Donnie Yen

Highest Rated:
95% Hero (2004)
Lowest Rated:
11% Highlander - Endgame (2000)
Birthday:
Jul 27, 1963
Birthplace:
Canton, China
Bio:
A sharp-skilled martial artist who has gone on to a successful career as a director and choreographer, Donnie Yen has found success in both his homeland China and in the hustle and bustle of Tinsletown. Working on projects ranging from the traditional Chinese martial-arts period piece Once Upon a…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 11% - 95%
Number of Movies: 52
Box Office Since 2001: $222.1M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 Together (Soi Yat Hei)
  • Actor
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2012 All's Well Ends Well 2012
  • Carl
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2012 84% Dragon
  • Liu Jinxi
$11.1k
2012 Mapping Errors
  • Actor
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2011 All's Well Ends Well 2011
  • Keung
$47.6k
2011 57% The Lost Bladesman (Guan yun chang)
  • Actor
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2010 48% Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
  • Chen Zhen
$48.4k
2010 92% Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster
  • Ip Man
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2010 14 Blades
  • Qing Long
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2010 84% Ip Man
  • Ip Man
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2009 Bodyguards and Assassins (Shi yue wei cheng)
  • Actor
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2009 Ultimate Force of Four
  • Actor
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2008 Kong saan mei yan (An Empress and the Warriors) (The Kingdom and the Beauty)
  • Muyong Xuehu
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2008 Wa Pei (Painted Skin)
  • Actor
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2007 40% Dao huo xian (City Without Mercy) (Flash Point) (Fuse) (The Signal)
  • Actor
$0.1M
2006 Lung fu moon (Dragon Tiger Gate)
  • Wang Xiao Long
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2005 Saat po long (S.P.L.) (Kill Zone)
  • Ma
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2005 25% Chat gim (The Seven Swords)
  • Chu Zhao Nan
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2004 The Twins Effect 2 (Chin gei bin 2: Fa dou daai jin)
  • Hidden Dragon
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2004 95% Hero
  • Sky
$53.6M
2004 Luen ching go gup (Love on the Rocks)
  • Actor
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2004 Gin chap hak mooi gwai (Black Rose Academy)
  • Director
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2003 Vampire Effect (Chin gei bin) (The Twins Effect)
  • Director
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2003 66% Shanghai Knights
  • Wu Chan
$60.4M
2002 59% Blade II
  • Snowman
$81.6M
2000 11% Highlander - Endgame
  • Jin Ke
$12.0M
1998 Ballistic Kiss
  • Cat
  • Director
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1998 The Shanghai Affairs
  • Director
  • Actor
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1998 Fall In Love With Versace
  • Actor
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1997 Zhan lang chuan shuo (Legend of the Wolf) (New Big Boss)
  • Director
  • Actor
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1996 Shaolin Vs Devil's Omen (666 Mo gwai fuk wut) (Shaolin vs. The Evil Dead) (Satan's Return)
  • Mo
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1995 Fist of Fury
  • Chen Jun
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1995 Saint of Gamblers 2
  • Actor
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1994 Revenge of the Kung Fu Master
  • Actor
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1994 Wing Chun
  • Leung Pok To
  • Director
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1994 Ma hei siu ji (Circus Kid)
  • Actor
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1993 So Hak-Yi (Fist of the Red Dragon) (Heroes Among Heroes)
  • Beggar So Chan
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1993 90% Iron Monkey
  • Wong Kei-Ying
$14.2M
1993 Cheetah on Fire
  • Actor
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1993 Butterfly and Sword
  • Actor
  • Director
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1993 Fist of the Red Dragon
  • Actor
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1992 93% Once Upon a Time in China 2
  • Commander Lan
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1991 Tiger Cage 3
  • Actor
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1991 Crystal Hunt (No foh wai lung)
  • Chi-liang
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1990 Tiger Cage 2
  • Dragon Yau
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1990 The Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead (Moh sun gip)
  • Actor
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1989 Huang jia shi jie zhi IV: Zhi ji zheng ren (In the Line of Duty 4: Witness)
  • Actor
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1989 In the Line of Duty IV
  • Actor
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1988 Tiger Cage
  • Actor
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1984 Drunken Tai-Chi
  • Actor
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1984 Drunken Tai Chi (Siu taai gik)
  • Actor
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1978 Jie tou sha shou (Iron Monkey 2)
  • Actor
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Donnie Yen Trivia

In his initial training with the Beijing Wushu Team in China, his instructor, Mr. Lee Yu-Man, demanded Donnie cut his hippie-style mullet as it was inappropriate.
- submitted by Martin D (3 years ago)
Donnie became the first non-PRC Chinese to be accepted at the famed Beijing Wushu Team school, thus opening the door for others to follow in future.
- submitted by Martin D (3 years ago)

Quotes from Donnie Yen's Characters

    1. Ip Man: There are no men who fear their wives. Only men who respect them.
    From Ip Man. Submitted by Michael M (11 months ago)
    1. Ip Man: Nobody is #1 forever.
    From Ip Man. Submitted by Dino W (17 months ago)
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