rudi says on 15/Jan/12
i took a photo with a wax model of him at Madame Tussaud's Hong Kong. Dude is tiny. more like 169/170cm.

Amazed by Stupidity says on 23/Nov/11
Jake T, you can really tell a 1cm difference in this man's height through movies and photos? No, you can't so get a life, shorty.

Josh says on 22/Sep/11
Yen has claimed many times that he's 5'9". He's pretty adamant about it. Then again, he could be lying.

Donnie <3 says on 4/Sep/11
Too short for the role
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Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen has been criticised for being too short to play the role of Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was one of the best known Chinese historical figures, serving under Emperor Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms era.

Due to his loyalty and righteousness charecter, he was deified and is widely worshipped by the Chinese people, especially in Southern China and Hong Kong.

Film director Alam Mak Siu-fai invited Yen to act in the movie The Lost Bladesman as Guan Yu.

He led the crew of actors and actresses to attend a press conference announcing his new film in Beijing recently.

Yen shot to fame after he played the role of Wing Chun martial arts master Ip Man in the movies Ip Man 1 and Ip Man 2.

At the event, the film star who is 1.74m tall was asked if he was wearing "special shoes" to make him look taller, as according to history, Guan Yu was 2.74m (nine feet) tall.

Yen, who was obviously furious, answered: "Of course there are special shoes, many of them. It's a custom movie ma!"

Mak, who went to his rescue, said the ancient measurement was different which made Guan Yu seem very tall.

Source: Nanyang Siang Pau

Seing c says on 13/Jun/11
Edison Chen looks like a midget next to Christian Bale (183 cm tall) in Batman. No way is Edison Chen 178 cm tall.

Jake T. says on 11/Apr/11
I have seen some pictures of him with Jackie Chan and Jet Li and 171 cm could be a more accurate height for Donnie.

Lord Chief Justice Victor says on 18/Nov/10
in my opinion, at most he stands at 5'8, thts the highest he can claim...
but solidly barefoot, he stands at 5'7, so yeah the stated height above is quite accurate