Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen was the son of renowned martial arts teacher Bow Sim Mark. Born in Canton he ended up spending most of his childhood in Boston. Learning martial arts (mainly Wu Shu) from his mother, he met some of the representatives of the Beijing Wu Shu team, who invited him to go to China and train with them. His mother feared that he would end up being killed in the states, or join a gang, so she shipped him off to China. It was there he auditioned for Yuen Wo Ping. Yuen was so impressed with Donnies Kung Fu skills, that he used him as a double in a film, then a staring role in the Kung Fu comedy Drunken Tai Chi. An instant super star Donnie has gone from strength to strength. He has stared in some of the most acclaimed martial arts movies ever including Iron Monkey, Once Upon A Time In China and Tiger Cage 2. His career has stuck close with that of Yuen's for many years, but he has now ventured of in his own direction and has made some great movies, Legend of The Wolf (aka. New Big Boss) being his directional début.

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