Donnie Yen
Hong Kong actor and martial artist
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| April 2025 | At CinemaCon, the John Wick spinoff movie Caine was confirmed, with Yen set to star and direct, and Mattson Tomlin writing the script. |
| 2025 | Donnie Yen appears in the film 'Empuran', continuing his active career in action cinema |
| May 2024 | It was reported that Donnie Yen would star in a John Wick spinoff movie focused on his assassin character Caine. |
| 2023 | Donnie Yen was appointed to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as a representative of the 'Literature and Arts' sector. |
| March 2023 | Donnie Yen joined the cast of John Wick: Chapter 4, which was released to positive reviews from critics. |
| 2021 | Yen appeared in the film Raging Fire. |
| 2020 | He starred in the live-action adaptation of Mulan. |
| March 2020 | Donnie Yen revealed during a press tour for Disney's live-action remake of Mulan that he had been offered a role in Warner Brothers' Justice League and Aquaman films by Zack Snyder, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. |
| February 2020 | In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Donnie Yen donated HK$1 million to frontline medical workers in Wuhan. |
| 2019 | Yen reprised his role in the final installment of the Ip Man series, Ip Man 4: The Finale. |
| 2019 | Yen was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame. |
| 2018 | He served as co-producer for the spin-off film Master Z: Ip Man Legacy. |
| February 2018 | Yen confirmed the continued production of the live-action film adaptation of Sleeping Dogs. |
| 2017 | Yen starred in XXX: Return of Xander Cage. |
| 2017 | Yen began filming Big Brother, where he played a high school teacher. |
| 2017 | Donnie Yen won the Best Actor award at the Foshan Film Awards. |
| 2017 | Donnie Yen received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foshan Film Awards. |
| November 11 2017 | The short martial arts film Gong Shou Dao, in which Yen participated, was released, garnering over 100 million views worldwide. |
| September 2017 | Chasing the Dragon was released, with Yen portraying the character Ng Sek Ho, receiving positive reviews for his performance. |
| 2016 | He appeared in the Star Wars film Rogue One. |
| February 12 2016 | It was confirmed that Yen would play Xiang in XXX: Return of Xander Cage. |
| 2015 | Donnie Yen won the Best Action Choreography award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for 'Kung Fu Jungle'. |
| 2015 | Donnie Yen was awarded the title of 2014's Most Influential Actor at the Youku Night Awards. |
| 2015 | Yen reduced his muscular physique to reprise his role as Ip Man in Ip Man 3 and also portrayed the blind warrior monk Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One. |
| 2015 | Donnie Yen won the Best Actor award at the 15th Huading Awards for his role in 'The Monkey King'. |
| 2015 | Donnie Yen visited refugee camps in Thailand, bringing donations and gifts for the refugees. |
| December 2015 | Ip Man 3 was released in parts of Asia. |
| December 2015 | Donnie Yen established the Yen's Honour Protection Fund to empower celebrities to defend their honor and help those affected by defamation. |
| March 25 2015 | Principal photography for Ip Man 3 began, with Yen reprising his role as Ip Man. |
| 2014 | Donnie Yen won the Asian Outstanding Actor award at the 8th Asian Film Awards. |
| 2014 | Nominated for Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Special ID |
| October 2014 | Donnie Yen was invited to be a guest speaker at We Day Vancouver, addressing a crowd of 20,000 youths about overcoming hardships. |
| January 2014 | Yen starred as the title character in The Monkey King, which was released during the Chinese New Year period. |
| May 2013 | During the Cannes Film Festival, the Weinstein Company announced that Yen would play Silent Wolf in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny. |
| February 2013 | The Weinstein Company confirmed it had purchased the rights to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny and contacted Yen to play the male lead. |
| 2012 | Yen returned to the movie industry and began filming Special ID, where he played an undercover cop and also served as the action choreographer. |
| 2012 | Donnie Yen and his wife Cissy co-founded Go.Asia, an online charity platform encouraging charitable participation. |
| 2012 | Nominated for Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Dragon |
| 2011 | Donnie Yen won the Best Action Choreography award at the Golden Horse Awards for the film 'Dragon'. |
| 2011 | Yen took up two comedy roles in All's Well, Ends Well 2011 and All's Well, Ends Well 2012, both of which were critical and box-office successes. |
| 2011 | Donnie Yen won the Best Actor award at the 3rd Macau International Movie Festival for his performance in 'The Lost Bladesman'. |
| 2011 | Yen was nominated for Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen |
| August 2011 | Yen received an invitation from producer Avi Lerner to star in The Expendables 2 while on vacation in the United States, but later rejected the role. |
| 2010 | He reprised his role as Ip Man in the sequel Ip Man 2. |
| 2010 | Yen was the fight choreographer for the film Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, where he incorporated Jeet Kune Do and MMA elements. |
| 2010 | Yen reprised his role as Chen Zhen in the film Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. |
| 2010 | Donnie Yen was nominated for Best Actor at the Hundred Flowers Awards for the film Bodyguards and Assassins |
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