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