Chow Yun-Fat

Birthday: 1955-05-18
Birthplace: Hong Kong, China
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
Cold War III Oswald S.C. Kan
2025-01-29 Detective Chinatown 1900 Bai Xuanling
2023-06-21 One More Chance Water Ng
2018-09-30 Project Gutenberg Painter
2016-07-08 Cold War II Oswald S.C. Kan
2016-02-06 From Vegas to Macau III Ken Shek / Ko Chun
2015-09-24 Office Ho Chung Ping
2015-02-19 From Vegas to Macau II Ken / Ko Chun
2014-01-30 From Vegas to Macau Ken
2014-01-09 The Monkey King Jade Emperor
2012-12-22 The Last Tycoon Cheng Daqi
2012-09-26 The Assassins Chancellor Cao Cao
2011-06-23 Beginning of the Great Revival Yuan Shikai
2010-12-20 Let the Bullets Fly Huang Silang
2010-06-10 Shanghai Anthony Lan-Ting
2010-02-11 Confucius Confucius
2009-03-12 Dragonball Evolution Master Roshi
2008-04-03 The Children of Huang Shi Chen Hansheng
2007-08-03 The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
2007-05-19 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Captain Sao Feng
2006-12-14 Curse of the Golden Flower Emperor Ping
2005-09-08 Waiting Alone Fa Ge (cameo)
2003-03-28 Bulletproof Monk The Nameless Monk
2000-07-06 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Li Mu Bai
1999-12-16 Anna and the King King Mongkut
1999-03-12 The Corruptor Nick Chen
1998-02-06 The Replacement Killers John Lee
1995-04-12 Peace Hotel Wong Ah Ping
1994-12-24 God of Gamblers' Return Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
1994-01-29 Treasure Hunt Jeffrey Chang Ching
1992-07-23 Full Contact Jeff / Gou Fei
1992-04-16 Hard Boiled Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
1992-02-01 Now You See Love... Now You Don't Ng San Shui
1991-06-22 Prison on Fire II Chung Tin Ching
1991-02-02 Once a Thief Red Bean Puddin / Joe
1990-01-18 The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1989-12-14 God of Gamblers Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
1989-10-20 A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon Mark
1989-08-03 Triads: The Inside Story Lee Man Ho
1989-06-03 Wild Search Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
1989-03-24 The Killer Jong
1989-03-16 All About Ah-Long Ah Long
1988-12-21 City War Dick Lee
1988-10-05 Goodbye My Friend Hung
1988-09-23 When Tat Fu Was Young
1988-07-30 The Greatest Lover Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
1988-07-21 The Diary of a Big Man Chow Ting Fat
1988-07-06 Fractured Follies Joe Leung
1988-03-19 Tiger on the Beat Sergeant Francis Li
1988-02-11 The Eighth Happiness Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
1988-01-21 The Romancing Star II Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
1987-12-17 A Better Tomorrow II Ken Lee
1987-11-13 Prison on Fire Chung Tin Ching
1987-10-15 Spiritual Love Pu Yung Tsai
1987-07-30 Flaming Brothers Tin
1987-07-16 An Autumn's Tale Samuel Pang
1987-06-25 The Romancing Star Wong Yat Fat
1987-05-27 Rich and Famous Lee Ah Chai
1987-03-26 Code of Honor Fai
1987-03-06 Scared Stiff Inspector Chow
1987-02-20 Tragic Hero Lee Ah Chai
1987-02-13 City on Fire Ko Chow
1986-11-22 The Seventh Curse Wesley
1986-11-20 My Will, I Will Detective
1986-10-30 A Hearty Response Ho Ting-Bon
1986-08-30 Love Unto Wastes Detective Lan
1986-08-02 A Better Tomorrow Mark Lee
1986-06-05 The Lunatics Chung
1986-06-05 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife Soccer Fat
1986-05-24 The Missed Date Peter
1986-04-25 Dream Lovers Song Yu
1986-02-27 Witch from Nepal Joe
1986-02-21 Story of Rose Charles / Ga Ming
1985-10-29 Why Me? Mr. Chow
1985-06-12 Women Derek Sun
1984-11-02 Hong Kong 1941 Yip Kim-Fay
1984-09-30 The Occupant Insp Valentino Chow
1984-08-02 Love in a Fallen City Fan Liu-Yuan
1983-12-09 Last Affair Kwong Ping
1983-03-22 Bloody Money Bullet
1983-02-12 Katanyu Prakasit
1983-01-25 The Bund Part II 许文强
1983-01-20 The Bund Hui Man Keung
1982-06-04 The Postman Strikes Back Fu Jun
1982-03-25 The Head Hunter Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
1981-04-23 The Story of Woo Viet Woo Viet
1981-03-04 The Executor Ng Tao
1981-01-12 Soul Ash
1980-09-18 Modern Heroes Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
1980-06-26 Pursuit Killer
1980-06-07 Joy to the World Yam Chung-Lung
1980-01-23 God Father Git
1978-04-28 Miss "O" Koon
1978-01-12 Their Private Lives Ko Ming Chung
1977-09-23 Hot Blood Ah Cheng
1977-03-31 Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1976-11-25 The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976-11-04 Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976-09-23 Massage Girls Ah Gin
1976-04-29 Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976-03-31 The Reincarnation
1976-01-07 CID: Wai Jai