Person

Chow Yun-Fat

Acting · Born 1955-05-18 · Hong Kong, China

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026Cold War 1994Oswald S.C. Kan
2025Detective Chinatown 1900Bai Xuanling
2023The Do Show
2023One More ChanceWater Ng
2022The Monkey King: The Legend BeginsJade Emperor
2018Project GutenbergPainter
2017DuckweedSelf (archive footage)
2016鲁豫有约一日行
2016Cold War IIOswald S.C. Kan
2016From Vegas to Macau IIIKen Shek / Ko Chun
2015OfficeHo Chung Ping
2015From Vegas to Macau IIKen / Ko Chun
2014From Vegas to MacauKen
2014The Monkey KingJade Emperor
2012The Last TycoonCheng Daqi
2012The AssassinsChancellor Cao Cao
2012Voice
2011Beginning of the Great RevivalYuan Shikai
2010Let the Bullets FlyHuang Silang
2010ShanghaiAnthony Lan-Ting
2010ConfuciusConfucius
2009Dragonball EvolutionMaster Roshi
2008The Children of Huang ShiChen Hansheng
2007The Postmodern Life of My AuntZhichang Pan / 潘知常
2007The Making of Hard Boiled
2007The Making of Stranglehold
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndCaptain Sao Feng
2007Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'Self
2006Curse of the Golden FlowerEmperor Ping
2005Waiting AloneFa Ge (cameo)
2003Bulletproof MonkThe Nameless Monk
2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies(archive footage)
2002Chow Yun Fat Goes HollywoodSelf
2000The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'Self
2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonLi Mu Bai
1999Anna and the KingKing Mongkut
1999The CorruptorNick Chen
1998The Replacement KillersJohn Lee
1995Peace HotelWong Ah Ping
1994God of Gamblers' ReturnKo Chun
1994Treasure HuntJeffrey Chang Ching
1992Full ContactJeff / Gou Fei
1992Hard BoiledInsp. 'Tequila' Yuen
1992Now You See Love... Now You Don'tNg San Shui
1991Prison on Fire IIChung Tin Ching
1991Once a ThiefRed Bean Puddin / Joe
1990God of Gamblers IIKo Chun
1990The Fun, the Luck & the TycoonLam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1989God of GamblersKo Chun
1989A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in SaigonMark
1989Triads: The Inside StoryLee Man Ho
1989Everybody Loves Somebodyuncredited
1989Wild SearchSgt. Lau Chun-Pong
1989The KillerJong
1989All About Ah-LongAh Long
1989Celebrity Talk Show周润发
1988City WarDick Lee
1988Goodbye My FriendHung
1988When Tat Fu Was Young
1988The Greatest LoverQian Jin / Nelson Chow
1988Diary of a Big ManChow Ting Fat
1988Fractured FolliesJoe Leung
1988Tiger on the BeatSergeant Francis Li
1988The Eighth HappinessFang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
1988The Romancing Star IIBig Mouth Fat [cameo]
1987A Better Tomorrow IIKen Lee
1987Prison on FireChung Tin Ching
1987Spiritual LovePu Yung Tsai
1987Flaming BrothersTin
1987An Autumn's TaleSamuel Pang
1987The Romancing StarWong Yat Fat
1987Rich and FamousLee Ah Chai
1987Code of HonorFai
1987Scared StiffInspector Chow
1987Tragic HeroLee Ah Chai
1987City on FireKo Chow
1986The Seventh CurseWesley
1986My Will, I WillDetective
1986A Hearty ResponseHo Ting-Bon
1986Love Unto WastesDetective Lam Chun-Keung
1986A Better TomorrowMark Lee
1986The LunaticsChung
1986100 Ways to Murder Your WifeSoccer Fat
1986The Missed DatePeter
1986Dream LoversSong Yu
1986Witch from NepalJoe
1986Story of RoseCharles / Ga Ming
1985Why Me?Mr. Chow
1985The Yang's SagaLui Dong-bun
1985WomenDerek Sun
1985The Battle Among the Clans
1984Hong Kong 1941Yip Kim-Fay
1984Police Cadet張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing
1984The OccupantInsp Valentino Chow
1984Love in a Fallen CityFan Liu-Yuan
1984The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1984笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)令狐冲
1983Last AffairKwong Ping
1983Angels And Devils
1983The Super Power
1983Bloody MoneyBullet
1983Katanyu Prakasit
1983The Bund Part II许文强
1983The BundHui Man Keung
1983The Radio Tycoon
1983播音人 (數碼修復版)韦业昌
1982The Legend of Master So苏灿
1982蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)苏灿
1982The Postman Strikes BackFu Jun
1982The Head HunterYuen Lik / Nguen Dich
1982The Maverick
1981Good Old Times欧阳汉
1981Hero's Blood Road
1981The Fate倪骏
1981The Story of Woo VietWoo Viet
1981The Shell Game (II)阿龙
1981The ExecutorNg Tao
1981Soul Ash
1980Modern HeroesSgt Chu Hwa Tai
1980The Shell Game
1980PursuitKiller
1980Joy to the WorldYam Chung-Lung
1980The Brothers石晖
1980The Bund许文强
1980God FatherGit
1979The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979Man From Hong KongBen
1979I Am Woman
1979The Cheap Detective
1979The Landlord
1978Conflict徐承熙
1978Disco Fever
1978Hong Kong Story II主持
1978The Giants
1978Miss "O"Koon
1978Their Private LivesKo Ming Chung
1978Vanity Fair
1977Hot BloodAh Cheng
1977Hero
1977A House is Not a Home何严明
197713
1977Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1976C.I.D.(Series 2)
1976畸人列傳
1976The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976七女性
1976Hotel
1976Massage GirlsAh Gin
1976Teenager
1976The First Love
1976Mystery Beyond
1976Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976This Generation
1976The Reincarnation
1976The Killer
1975Dream Of The Red Chamber蒋玉涵
1974Murder of Passion
1974The God of Aqua
1974Chinese Folklore
1968歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf
—Cold War IIIOswald S.C. Kan
—The Golden Sting
—Cold War 1995Oswald S.C. Kan

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