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Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat

Born 1955 📍 Hong Kong, China
71 years old
★ 6.4
Avg Rating
52
Films

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.

Filmography (52)

Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 N/A
as Oswald S.C. Kan
Detective Chinatown 1900
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025 N/A
as Bai Xuanling
One More Chance
One More Chance
2023 N/A
as Water Ng
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg
2018 ★ 7.2
as Painter
Cold War II
Cold War II
2016 ★ 6.3
as Oswald S.C. Kan
From Vegas to Macau III
From Vegas to Macau III
2016 N/A
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
From Vegas to Macau II
From Vegas to Macau II
2015 N/A
as Ken / Ko Chun
From Vegas to Macau
From Vegas to Macau
2014 N/A
as Ken
The Monkey King
The Monkey King
2014 ★ 5.6
as Jade Emperor
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
2012 N/A
as Cheng Daqi
The Assassins
The Assassins
2012 N/A
as Chancellor Cao Cao
Beginning of the Great Revival
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 N/A
as Yuan Shikai
Let the Bullets Fly
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 ★ 7.8
as Huang Silang
Shanghai
Shanghai
2010 ★ 6.1
as Anthony Lan-Ting
Dragonball Evolution
Dragonball Evolution
2009 ★ 2.9
as Master Roshi
The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 ★ 6.7
as Chen Hansheng
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 ★ 6.9
as Emperor Ping
Bulletproof Monk
Bulletproof Monk
2003 ★ 5.5
as The Nameless Monk
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 ★ 7.4
as Li Mu Bai
Anna and the King
Anna and the King
1999 ★ 6.8
as King Mongkut
The Corruptor
The Corruptor
1999 ★ 6.1
as Nick Chen
The Replacement Killers
The Replacement Killers
1998 ★ 6.3
as John Lee
Peace Hotel
Peace Hotel
1995 N/A
as Wong Ah Ping
God of Gamblers' Return
God of Gamblers' Return
1994 ★ 6.6
as Ko Chun
Full Contact
Full Contact
1992 ★ 6.8
as Jeff / Gou Fei
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 ★ 7.5
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Prison on Fire II
Prison on Fire II
1991 N/A
as Chung Tin Ching
Once a Thief
Once a Thief
1991 ★ 6.8
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
God of Gamblers II
God of Gamblers II
1990 ★ 6.9
as Ko Chun
God of Gamblers
God of Gamblers
1989 ★ 7.2
as Ko Chun
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989 ★ 6.4
as Mark
Wild Search
Wild Search
1989 N/A
as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
The Killer
The Killer
1989 ★ 7.6
as Jong
All About Ah-Long
All About Ah-Long
1989 N/A
as Ah Long
City War
City War
1988 N/A
as Dick Lee
The Greatest Lover
The Greatest Lover
1988 N/A
as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
Tiger on the Beat
Tiger on the Beat
1988 N/A
as Sergeant Francis Li
The Eighth Happiness
The Eighth Happiness
1988 N/A
as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 ★ 7.1
as Ken Lee
Prison on Fire
Prison on Fire
1987 ★ 7.0
as Chung Tin Ching
Spiritual Love
Spiritual Love
1987 N/A
as Pu Yung Tsai
Flaming Brothers
Flaming Brothers
1987 N/A
as Tin
An Autumn's Tale
An Autumn's Tale
1987 N/A
as Samuel Pang
Rich and Famous
Rich and Famous
1987 N/A
as Lee Ah Chai
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff
1987 N/A
as Inspector Chow
Tragic Hero
Tragic Hero
1987 N/A
as Lee Ah Chai
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 ★ 6.9
as Ko Chow
The Seventh Curse
The Seventh Curse
1986 N/A
as Wesley
A Hearty Response
A Hearty Response
1986 N/A
as Ho Ting-Bon
Love Unto Wastes
Love Unto Wastes
1986 N/A
as Detective Lam Chun-Keung
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 ★ 7.4
as Mark Lee
Hong Kong 1941
Hong Kong 1941
1984 N/A
as Yip Kim-Fay