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Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen's biography

Donnie Yen is 59 years old actor born at Guangzhou. Donnie was born on Saturday 27th of July 1963. He is often nicknamed as Dan Yeh. According to year of birth 1963 Donnie belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 27th of July means Donnie is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

He is native cantonese speaker. Donnie is asian hong konger. He is citizen of People's Republic of China. Donnie is an adherent of buddhism. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know Donnie also as film producer, film director, choreographer, martial artist, judoka, karateka, taekwondo athlete, Thai boxer, film actor, television actor. Donnie is recently known as producer. He received Golden Horse Film Festival The Twins Effect in 2003

Donnie Yen's family

Donnie Yen's wife

She is known as model. His wife was born on Tuesday 21st of April 1981 in Lima.

Donnie Yen's ex wife

Donnie Yen's career

Donnie´s main focus is to be actor. You could see Donnie also in The Twins Effect, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate and many more.

Is Donnie Yen gay ?

Donnie is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Donnie Yen's Awards

  • He received award for Golden Horse Film Festival for work The Twins Effect in 2003
  • He received award for Hong Kong Film Awards for work The Twins Effect in 2004
  • He received award for Hong Kong Film Awards for work SPL: Sha Po Lang in 2006
  • He received award for Golden Bauhinia Awards for work Dragon Tiger Gate in 2007

What Donnie Yen has done for a first time

  • Is credited as the first martial arts actor/action director to incorporate modern MMA in Asian action cinema, starting with The Twins Effect (2003) and followed by SPL: Kill Zone (2005), Flashpoint (2007), and Special ID (2013).

Donnie Yen's quotes

  • (On martial arts training) Music and movement are both expressions of the same basic human energy. They are like paints used to color the screen.
  • When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart.
  • (On working overseas again) Anything goes! With the right project, right script I'll do it! But you can only make so many films a year; you have to choose the one that you want to make!
  • See also Other Works |  Publicity Listings |  Official Sites

Donnie Yen's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Donnie Yen looks. We will focus on his height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. Donnie is tall as 5' 8" (173 cm). He weights 165lbs (75 kg). Body build is average. Donnie´s eyes are tinted black. Donnie´s hair is shade of black.

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