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In 2008, Yen starred in Ip Man, a semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the Wing Chun master of Bruce Lee. Ip Man marked Yen's fourth collaboration with director. Ip Man 2 Blu-ray (Yip Man 2, Legend of the Grand Master 葉問2 Collector's Edition) (2010): Starring Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang and Sammo Hung Kam-bo. Centering. This piece originally appeared 7/19/17. The first, in 1985, was a simplistic shooting game for consoles that focused on the action sequences of the movie. "We wanted to do this movie because Ip Man was a man who inspired the world and society as a whole. He was a man who believed in certain morals and principles, and we.

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Hong Kong. Born(1. July 1. 96. 3 (age 5. Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Occupation. Actor, martial artist, film director, producer, action choreographer, multiple- time wushu world tournament champion.

Years active. 19. Spouse(s)Zing- Ci Leung (m.

Cissy Wang (m. 2. Children. 3Ancestry. Taishan, Guangdong, China. Influenced by. Bruce Lee. Website. Donnie. Yen. Asia. Donnie Yen Facebook Official Page. Donnie Yen Sina Official Weibo (Simplified Chinese)Donnie Yen Tencent Official Weibo (Simplified Chinese)Donnie Yen (born 2.

July 1. 96. 3), also known as Yen Chi Tan (甄子丹), is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director, producer, action choreographer, and multiple- time world wushu tournament champion.[1][2]Yen is credited by many[3][4][5] for contributing to the popularisation of the traditional martial arts style known as Wing Chun. He played Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the 2. Ip Man, which was a box office success. This has led to an increase in the number of people taking up Wing Chun, leading to hundreds of new Wing Chun schools being opened up in mainland China and other parts of Asia.[6]Ip Chun, the eldest son of Ip Man, even mentioned that he is grateful to Yen for making his family art popular and allowing his father's legacy to be remembered.[7] He has gained international recognitino for plying Chirrut Imwe in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Yen is considered to be one of Hong Kong's top action stars; director Peter Chan mentioned that he "is the 'it' action person right now" and "has built himself into a bona fide leading man, who happens to be an action star."[8] Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream of Chinese culture by choreographing MMA in many of his recent films. Yen has displayed notable skills in a wide variety of martial arts, being well- versed in T‘ai- Chi Ch‘üan, Boxing, Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu, Judo, Wing Chun, and Wushu. Seen as one of the most popular film stars in Asia of the early 2. Yen was one of the highest paid actors in Asia in 2. Yen earned HK$2. 20 million (US$2. Early life[edit]Yen was born in Guangzhou, China.

Yen's mother, Bow- sim Mark, is a Fu Style. Wudangquan (internal martial arts) and Tai Chi grandmaster, while his father, Klyster Yen (甄雲龍), is a newspaper editor.[1. When he was two years old, his family moved to Hong Kong and then to Boston when he was 1. His younger sister, Chris Yen, is also a martial artist and actress, and appeared in the 2. Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon.

At a young age, under the influence of his mother, Yen developed an interest in martial arts and began experimenting with various styles, including t'ai chi and other traditional Chinese martial arts. Yen then started kung fu when he was nine. Yen focused on practising wushu seriously at the age of fourteen after dropping out of school. His parents were concerned that he was spending too much time in Boston's Combat Zone, so they sent him to Beijing on a two- year training program with the Beijing Wushu Team.[1.

When Yen decided to return to the United States, he made a side- trip to Hong Kong, where he met action choreographer Yuen Woo- ping. Yen finally started taekwondo at around the age of sixteen. Yen also came from a family of musicians. His mother is a soprano, in addition to being a martial arts teacher in Boston, while his father is a violinist.[1.

From a young age, he was taught by his parents to play musical instruments, including the piano.[1. He also knows hip- hop dancing and breakdancing.[1. Yen's first step into the film industry was in 1. Drunken Tai Chi. After filming Drunken Tai Chi and Tiger Cage (1. Yen made his breakthrough role as General Nap- lan in Once Upon a Time in China II (1. Wong Fei- hung (played by Jet Li).

Yen had a starring role in the film Iron Monkey in 1. Yen and Li appeared together again in the 2.

Hero, where Yen played a spear (or qiang) fighter who fought with Li's character, an unnamed swordsman. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2. Academy Awards. In 1. Yen starred as Chen Zhen (Cantonese: Chan Zan) in the television series Fist of Fury produced by ATV, which is adapted from the 1. Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen.

Yen reprised his role as Chen Zhen in the 2. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen.

In 1. 99. 7, Yen started the production company Bullet Films, and made his directorial debut[1. Legend of the Wolf (1.

Ballistic Kiss (1. Watch Online Watch The Ministers Full Movie Online Film there. At age 3. 4, Yen almost went bankrupt. Films produced by his own production company and directed by him were critically acclaimed but did not do well at the box office.

Yen was forced to borrow money from loan sharks and his production crew to get by. Yen later went back to the United States, where he was invited to choreograph fight scenes in Hollywood films, such as Highlander: Endgame (2. Blade II (2. 00. 2). His choreography and skills impressed the directors, and they invited him for cameo appearances in both movies.[2. In 2. 00. 2, Jet Li was filming the movie Hero and insisted to the director that he wanted Yen to play the role of Sky, his adversary, due to Yen's martial arts ability. Li personally invited Yen back from Hollywood to star in the movie, marking the second time the two actors appeared onscreen together since Once Upon a Time in China II ten years earlier.[2.

In 2. 00. 3, Yen played the antagonist against Jackie Chan in Shanghai Knights. Yen choreographed most of the fight animation in the 2. Onimusha 3, which featured actors Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jean Reno. Yen continued to be active in Hong Kong cinema in the 2. Chu Zhaonan in Tsui Hark's wuxia epic film Seven Swords, and as Ma Kwun in Wilson Yip's brutal crime drama film SPL: Sha Po Lang in 2. Both films were featured at the 2. Toronto International Film Festival.

Later that year, Yen co- starred with Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue in Wilson Yip's Dragon Tiger Gate, an adaptation of Wong Yuk- long's manhua series Oriental Heroes. Yen also worked as action choreographer in Stormbreaker, starring Alex Pettyfer. Yen continued to work with Wilson Yip in Flash Point (2. He won the award for Best Action Choreography at the Golden Horse Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in Flash Point. In 2. 00. 8, Yen starred in Ip Man, a semi- biographical account of Yip Man, the Wing Chun master of Bruce Lee. Ip Man marked Yen's fourth collaboration with director Wilson Yip, reuniting him with his co- stars in SPL: Sha Po Lang, Sammo Hung and Simon Yam.

Ip Man became the biggest box office hit to date featuring Yen in the leading role, grossing HK$2. Hong Kong and 1. 00 million yuan in China.[2. In August 2. 01. 1, while Yen was on a vacation with his family in the United States, he reportedly received an invitation by producer Avi Lerner to star in The Expendables 2. It was stated that Yen was considering the offer, had many films at hand, and would wait until deciding whether the script appealed to him.[2. Later on, Yen revealed to the Hong Kong media that he had rejected the role.[2. In 2. 01. 1, Yen revealed that he was venturing into other genres of movies and had taken up two comedy roles in a row, in All's Well, Ends Well 2.

All's Well, Ends Well 2. Carina Lau in the former and Sandra Ng in the latter. Both films obtained huge critical and box- office success and proved that Yen's versatility as an actor.[2.

Yen took a six- month break in the second half of 2. The Monkey King 3. D, explaining that he wanted to spend more time with his family and be with his children more often during their growth. Yen at the New York Film festival in 2. In 2. 01. 2, Yen returned to the movie industry and commenced the filming of Special ID, in which he played the main lead, an undercover cop, and also took on the role of action choreographer.