Chow Yun-Fat

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1955-05-18

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China
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Chow Yun-Fat

Biography

Chow Yun-Fat (Chinese: 周潤發, born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II, The Killer, Once a Thief and Hard Boiled, and in the West for his roles as Li Mu-bai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Sao Feng in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He mainly plays in drama films and has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor and two Golden Horse Awards for Best Actor in Taiwan. Chow started his career in movies in 1976 with Goldig Films, the third largest film company at the time.

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Acting History

2025
Detective Chinatown 1900 as Bai Xuanling
2023
The Do Show
2023
One More Chance as Water Ng
2018
Project Gutenberg as Painter
2017
Duckweed as Self (archive footage)
2016
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
Cold War II as Oswald S.C. Kan
2016
From Vegas to Macau III as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
2015
Office as Ho Chung Ping
2015
From Vegas to Macau II as Ken / Ko Chun
2014
From Vegas to Macau as Ken
2014
The Monkey King as Jade Emperor
2012
The Last Tycoon as Cheng Daqi
2012
The Assassins as Chancellor Cao Cao
2012
Voice
2011
Beginning of the Great Revival as Yuan Shikai
2010
Let the Bullets Fly as Huang Silang
2010
Shanghai as Anthony Lan-Ting
2010
Confucius as Confucius
2009
Dragonball Evolution as Master Roshi
2008
The Children of Huang Shi as Chen Hansheng
2007
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Captain Sao Feng
2007
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' as Self
2006
Curse of the Golden Flower as Emperor Ping
2005
Waiting Alone as Fa Ge (cameo)
2003
Bulletproof Monk as The Nameless Monk
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies as (archive footage)
2000
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' as Self
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Li Mu Bai
1999
Anna and the King as King Mongkut
1999
The Corruptor as Nick Chen
1998
The Replacement Killers as John Lee
1995
Peace Hotel as Wong Ah Ping
1994
God of Gamblers' Return as Ko Chun
1994
Treasure Hunt as Jeffrey Chang Ching
1992
Full Contact as Jeff / Gou Fei
1992
Hard Boiled as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't as Ng San Shui
1991
Prison on Fire II as Chung Tin Ching
1991
Once a Thief as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
1990
God of Gamblers II as Ko Chun
1990
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1989
God of Gamblers as Ko Chun
1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon as Mark
1989
Triads: The Inside Story as Lee Man Ho
1989
Wild Search as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
1989
The Killer as Jong
1989
All About Ah-Long as Ah Long
1989
Celebrity Talk Show as 周润发
1988
City War as Dick Lee
1988
Goodbye My Friend as Hung
1988
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988
The Greatest Lover as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
1988
The Diary of a Big Man as Chow Ting Fat
1988
Fractured Follies as Joe Leung
1988
Tiger on the Beat as Sergeant Francis Li
1988
The Eighth Happiness as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
1988
The Romancing Star II as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
1987
A Better Tomorrow II as Ken Lee
1987
Prison on Fire as Chung Tin Ching
1987
Spiritual Love as Pu Yung Tsai
1987
Flaming Brothers as Tin
1987
An Autumn's Tale as Samuel Pang
1987
The Romancing Star as Wong Yat Fat
1987
Rich and Famous as Lee Ah Chai
1987
Code of Honor as Fai
1987
Scared Stiff as Inspector Chow
1987
Tragic Hero as Lee Ah Chai
1987
City on Fire as Ko Chow
1986
The Seventh Curse as Wesley
1986
My Will, I Will as Detective
1986
A Hearty Response as Ho Ting-Bon
1986
Love Unto Wastes as Detective Lam Chun-Keung
1986
A Better Tomorrow as Mark Lee
1986
The Lunatics as Chung
1986
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife as Soccer Fat
1986
The Missed Date as Peter
1986
Dream Lovers as Song Yu
1986
Witch from Nepal as Joe
1986
Story of Rose as Charles / Ga Ming
1985
Why Me? as Mr. Chow
1985
The Yang's Saga as Lui Dong-bun
1985
Women as Derek Sun
1985
The Battle Among the Clans
1984
Hong Kong 1941 as Yip Kim-Fay
1984
Police Cadet as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing
1984
The Occupant as Insp Valentino Chow
1984
Love in a Fallen City as Fan Liu-Yuan
1984
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1983
Last Affair as Kwong Ping
1983
Angels And Devils
1983
The Super Power
1983
Bloody Money as Bullet
1983
Katanyu Prakasit
1983
The Bund Part II as 许文强
1983
The Bund as Hui Man Keung
1983
The Radio Tycoon
1982
The Legend of Master So as 苏灿
1982
The Postman Strikes Back as Fu Jun
1982
The Head Hunter as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
1982
The Maverick
1981
Good Old Times as 欧阳汉
1981
Hero's Blood Road
1981
The Fate
1981
The Story of Woo Viet as Woo Viet
1981
The Shell Game (II) as 阿龙
1981
The Executor as Ng Tao
1981
Soul Ash
1980
Modern Heroes as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
1980
The Shell Game
1980
Pursuit as Killer
1980
Joy to the World as Yam Chung-Lung
1980
The Brothers
1980
The Bund as 许文强
1980
God Father as Git
1979
The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979
Man From Hong Kong as Ben
1979
I Am Woman
1979
The Cheap Detective
1979
The Landlord
1978
Conflict
1978
Disco Fever
1978
Hong Kong Story II as 主持
1978
The Giants
1978
Miss "O" as Koon
1978
Their Private Lives as Ko Ming Chung
1978
Vanity Fair
1977
Hot Blood as Ah Cheng
1977
Hero
1977
A House is Not a Home as 何严明
1977
13
1977
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1976
C.I.D.(Series 2)
1976
畸人列傳
1976
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976
Hotel
1976
Massage Girls as Ah Gin
1976
Teenager
1976
The First Love
1976
Mystery Beyond
1976
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976
This Generation
1976
The Reincarnation
1976
The Killer
1975
Dream Of The Red Chamber as 蒋玉涵
1974
The God of Aqua
1974
Murder of Passion
1974
Chinese Folklore
1968
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1962
Golden Horse Awards as Self
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Cold War III as Oswald S.C. Kan