|
Hot Videos
Female Celeb
Wallpapers
|
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)
| Latest news about Donnie Yen |
Fight Club: Ip Man starring Donnie Yen - The AmpersandNational Post - Canada's trusted source for national news, financial news, world news, commentary, entertainment and sports. Continue reading
14 Blades (2010) - Donnie Yen , Wei Zhao - Movie ReviewDonnie Yen is back in 14 Blades - The follow up to Bodyguards and Assassins but is it any good? Read our review to find out if any of these blades need sharpening? Continue reading
News: Donnie Yen rules out IP MAN 3With the recent surge of Yip/Ip Man related film projects coming up in the pipeline, Donnie Yen has told the Chinese media that after Ip Man 2, he will no longer play the Wing Chun master anymore. ...I would never ever touch any films ... Continue reading
Donnie Yen Heads To Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds | Jade Screen: The ...If you're a fan of Jackie Chan or Hong Kong Cinema you definitely don't want to miss out on this! Jackie Chan News and Products, Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Sammo Hung. Continue reading
Stream Seven Swords Movie OnlineEven Donnie Yen's character who they probably went the most in depth on didn't fetch beefy treatment. Maybe it was fair that he was speaking Korean bugged me. It is impartial peculiar. There is nothing to really carry the myth, ... Continue reading
Donnie Yen says enough is enough.Donnie Yen has said that with a spate of Yip Man films all jumping on the band wagon and trying to cash in on the success of Donnie's first performance in “Ip Man” he will never do another movie that involves Yip man's character. ... Continue reading
Kung Fu Fridays: Donnie Yen gets to wax on wax offAction star Donnie Yen will have his wax figure displayed at Madame Tussaud's Hong Kong next month, the wax museum announced on Thursday. Let the comments about his acting start... posted by Colin at 12:04 PM ... Continue reading
CpopAccess: Next stop for Donnie Yen: The wax museumA wax version of Donnie Yen will soon go on display at the Madame Tussauds Museum in Hong Kong! The figure is modeled after his role as Ip Man, and Donnie said he is honored to have played this life-changing character. ... Continue reading
Donnie Yen's wax figure to display at Madame Tussauds in HKMartial artist Donnie Yen makes a wax-hand with the help of an employee at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong in Hong Kong, south China, March 11, 2010. His wax figure as Master Ip from the movie "Ip Man" will be aion gold displayed here in ... Continue reading
Donnie Yen's KILL ZONE on UK Blu-ray and DVD « SciFi JapanDirected by Wilson Yip and featuring the work of many of the creative talents who helped him in bringing IP MAN, FLASHPOINT and DRAGON TIGER GATE to the screen, KILL ZONE stars Donnie Yen (IP MAN; AN EMPRESS AND THE WARRIORS), ... Continue reading
Hollywood Actors Jessica alba Donnie Yen pictures and Donnie Yen biography
|
|
|
