age, Yen was interested in martial arts of all kind, experimenting with various styles, from Taekwondo to Wushu. Yen decided to stick with Wushu, moved to Beijing to train further and even joined the Beijing Wushu Team for two years (Yen became the first non-PRC Chinese to be accepted at the school). During his training in China, his instructor Mr. Lee demanded Donnie cut his hippie-style mullet as it was inappropriate. When he wanted to return to the United States, he made a side trip to Hong Kong and it was there that he met Yuen Woo-ping, a famous Hong Kong fight choreographer. Yen's first film role was at age 21 in 1984 in the film Xiao Tai Ji. The film revolved around drunken Tai Chi, and although not a critical success, the film helped Yen to achieve further notability. Over the years, Donnie would send martial arts magazines and books from North America back to Mr. Lee in China. Sometime after filming Drunken Tai Chi and Tiger Cage, Donnie had cosmetic surgery to give him folded eyelids and to straighten his teeth. The changes are very apparent in subsequent films.

However, Yen gained his breakthrough role in 1992 as General Lan in Once Upon a Time in China II. His final fight against Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li) remains one of the most celebrated fights in martial arts films to this day. This fight scene could be considered one of the very best in martial arts films, and has been revisited to an extent in 2002's Hero, where Yen and Li face off again. He learned how to use a spear from a man named Master Ma.

In 1997, Yen started a production company known as Bullet Films, and made his directorial debut. Two of his films, Legend of the Wolf and Ballistic Kiss, in which he also starred, are widely considered to be groundbreaking in their style and tone.

Donnie went on to choreograph fight scenes (and have small roles in) Hollywood films, such as Blade II and various Highlander projects.

Donnie was briefly engaged to ATV actress, Man Yee Man, before marrying in 2003 in Toronto to Cissy Wang, Miss Chinese Toronto 2000, with whom he has a daughter, Jasmine. Donnie also has a son from a previous relationship named Man Cheuk Yen.

Donnie Yen choreographed most of the fighting animation in the 2004 videogame Onimusha 3 (Also starring Kaneshiro Takeshi and Jean Reno).

Donnie has been very active in Hong Kong cinema as of late and can be seen as Chu Zhaonan in Tsui Hark's wuxia epic Seven Swords, and opposite Sammo Hung and Simon Yam in the brutal crime drama SPL: Sha Po Lang. Both films were featured this year at the Toronto Film Festival. Most recently, he starred as Wong Xiao-Long in "Dragon Tiger Gate, an adaptation of a popular Chinese comic book, together with Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue.

Donnie worked on Stormbreaker, starring Alicia Silverstone, as the action choreographer and action director.

Filmography

* Miracle Fighters 2 (1983)
* Drunken Tai Chi (1984)
* Mismatched Couples (1985)
* Tiger Cage (1988)
* The Last Conflict (1988)
* In the Line of Duty IV: Witness (1989)
* Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
* Holy Virgin vs. the Evil Dead (1991)
* Crystal Hunt (1991)
* Cheetah on Fire (1992)
* Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
* New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) aka Dragon Inn
* Iron Monkey (1993)
* Butterfly Sword (1993)
* Hero Among Heroes (1993)
* Wing Chun (1994)
* Circus Kid (1994)
* Satan Returns (1996)
* Black Rose 2 (1996)
* Legend of the Wolf (1997)
* Asian Cops - High Voltage (1997)
* Ballistic Kiss (1998)
* Shanghai Affairs (1998)
* Highlander: Endgame (2000)
* Fist of Fury: The Sequel (2001)
* Shurayuki Hime (2001)
* Blade II (2002)
* Hero (2002)
* Shanghai Knights (2003)
* The Twins Effect (2003)
* Protege de la Rose Noire (2004)
* The Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose (2004)
* Love on the Rocks (2004)
* SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
* Seven Swords (2005)
* Stormbreaker (2006)
* Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
* City With No Mercy (2007)

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Donnie Yen Kicks More Japanese Ass in Chen Zhen | BeyondHollywood ... Donnie Yen kicking ass on film is always cause for celebration. Yen may have been mired in some really awful vanity projects in his early Hong Kong film career, but he's on a major streak of box office success (both domestically and ... Continue reading Donnie Yen enjoys villain role in '14 Blades' « Kung Fu Cinema 14 BLADES is directed by Daniel Lee (BLACK MASK) and stars Donnie Yen as a ruthless, Ming-era secret service agent who tries to put his violent life behind him but is betrayed and hunted by his former colleagues. ... Continue reading Donnie Yen – No need for Ip Man 3 Donnie Yen says a third film will not be necessary as he is confident that the latest installment in the martial arts franchise Ip Man 2 will be an instant classic. Kung fu fans are really looking forward to this latest actioner as ... Continue reading HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office: [2009.11.11] DONNIE YEN CLAIMS TO ... [2009.11.11] DONNIE YEN CLAIMS TO BE BIGGER THAN KATE TSUI. Donnie Yen Chi Tan. Kate Tsui Tsz Shan. courtesy of on.cc. The Daniel Lee Yan Kong directed new film 14 BLADES (GUM YI WAI) yesterday held a press conference at the Pennisula ... Continue reading Sammo Hung Wants Another Bout with Donnie Yen - Wu-Jing.org While everyone is eagerly looking forward to the match between Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen, but perhaps because the recent surgery and health conditions, Sammo Hung regrets not getting enough kicks out of it, "Although I'm the martial ... Continue reading Sammo Hung looking forward to future rematch with Donnie Yen I've been a massive hk cinema fan since the early 90's. some of my favorite actors are jackie chan, sammo hung, yuen biao, lam ching ying, jet li, lau kar leung, donnie yen and many many more. I have over 400 movies in my hk collection. ... Continue reading News: Donnie Yen is (not!) Retiring I was waiting for some real footage before covering Wilson Yip's upcoming 葉問2 (Ip Man 2), sequel to last year's madly energetic biopic of the Wing Chun pioneer, but today's press conference and a few words by Donnie Yen himself are ... Continue reading Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen Square Off! Ip Man 2 – Onset Pictures It seems Sammo and Donnie are starting to make quiet the partnership as Sammo will also be appearing in the 14 Blades as well as previously facing off against Donnie Yen in SPL (also directed by Wilson Yip). Article; Comments ... Continue reading News: Anthony Wong! Shu Qi! Donnie Yen! Details On Andrew Lau's ... As mentioned by X yesterday, next on the docket for the incredibly busy Donnie Yen is a starring role in Andrew Lau's The Legend Of Chen Zhen. But beyond the title, we knew very little about what Lau had planned other than that it would ... Continue reading Yen says he enjoyed exploring villain role HONG KONG (AP) - Action star Donnie Yen says he signed on to play an ancient Chinese secret service agent in his new film — even though it was another kung fu epic — because he wanted to tackle the role of a villain who discovers his ... Continue reading Hollywood Actors Jessica alba Donnie Yen pictures and Donnie Yen biography

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