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Donnie Yen Ji-dan (Chinese: 甄子丹; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director best known for his martial arts films. He is one of the highest paid actors in Asia.
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- Donnie Yen Filmography
Actor: Ip Man. Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, China. His mother, Bow-sim Mark, was a kung fu master and his father, Kylster Yen, a newspaper editor and amateur musician. When Donnie was just two years old, the family moved to Hong Kong and then, when he was 11, to Boston, Massachusetts.
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Donnie Yen (born 27 July 1963), also known as Yen Ji-dan (甄子丹), is a Chinese -born Hong Kong actor, martial artist, movie director, producer and action choreographer. He is also a wushu world champion many times. He is best known for his role as Ip Man in the Ip Man (2008–2015) trilogy movies.
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- Wing Chun (1994) This movie comes a decade into Yen's career, pairing him with Michelle Yeoh under the direction of the legendary Woo-Ping Yuen—best known to American audiences for choreographing the fight scenes in the Matrix trilogy and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) Despite the title, the worst way to watch this movie is to think of it as a sequel to Ang Lee's epic Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zen (2010) It's in this flick that Yen arguably stakes his claim to the first rank of Chinese martial arts movie heroes.
- Ip Man trilogy (2008-present) Ip Man is revered by martial artists as Bruce Lee's teacher, the foremost practitioner of the wing chun style of fighting: He's so famous that this is not the only movie trilogy dedicated to his biography.
Donnie Yen reprised the lead role in the sequel Ip Man 2, the second feature film based on the life of Ip Man. The film focuses on Ip's movements in Hong Kong as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts; at the end it also briefly introduces a young Bruce Lee prior to becoming one of Ip's most famed disciples.
Nov 19, 2023 · Donnie Yen is a renowned martial artist, actor, and action director who has left an indelible impact on global pop culture. Here‘s an overview of his illustrious career: Early Life and Martial Arts Training. Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, China on July 27, 1963.
