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Donnie Yen: Biography
The son of martial arts master Bow Sim Mark, Yen was born in Guangdong (Canton). From a young age, Yen was interested in martial arts of all kind, experimenting with various styles, from Taekwondo to Wushu. Yen decided to stick with Wushu, and moved to Beijing to further train. It was there that he met Woo-Ping Yuen, an up and coming fight choreographer. Yen's first film role was at age 19 in 1984 in the film Xiao Tai Ji. The film revolved around drunken Tai Chi, and although not a critical success, the film helped Yen to achieve further notoriety.
However, Yen gained his breakthrough role in 1992 as General Lan in Once Upon a Time in China II. His finale fight against Wong Fei-Hung (
Jet Li) remains one of the most celebrated fights in martial arts films to this day. This fight scene could be considered one of the very best in martial arts films, and has been revisited to an extent in 2002's Hero, where Yen and Li face off again.
In 1997, Yen started a production company known as Bullet Films, and made his directorial debut.
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