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Donnie Yeni

Donnie Yen is a Hong Kong martial arts actor who has starred in the Ip Man kung fu franchise. 

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  • The recipient of the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award has been involved in more than 200 films over the course of a stellar career

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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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

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?

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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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

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.

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

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.

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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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’.

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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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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Featuring interviews with stars including Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung, new film Kung Fu Stuntmen is a tribute to the brave, unsung heroes of Hong Kong action movies.

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The film series made Jet Li a star, and while Once Upon a Time in China II was a match for the first movie, the third instalment was a relative flop.

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Donnie Yen’s sister, Chris, looks way younger than her 47 years, which she credits to her childhood training in wushu, regular exercise and her ‘80 per cent healthy’ diet.

Director Benny Chan’s last film, Raging Fire sees Donnie Yen’s incorruptible police officer face off against Nicholas Tse’s police officer-turned-criminal – but the action comes at the expense of the story.

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‘Jackie Chan made me want to become a stuntman,’ says Kenji Tanigaki, but he learned filmmaking working with Donnie Yen – lessons he’s applied to Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, starring Henry Golding, and Japanese series Rurouni Kenshin.

From John Wick 4 and Ip Man star Donnie Yen to Ong-Bak’s Tony Jaa and Attack on Titan’s Rina Takeda, here are our top 10 favourite Asian action movie stars right now.

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When Mike Tyson was cast opposite Donnie Yen in Ip Man 3, the martial arts star knew anything could happen. He recalls filming a fight scene with ‘the baddest man on the planet’.

From martial arts icons Jet Li and Donnie Yen to Canto-pop royals Leon Lai and Faye Wong, did you know all these timeless local icons began life north of the border?