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Donnie Yen Tze-dan (Chinese: 甄子丹; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director, producer,
action choreographer, and multiple-time world wushutournament champion.

Yen is one of Hong Kong's top action stars.Yen has displayed skill in an array of martial arts, being well-versed in Tai
Chi, Boxing, Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo,
Wing Chun, and Wushu. One of the most popular film stars in Asia of the early 2000s, Yen is consistently one of the
highest paid actors in Asia. Yen earned HK$220 million (US$28.4 million) from four films and six advertisements in
2013.

Yen is credited by many for contributing to the popularisation of Wing Chun.He played Wing Chun grandmaster Ip
Man in the 2008 film Ip Man, which was a box office success. This has led to an increase in the number of people
taking up Wing Chun, leading to hundreds of new Wing Chun schools being opened up in mainland China and other
parts of Asia. Ip Chun, the eldest son of Ip Man, even mentioned that he is grateful to Yen for making his family's art
popular and allowing his father's legacy to be remembered. He has also gained international recognition for playing
Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Xiang in xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).

Yen was born in Guangzhou, China. His mother, Bow-sim Mark, is a Fu StyleWudangquan (internal martial arts) and
Tai Chi grandmaster, while his father, Klyster Yen (甄雲龍), is a newspaper editor. When he was two years old, his
family moved to Hong Kong and then to the United States, settling in Boston when he was 11.His younger sister,
Chris Yen, is also a martial artist and actress, and appeared in the 2007 film Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around
the Dragon.

Yen met his first wife, Leung Zing-ci (梁靜慈), in 1990. The couple began dating in 1993. After three months of
dating, they married secretly in the United States in November 1993. The marriage ended in less than a year. After
their divorce was finalized, Leung realized that she was pregnant with their son, Jeff, who was born in 1995.

Yen later married former beauty queen Cissy Wang after three months of dating. The couple has two children,
Jasmine and James.

Yen has stated that he is a big fan of the MMA organization Ultimate Fighting Championshipand has watched almost
every UFC event available. In various interviews, he has mentioned that he would have loved to compete in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship if he did not have a recurring shoulder injury.