# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shi-yan-ming
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:00:44.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shi-yan-ming"
name: "Shi Yan Ming"
slug: "shi-yan-ming"
description: "Shi Yan Ming is a 34th generation Shaolin warrior monk, teacher and actor, best known as the founder of the USA Shaolin Temple. Trained at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, People's Republic of China (PRC) since the age of five, Shi Yan Ming came to the United States in 1992, before opening the USA Shaolin Temple in Manhattan, where he has taught hundreds of students, including numerous celebrities. He has made various media appearances in television, film and print, including National Geographic, PBS, History, Time magazine, and the 1999 American samurai action film, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
tagline: "American martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/11.4.10ShiYanMingByLuigiNovi1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1964-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.887408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793029/"
    handle:    "nm0793029"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8B%E5%BB%B6%E6%98%8E"
    title: "釋延明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "شى يان مينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Yan_Ming"
    title: "Shi Yan Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "شی یان مینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Yan_Ming"
    title: "Shi Yan Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Yan_Ming"
    title: "Shi Yan Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Ши Яньмин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2080241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2511140"
    title: "Yan Ming Shi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump