Chow Yun-Fat
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 18, 1955 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | Cold War 1994Oswald S.C. Kan | |
| 2025 | Detective Chinatown 1900Bai Xuanling | |
| 2023 | One More ChanceWater Ng | |
| 2023 | The Do Show | |
| 2022 | The Monkey King: The Legend BeginsJade Emperor | |
| 2018 | Project GutenbergPainter | |
| 2017 | DuckweedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | From Vegas to Macau IIIKen Shek / Ko Chun | |
| 2016 | Cold War IIOswald S.C. Kan | |
| 2016 | 鲁豫有约一日行 | |
| 2015 | From Vegas to Macau IIKen / Ko Chun | |
| 2015 | OfficeHo Chung Ping | |
| 2014 | The Monkey KingJade Emperor | |
| 2014 | From Vegas to MacauKen | |
| 2012 | The Last TycoonCheng Daqi | |
| 2012 | The AssassinsChancellor Cao Cao | |
| 2012 | Voice | |
| 2011 | Beginning of the Great RevivalYuan Shikai | |
| 2010 | ConfuciusConfucius | |
| 2010 | ShanghaiAnthony Lan-Ting | |
| 2010 | Let the Bullets FlyHuang Silang | |
| 2009 | Dragonball EvolutionMaster Roshi | |
| 2008 | The Children of Huang ShiChen Hansheng | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndCaptain Sao Feng | |
| 2007 | The Postmodern Life of My AuntZhichang Pan / 潘知常 | |
| 2007 | Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'Self | |
| 2007 | The Making of Hard Boiled | |
| 2006 | Curse of the Golden FlowerEmperor Ping | |
| 2005 | Waiting AloneFa Ge (cameo) | |
| 2003 | Bulletproof MonkThe Nameless Monk | |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies(archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonLi Mu Bai | |
| 2000 | The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'Self | |
| 1999 | Anna and the KingKing Mongkut | |
| 1999 | The CorruptorNick Chen | |
| 1998 | The Replacement KillersJohn Lee | |
| 1995 | Peace HotelWong Ah Ping | |
| 1994 | Treasure HuntJeffrey Chang Ching | |
| 1994 | God of Gamblers' ReturnKo Chun | |
| 1992 | Hard BoiledInsp. 'Tequila' Yuen | |
| 1992 | Full ContactJeff / Gou Fei | |
| 1992 | Now You See Love... Now You Don'tNg San Shui | |
| 1991 | Once a ThiefRed Bean Puddin / Joe | |
| 1991 | Prison on Fire IIChung Tin Ching | |
| 1990 | The Fun, the Luck & the TycoonLam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink | |
| 1990 | God of Gamblers IIKo Chun | |
| 1989 | The KillerJong | |
| 1989 | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in SaigonMark | |
| 1989 | God of GamblersKo Chun | |
| 1989 | All About Ah-LongAh Long | |
| 1989 | Triads: The Inside StoryLee Man Ho | |
| 1989 | Wild SearchSgt. Lau Chun-Pong | |
| 1989 | Celebrity Talk Show周润发 | |
| 1988 | City WarDick Lee | |
| 1988 | Tiger on the BeatSergeant Francis Li | |
| 1988 | Fractured FolliesJoe Leung | |
| 1988 | The Eighth HappinessFang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long | |
| 1988 | The Romancing Star IIBig Mouth Fat [cameo] | |
| 1988 | Diary of a Big ManChow Ting Fat | |
| 1988 | Goodbye My FriendHung | |
| 1988 | The Greatest LoverQian Jin / Nelson Chow | |
| 1988 | When Tat Fu Was Young | |
| 1987 | City on FireKo Chow | |
| 1987 | An Autumn's TaleSamuel Pang | |
| 1987 | A Better Tomorrow IIKen Lee | |
| 1987 | Prison on FireChung Tin Ching | |
| 1987 | Tragic HeroLee Ah Chai | |
| 1987 | The Romancing StarWong Yat Fat | |
| 1987 | Code of HonorFai | |
| 1987 | Rich and FamousLee Ah Chai | |
| 1987 | Spiritual LovePu Yung Tsai | |
| 1987 | Scared StiffInspector Chow | |
| 1987 | Flaming BrothersTin | |
| 1986 | A Better TomorrowMark Lee | |
| 1986 | The LunaticsChung | |
| 1986 | Love Unto WastesDetective Lam Chun-Keung | |
| 1986 | 100 Ways to Murder Your WifeSoccer Fat | |
| 1986 | A Hearty ResponseHo Ting-Bon | |
| 1986 | Dream LoversSong Yu | |
| 1986 | Witch from NepalJoe | |
| 1986 | Story of RoseCharles / Ga Ming | |
| 1986 | The Seventh CurseWesley | |
| 1986 | My Will, I WillDetective | |
| 1986 | The Missed DatePeter | |
| 1985 | WomenDerek Sun | |
| 1985 | Why Me?Mr. Chow | |
| 1985 | The Yang's SagaLui Dong-bun | |
| 1985 | The Battle Among the Clans | |
| 1984 | The OccupantInsp Valentino Chow | |
| 1984 | Hong Kong 1941Yip Kim-Fay | |
| 1984 | Love in a Fallen CityFan Liu-Yuan | |
| 1984 | Police Cadet張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing | |
| 1984 | The Smiling Proud Wanderer | |
| 1984 | 笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)令狐冲 | |
| 1983 | Bloody MoneyBullet | |
| 1983 | Last AffairKwong Ping | |
| 1983 | Katanyu Prakasit | |
| 1983 | The BundHui Man Keung | |
| 1983 | The Bund Part II许文强 | |
| 1983 | The Super Power | |
| 1983 | Angels And Devils | |
| 1983 | The Radio Tycoon | |
| 1982 | The Postman Strikes BackFu Jun | |
| 1982 | The Head HunterYuen Lik / Nguen Dich | |
| 1982 | The Maverick | |
| 1982 | The Legend of Master So苏灿 | |
| 1981 | The Story of Woo VietWoo Viet | |
| 1981 | The ExecutorNg Tao | |
| 1981 | Soul Ash | |
| 1981 | The Shell Game (II)阿龙 | |
| 1981 | The Fate | |
| 1981 | Hero's Blood Road | |
| 1981 | Good Old Times欧阳汉 | |
| 1980 | God FatherGit | |
| 1980 | Joy to the WorldYam Chung-Lung | |
| 1980 | PursuitKiller | |
| 1980 | Modern HeroesSgt Chu Hwa Tai | |
| 1980 | The Brothers | |
| 1980 | The Bund许文强 | |
| 1980 | The Shell Game | |
| 1979 | The Good The Bad The Ugly | |
| 1979 | Man From Hong KongBen | |
| 1979 | The Cheap Detective | |
| 1979 | I Am Woman | |
| 1979 | The Landlord | |
| 1978 | Their Private LivesKo Ming Chung | |
| 1978 | Miss "O"Koon | |
| 1978 | Vanity Fair | |
| 1978 | Disco Fever | |
| 1978 | Hong Kong Story II主持 | |
| 1978 | The Giants | |
| 1978 | Conflict | |
| 1977 | Hot BloodAh Cheng | |
| 1977 | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | |
| 1977 | Hero | |
| 1977 | 13 | |
| 1977 | A House is Not a Home何严明 | |
| 1976 | Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung | |
| 1976 | Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom | |
| 1976 | The Reincarnation | |
| 1976 | Massage GirlsAh Gin | |
| 1976 | The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile | |
| 1976 | C.I.D.(Series 2) | |
| 1976 | The First Love | |
| 1976 | This Generation | |
| 1976 | Teenager | |
| 1976 | The Killer | |
| 1976 | Hotel | |
| 1976 | Mystery Beyond | |
| 1976 | 畸人列傳 | |
| 1975 | Dream Of The Red Chamber蒋玉涵 | |
| 1974 | Murder of Passion | |
| 1974 | Chinese Folklore | |
| 1974 | The God of Aqua | |
| 1968 | 歷年TVB台慶經典回顧 | |
| 1962 | Golden Horse AwardsSelf | |
| - | Cold War IIIOswald S.C. Kan |
| 1995 | Peace HotelWriter | |
| 1989 | All About Ah-LongStory |