Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat SBS (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.
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- Born:
- May 18, 1955 In Hong Kong, China
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 110
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Reincarnation 1976-03-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie Cold War III 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Cold War III | Oswald Kan | 2026 |
| Movie | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Bai Xuanling/白轩龄 | 2025-01-29 |
| Movie | One More Chance | Water Ng | 2023-06-21 |
| Movie | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-14 |
| Movie | Project Gutenberg | Painter | 2018-09-30 |
| Movie | Duckweed | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | The Monkey King: The Legend Begins | Jade Emperor | 2016-11-30 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau III | Ken Shek / Ko Chun | 2016-02-06 |
| Movie | Cold War II | Oswald S.C. Kan | 2016-07-08 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau II | Ken / Ko Chun | 2015-02-19 |
| Movie | Office | Ho Chung Ping | 2015-09-24 |
| Movie | The Monkey King | Jade Emperor | 2014-01-09 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau | Ken | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | The Assassins | Chancellor Cao Cao | 2012-09-26 |
| Movie | The Last Tycoon | Cheng Daqi | 2012-12-22 |
| Movie | Beginning of the Great Revival | Yuan Shikai | 2011-06-23 |
| Movie | Shanghai | Anthony Lan-Ting | 2010-06-10 |
| Movie | Confucius | Confucius | 2010-02-11 |
| Movie | Let the Bullets Fly | Huang Silang | 2010-12-20 |
| Movie | Dragonball Evolution | Master Roshi | 2009-03-12 |
| Movie | The Children of Huang Shi | Chen Hansheng | 2008-04-03 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Sao Feng | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | Zhichang Pan / 潘知常 | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | Curse of the Golden Flower | Emperor Ping | 2006-12-14 |
| Movie | Waiting Alone | Fa Ge (cameo) | 2005-09-08 |
| Movie | Bulletproof Monk | The Nameless Monk | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Golden Chicken 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-12-24 |
| Movie | Golden Chicken | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-12-26 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
| Movie | An Autumn Diary | An Autumn's Tale footage | 2001-06-11 |
| Movie | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Li Mu Bai | 2000-07-06 |
| Movie | The Corruptor | Nick Chen | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | Anna and the King | King Mongkut | 1999-12-16 |
| Movie | The Replacement Killers | John Lee | 1998-02-06 |
| Movie | Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 2 | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (archive footage) | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Peace Hotel | Wong A Ping / Killer | 1995-04-12 |
| Movie | Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 | Himself | 1995-07-22 |
| Movie | Cinema of Vengeance | Himself (uncredited) | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers' Return | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Treasure Hunt | Jeffrey Chang Ching | 1994-01-29 |
| Movie | Now You See Love... Now You Don't | Ng San Shui | 1992-02-01 |
| Movie | Full Contact | Jeff / Gou Fei | 1992-07-23 |
| Movie | Hard Boiled | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | 1992-04-16 |
| Movie | Once a Thief | Red Bean Puddin / Joe | 1991-02-02 |
| Movie | Prison on Fire II | Chung Tin Ching | 1991-06-22 |
| Movie | The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink | 1990-01-18 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers II | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1990-12-13 |
| Movie | Wild Search | Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong | 1989-06-03 |
| Movie | Triads: The Inside Story | Lee Man-Ho | 1989-08-03 |
| Movie | The Killer | Ah Jong | 1989-03-24 |
| Movie | All About Ah-Long | Ah Long | 1989-03-16 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon | Mark | 1989-10-20 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star III | Mechanic in flashback (uncredited) | 1989-12-21 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1989-12-14 |
| Movie | The Eighth Happiness | Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long | 1988-02-11 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star II | Big Mouth Fat [cameo] | 1988-01-21 |
| Movie | Tiger on the Beat | Sergeant Francis Li | 1988-03-19 |
| Movie | Fractured Follies | Joe Leung | 1988-07-06 |
| Movie | Goodbye My Friend | Hung | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | The Greatest Lover | Qian Jin / Nelson Chow | 1988-07-30 |
| Movie | City War | Dick Lee | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | The Diary of a Big Man | Chow Ting Fat | 1988-07-21 |
| Movie | Code of Honor | Fai | 1987-03-26 |
| Movie | Scared Stiff | Inspector Chow | 1987-03-06 |
| Movie | City on Fire | Ko Chow | 1987-02-13 |
| Movie | Rich and Famous | Lee Ah Chai | 1987-05-27 |
| Movie | Tragic Hero | Lee Ah Chai | 1987-02-20 |
| Movie | Spiritual Love | Pu Yung Tsai | 1987-10-15 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow II | Ken Lee | 1987-12-17 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star | Wong Yat Fat | 1987-06-25 |
| Movie | Prison on Fire | Chung Tin Ching | 1987-11-13 |
| Movie | An Autumn's Tale | Samuel Pang | 1987-07-16 |
| Movie | Flaming Brothers | Tin | 1987-07-30 |
| Movie | The Missed Date | Peter | 1986-05-24 |
| Movie | Dream Lovers | Song Yu | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Witch from Nepal | Joe | 1986-02-27 |
| Movie | Story of Rose | Charles / Ga Ming | 1986-02-21 |
| Movie | 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Fat | 1986-06-05 |
| Movie | The Lunatics | Chung | 1986-06-05 |
| Movie | The Seventh Curse | Wesley | 1986-11-22 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow | Mark Lee | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | My Will, I Will | Detective | 1986-11-20 |
| Movie | A Hearty Response | Ho Ting-Bon | 1986-10-30 |
| Movie | Love Unto Wastes | Detective Lan | 1986-08-30 |
| Movie | Women | Derek Sun | 1985-06-12 |
| Series | The Yang's Saga | Lui Dong-bun | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Why Me? | Mr Chow | 1985-10-29 |
| Movie | Love in a Fallen City | Fan Liu-Yuan | 1984-08-02 |
| Movie | The Occupant | Insp Valentino Chow | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Police Cadet | Cheung Ging Sing | 1984-10-29 |
| Movie | Hong Kong 1941 | Yip Kim-Fay | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | Bloody Money | Bullet | 1983-03-22 |
| Movie | The Bund | Hui Man Keung | 1983-01-20 |
| Movie | Last Affair | Kwong Ping | 1983-12-09 |
| Movie | The Head Hunter | Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich | 1982-03-25 |
| Movie | The Postman Strikes Back | Fu Jun | 1982-06-04 |
| Movie | The Executor | Ng Tao | 1981-03-04 |
| Movie | The Story of Woo Viet | Woo Viet | 1981-04-23 |
| Movie | God Father | Git | 1980-01-23 |
| Movie | Joy to the World | Yam Chung-Lung | 1980-06-07 |
| Movie | Pursuit | Killer | 1980-06-26 |
| Movie | Modern Heroes | Sgt Chu Hwa Tai | 1980-09-18 |
| Movie | Their Private Lives | Ko Ming Chung | 1978-01-12 |
| Movie | Miss "O" | Koon | 1978-04-28 |
| Movie | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | 1977-03-31 | |
| Movie | Hot Blood | Ah Cheng | 1977-09-23 |
| Movie | The Reincarnation | Unknown | 1976-03-31 |
| Movie | Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom | 1976-04-29 | |
| Movie | Massage Girls | Ah Gin | 1976-09-23 |