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		Donnie Yen Chi Tan

Other names :	甄子丹 Yan Chi Tan Yen Chi Ten Donnie Yen Yen Ji Dan Yin Sze Dan Zhēn Zǐdān

Birthdate :	27/7/1963
Nationality :	China, Hong Kong, USA
Workplace :	Hong Kong, USA
Activities :	Director (8), Producer (4), Action Director (27), Writer (1), Actor (53), Brief appearance (2), Stuntman (1)

	Biography
Rising star Donnie Yen has been hailed as the fresh new face of martial arts. A long-time collaborator with Yuen Woo Ping, the Academy Award&Mac226; winning choreographer of ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (2000), Yen’s martial arts performances are well-known for exhibiting an extremely high degree of complex skills. Born in the Chinese province of Canton, Yen moved to Hong Kong at the age of two. He lived there until aged eleven and subsequently moved with his family to Boston, USA. He spent his early teenage years in New England, where his mother, a world famous Tai Chi master ran an internationally renowned martial arts studio and trained her son in the arts almost as soon as he could walk. In his teens, Yen spent two years in Beijing training with the famed Beijing Martial Arts Team, studying under the same master as Jet Li. En route back to the U.S, Yen made a side trip to Hong Kong where he met Yuen Woo Ping, the action choreographer for action extravaganzas ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’. Yuen, who launched the career of Jackie Chan in ‘Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow’ (1978) and ‘Drunken Master’ (1978), was looking for a new kung fu star. At once, Yuen was impressed by Donnie Yen’s extraordinary physical abilities and the two talents have collaborated on numerous projects including ‘Drunken Tai Chi’ (1984), ‘Tiger Cage’ (1988), ‘Once Upon a Time in China II’ (1992) and ‘Iron Monkey’ (1993). Yen’s career has since flourished, starring opposite such esteemed martial arts stars as Jet Li (‘Once Upon a Time in China II’, 1992) and Michelle Yeoh (‘Butterfly And Sword’, 1993). Not content with simply appearing on screen, Yen is also an accomplished fight choreographer, credited in films including ‘Blade II’ (2002) and ‘Highlander : Endgame’ (2000). Yen has also turned to television to develop his directing skills. He starred in and directed the action for one of Hong Kong’s all time top rated shows ‘Fist of Fury’ (1995) a 30-part mini-series based on the classic Bruce Lee movie. Yen made his directing debut with ‘Legend of the Wolf’ (1997), followed shortly by ‘Ballistic Kiss’ (1998). ‘Ballistic Kiss’ earned Donnie Yen the Best Young Director Award at the Yubari Film Festival in Japan and was selected as one of the Best Films of 1998 by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. Branching out internationally, Donnie Yen has action-directed and starred in ‘The Princess Blade’ (2001), a contemporary sword film based on the Japanese Manga character, Shurayuki Hime. Yen also became the first Chinese film maker to be in creative control of a major German TV production, co-directing and action choreographing one of Germany’s highest rated shows, ‘Codename: Puma’ (1999, 2000). Currently toast of the town with the US re-release of ‘Iron Monkey’ (2001), Donnie Yen was included in GQ Magazine’s list of the Hottest Action Stars, and was voted one of the Hottest People on the Planet by In Gear Magazine in January 2002. He will next star opposite Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson in ‘Shanghai Knights’, the sequel to the smash-hit comedy, ‘Shanghai Noon’ (2000).
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Filmography

[ 2010 - 2000 - 1990 - 1980 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Eight Happiness 2012	2012	Actor
	Monkey King, The	2012	Actor
	Special Identity	2012	Action Director, Actor
	All's Well, Ends Well 2011	2011	Actor
	Lost Bladesman, The	2011	Action Director, Actor
	Wu Xia	2011	Action Director, Actor
	14 Blades	2010	Actor
	Ip Man 2	2010	Actor
	Legend Of The Fist : The Return Of Chen Zhen	2010	Action Director, Actor
	Bodyguards And Assassins	2009	Action Director, Actor
	Founding Of A Republic, The	2009	Actor
	Empress And The Warriors, An	2008	Actor
	Ip Man	2008	Actor
	Painted Skin	2008	Actor
	Flash Point	2007	Producer, Action Director, Actor
	Dragon Tiger Gate	2006	Action Director, Actor
	Stormbreaker	2006	Action Director
	Seven Swords	2005	Actor
	Sha Po Lang	2005	Action Director, Actor
	Love On The Rocks	2004	Actor
	Protege De La Rose Noire	2004	Director
	Twins Effect 2, The	2004	Actor
	Shanghai Knights	2003	Actor
	Twins Effect, The	2003	Action Director
	Blade II	2002	Action Director, Actor
	Hero	2002	Actor
	Fist Of Fury : The Sequel	2001	Director, Action Director, Actor
	Princess Blade, The	2001	Action Director
	Code Puma	2000	Director, Producer, Action Director
	Highlander : Endgame	2000	Actor
	City Of Darkness	1999	Actor
	Code Puma	1999	Director, Action Director
	Ballistic Kiss	1998	Director, Producer, Action Director, Actor
	Shanghai Affairs	1998	Director, Action Director, Actor
	97 Legendary La Rose Noire	1997	Brief appearance
	Legend Of The Wolf	1997	Director, Producer, Action Director, Writer, Actor
	Satan's Return	1996	Action Director, Actor
	Fist Of Fury	1995	Action Director, Actor
	Iron Monkey 2	1995	Actor
	Saint Of Gamblers, The	1995	Brief appearance
	Circus Kid	1994	Actor
	High Voltage	1994	Director, Action Director, Actor
	Kung Fu Master, The	1994	Action Director, Actor
	Revenge Of The Kung Fu Master	1994	Action Director, Actor
	Wing Chun	1994	Action Director, Actor
	Butterfly And Sword	1993	Actor
	Heroes Among Heroes	1993	Actor
	Iron Monkey	1993	Actor
	Top Fighter	1993	Actor
	Cheetah On Fire	1992	Actor
	Dragon Inn	1992	Actor
	Once Upon A Time In China II	1992	Actor
	Crystal Hunt	1991	Actor
	Holy Virgin Vs The Evil Dead	1990	Actor
	Tiger Cage 2	1990	Action Director, Actor
	In The Line Of Duty 4	1989	Action Director, Actor
	Last Conflict, The	1988	Actor
	Mo Min Kap Sin Fung	1988	Actor
	Tiger Cage	1988	Action Director, Actor
	Mismatched Couples	1985	Actor
	Drunken Tai Chi	1984	Actor
	Taoism Drunkard	1984	Stuntman