Donnie Yen

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Donnie Yen Chi-Tan (born 27 July 1963) is a Chinese martial artist actor, film director, fight choreographer, and producer. 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.


Early life

Yen was born in Canton(Guangzhou),China. His mother was Wushu and Tai chi master Bow Sim Mark and his father, Klyster Yen, was a newspaper editor. The family moved to Hong Kong when Yen was 2 years old, and relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, United States when he was 11. His younger sister Chris Yen (Chi-Ching) is also an accomplished martial artist and rising actor, recently appearing in the independent film Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon.

From a young age and with the influence of his mother, Yen was interested in martial arts of all kinds, experimenting with various styles, from Taekwondo to Wushu. After dropping out of school, Yen decided to stick with Wushu. Concerned that he was spending too much time in Boston's Combat Zone, his parents sent him to Beijing on a two-year training program with the Beijing Wushu Team. In his initial training in Guangzhou, China, his instructor Mr. Lee Yu-Man 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.


Film

Shaolin Drunkard (1983)
Taoism Drunkard (1984)
Drunken Tai Chi (1983)
Tiger Cage (1988)
Time in China II (1992)
Tai-Chi Master
Hero
Legend of the Wolf (1997)
Ballistic Kiss (1998)
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Blade II (2002)
Shanghai Knights (2003)
Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
and a lot more...




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