Chow Yun-Fat
Born: 1955-05-18
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
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007★ 7.3
Treasure Hunt
1994★ 5.8
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000★ 7.4
A Better Tomorrow
1986★ 7.4
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006★ 6.9
Hard Boiled
1992★ 7.5
The Corruptor
1999★ 6.1
The Monkey King
2014★ 5.6
The Killer
1989★ 7.6
God of Gamblers
1989★ 7.2
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025★ 6.3
From Vegas to Macau III
2016★ 4.0
From Vegas to Macau II
2015★ 5.0
The Seventh Curse
1986★ 6.7
Love in a Fallen City
1984★ 6.0
Bulletproof Monk
2003★ 5.5
Let the Bullets Fly
2010★ 7.7
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988★ 6.0
Dragonball Evolution
2009★ 2.9
A Better Tomorrow II
1987★ 7.1
Prison on Fire II
1991★ 6.8
Peace Hotel
1995★ 5.9
Full Contact
1992★ 6.8
From Vegas to Macau
2014★ 5.2
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989★ 6.4
City on Fire
1987★ 6.9
Project Gutenberg
2018★ 7.1
Once a Thief
1991★ 6.8
God of Gamblers II
1990★ 6.9
Miss "O"
1978★ 0.0
The Assassins
2012★ 5.7
God of Gamblers' Return
1994★ 6.6
Wild Search
1989★ 6.8
The Replacement Killers
1998★ 6.3
City War
1988★ 6.4
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992★ 6.0
Duckweed
2017★ 6.5
Rich and Famous
1987★ 6.4
Anna and the King
1999★ 6.8
Scared Stiff
1987★ 7.0
Tragic Hero
1987★ 6.0
Office
2015★ 5.9
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990★ 6.2
The Lunatics
1986★ 7.1
The Postman Strikes Back
1982★ 6.5
Tiger on the Beat
1988★ 6.4
One More Chance
2023★ 5.5
My Will, I Will
1986★ 0.0
Cold War II
2016★ 6.2
The Diary of a Big Man
1988★ 6.3
The Bund
1983★ 5.7
Shanghai
2010★ 6.1
A Hearty Response
1986★ 6.3
Prison on Fire
1987★ 7.0
Massage Girls
1976★ 7.0
The Last Tycoon
2012★ 6.4
Why Me?
1985★ 8.7
All About Ah-Long
1989★ 7.3
God Father
1980★ 5.0
Hot Blood
1977★ 0.0
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011★ 4.6
Fractured Follies
1988★ 5.8
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007★ 5.4
Confucius
2010★ 6.0
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976★ 0.0
The Head Hunter
1982★ 5.9
The Executor
1981★ 6.5
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976★ 5.0
Story of Rose
1986★ 6.0
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976★ 0.0
Flaming Brothers
1987★ 6.2
Pursuit
1980★ 6.0
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977★ 10.0
The Reincarnation
1976★ 0.0
The Story of Woo Viet
1981★ 6.2
The Greatest Lover
1988★ 4.6
Bloody Money
1983★ 4.0
The Children of Huang Shi
2008★ 6.7
Katanyu Prakasit
1983★ 0.0
Triads: The Inside Story
1989★ 6.0
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
2022★ 6.0
The Bund Part II
1983★ 5.3
Joy to the World
1980★ 6.0
Goodbye My Friend
1988★ 0.0
Modern Heroes
1980★ 7.0
Soul Ash
1981★ 0.0
Spiritual Love
1987★ 6.1
Hong Kong 1941
1984★ 6.1
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
1986★ 5.4
An Autumn's Tale
1987★ 7.4
Witch from Nepal
1986★ 5.2
The Romancing Star II
1988★ 4.9
Waiting Alone
2005★ 6.7
Code of Honor
1987★ 8.0
Women
1985★ 6.6
The Missed Date
1986★ 0.0
Love Unto Wastes
1986★ 6.6
The Occupant
1984★ 6.1
The Romancing Star
1987★ 5.8
The Eighth Happiness
1988★ 6.1
Dream Lovers
1986★ 6.3
Last Affair
1983★ 6.7
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002★ 4.9
Their Private Lives
1978★ 0.0