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Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen is a Hong Kong martial arts actor who has starred in the Ip Man kung fu franchise.
Born
27 Jul 1963
Industry
Entertainment, Film, Sports
Job Title
Actor, Filmmaker, Athlete
last updated:
7 October, 2024
Donnie Yen as Monkey King in a still from The Monkey King (2014).
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

4 notable Monkey King adaptations in Hong Kong cinema. One stars Donnie Yen

We recall Journey to the West film adaptations, from Stephen Chow’s turn in the title role to one in which Donnie Yen plays the Monkey King.

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Year in Review

Entertainment stories you read most in 2024 about adult film stars and more

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Prosecutor: Donnie Yen literally fights for justice in court drama

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John Lee policy address 2024

Opinion | Hong Kong must own its martial arts and action film cultural heritage

The cultural heritage of Hong Kong related to Chinese martial arts has not been fully tapped to attract tourists and action film buffs.

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People take selfies with a statue of Bruce Lee at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin on July 20, the 51st anniversary of his death. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Fake news: hoax Post article claims to tell Stephen Chow’s moneymaking secret

Sham article is almost identical to one debunked two weeks ago, featuring Hong Kong movie star Donnie Yen and US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

Scams and swindles

Scammers use fake Post article featuring Donnie Yen to promote trading tools

Scammers have published a fictitious article with the appearance of a South China Morning Post story and a reporter’s byline to promote two online financial trading apps.

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Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his stellar career

Martial arts film icon and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sammo Hung talks about his movies, stars like Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating.

Sammo Hung at an interview with the Post in Hong Kong, in March, 2024. The martial arts film icon reflected on his glittering career, which he spent ‘guessing what would become successful’. Photo: Xiaomei Chen. Hair: Perry @ GHD Styling Team. Makeup: Guerlain Makeup Team
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How the first two Ip Man films made Donnie Yen a superstar

The first two Ip Man movies, directed by Wilson Yip, use old-school kung fu, nationalism and fabrications to make the eponymous martial artist, and the actor who plays him, Donnie Yen, household names.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Jasmine Yen, Donnie Yen’s daughter, on her new single ‘Forever 19’ – interview

The Taylor Swift fan sealed a record deal with Sony’s RCA in between school at Berklee College of Music, which she received a scholarship to attend

Celebrity children

Meet the Hong Kong debs at Paris’ Le Bal, from Jasmine Yen to Skye Wong

The debs were resplendent respectively in V Muse, Vivienne Westwood and Armani Privé, in the company of aristocrats including Count Ivan de Poligny and Chevalier Maxence de Lanversin

Jasmine Yen dances with her father Donnie Yen at the Bal des Débutantes in Paris, an event also attended by Hong Kong scions Skye Wong and Yvette Yao. Photos: Handouts
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

The impeccable style of HK star Donnie Yen’s pop star daughter, Jasmine

Hong Kong power couple Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang’s daughter Jasmine recently released her first-ever studio album – so how did she get into music and what’s her style like?

Jasmine Yen, the daughter of Hong Kong power couple Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang, is a budding musician with an impeccable sense of style. Photo: @jasmineyen/Instagram
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Explainer | The time Michelle Yeoh stepped away and Cynthia Khan stepped in

With action stars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock unavailable to film In the Line of Duty 3 and In the Line of Duty 4, Cynthia Khan stepped in. Cast as a new character, she made the role her own.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

HK’s ultimate fashion duo? 9 of Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang’s best looks

Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang may be HK’s most fashionable power couple – from Valentino and Celine to Michael Kors and Tiffany & Co., here are 9 of our favourite looks this year

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

From breakdancing roles to his breakthrough, Donnie Yen’s early career

To mark Donnie Yen’s 60th birthday, we remember the early career of the Hong Kong kung fu film star before the Ip Man movies made him a household name.

Donnie Yen in “Ip Man 3”.
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Inside Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang’s lavish vow renewals at Lake Como, Italy

Hong Kong’s favourite showbiz couple just celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in a special ceremony at Lake Como’s Villa Balbiano – the same palazzo featured in House of Gucci with Lady Gaga

Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in Lake Como, Italy. Photo: @sweetcil/Instagram
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

From Donnie Yen to Jackie Chan, Hong Kong stars at the Udine film festival

The Udine Far East Film Festival has attracted a galaxy of Hong Kong stars, from Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen to Brigitte Lin. Ahead of its 25th anniversary, organisers recall some of the high points.

American cinema

Profile | She was going to quit acting – then she landed a role in John Wick 4

Aimée Kwan plays a relative of Donnie Yen’s character in John Wick: Chapter 4 – but a week before she found out she had the role, she had been thinking about giving up acting. The Oxford University graduate tells the Post why.

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American cinema

Review | John Wick: Chapter 4 – Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen in epic fight movie

The first three John Wick movies have got nothing on this insanely outrageous movie – Reeves’ killer John Wick is as indestructible as ever, Donnie Yen stupendous, and the fight scenes like art.

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(From left) Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Donnie Yen as Caine, and Scott Adkins as Killa in a still from John Wick: Chapter 4. Photo: Murray Close/Lionsgate.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Sakra: Donnie Yen plays tragic hero in action-packed Louis Cha adaptation

Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen plays Qiao Feng in Sakra, an action-packed adaptation of Louis Cha’s epic wuxia novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Come Back Home: Donnie Yen can’t save this annoying rescue drama

Donnie Yen plays a father who leaves his son in a snowy wilderness to teach him a lesson, only for the boy to vanish, triggering a desperate search. Unfortunately, the plot is illogical.

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Asian cinema: Chinese films

Donnie Yen film late to the party as National Day box office falls in China

Come Back Home, a mountain rescue drama starring Donnie Yen, is among the films vying for a share of the National Day holiday box office in China. That pie will be smaller this year, with sales down heavily from 2021.

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Donnie Yen in a still from Come Back Home, a thriller about a mountain rescue that opened in cinemas in China on October 3 to cash in on the National Day holiday.
Fame and celebrity

Meet 18-year-old Jasmine Yen, daughter of Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen

The daughter of one of Hong Kong’s most beloved action stars is only 18, but already appears to be following in her famous parents’ showbiz footsteps

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She’s got a model mum and action movie star dad, but Jasmine Yen, Donnie Yen’s daughter, seems to be headed for a career in music. Photo: @jasmineyen/Instagram
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Inside John Wick 4 star Donnie Yen’s crazy rich life

He’s set to star in John Wick 4 alongside Keanu Reeves, but how does the Hong Kong actor splash his US$40 million fortune around?

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Hong Kong at 25

The 12 movies that defined Hong Kong cinema in the past 25 years

From Made in Hong Kong and Infernal Affairs to Kung Fu Hustle, Ten Years and Anita, these films left a lasting legacy both in Hong Kong cinema and the city’s collective consciousness.

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Asian cinema

The 25 best Asian martial arts movies of the 21st century ranked

Asia is famous for its martial arts films, and here is our pick of the 25 best from the past two decades, for their slick fight choreography and drama.

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Donnie Yen (left) and Wu Jing in a still from SPL, one of our 25 best martial arts films of the 21st century.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

‘I will not let Bruce Lee down’: Donnie Yen on his martial arts film career

Action star Donnie Yen Ji-dan, known for his roles in films like Ip Man and Star Wars, has talked about respecting Bruce Lee, what films he cries to and the film that ‘almost jeopardised my career’.

Donnie Yen as Ip Man in a still from Ip Man 3 (2015).
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Donnie Yen and John Woo helped ensure the wuxia film genre didn’t die

Wuxia film lives on in the 21st century, with elements of the genre showcased in blockbusters co-financed by China and involving the likes of Donnie Yen and John Woo.

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Video gaming

‘The world’s worst video game’ was set in Hong Kong. Here are some others

From ‘the world’s worst video game’ to Stray, an upcoming title where you play as a cybercity-prowling cat, here are some of the many games set in or inspired by Hong Kong.

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