Chow Yun-Fat

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-05-18 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China

Chow Yun-Fat

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 ...

Acting

1999

Anna and the King

as King Mongkut

2006

1989

The Killer

as Jong

1992

Hard Boiled

as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

1986

2003

Bulletproof Monk

as The Nameless Monk

1999

The Corruptor

as Nick Chen

1992

Full Contact

as Jeff / Gou Fei

2010

Confucius

as Confucius

2008

1987

City on Fire

as Ko Chow

2009

Dragonball Evolution

as Master Roshi

2010

Shanghai

as Anthony Lan-Ting

1989

God of Gamblers

as Ko Chun

1994

Treasure Hunt

as Jeffrey Chang Ching

1987

An Autumn's Tale

as Samuel Pang

1984

The Occupant

as Insp Valentino Chow

1988

City War

as Dick Lee

1991

Once a Thief

as Red Bean Puddin / Joe

1988

Tiger on the Beat

as Sergeant Francis Li

1987

1995

Peace Hotel

as Wong Ah Ping

2010

Let the Bullets Fly

as Huang Silang

1988

Fractured Follies

as Joe Leung

1987

Prison on Fire

as Chung Tin Ching

1986

The Lunatics

as Chung

2005

Waiting Alone

as Fa Ge (cameo)

1991

Prison on Fire II

as Chung Tin Ching

1988

The Eighth Happiness

as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

1989

1987

Tragic Hero

as Lee Ah Chai

1984

Hong Kong 1941

as Yip Kim-Fay

2007

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常

1988

The Romancing Star II

as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]

1983

Bloody Money

as Bullet

1982

The Head Hunter

as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich

1986

Love Unto Wastes

as Detective Lam Chun-Keung

1989

2012

The Last Tycoon

as Cheng Daqi

1988

The Diary of a Big Man

as Chow Ting Fat

1987

The Romancing Star

as Wong Yat Fat

2014

The Monkey King

as Jade Emperor

2012

The Assassins

as Chancellor Cao Cao

1989

Wild Search

as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong

1986

A Hearty Response

as Ho Ting-Bon

1990

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

1984

Love in a Fallen City

as Fan Liu-Yuan

1987

1986

Dream Lovers

as Song Yu

1983

Last Affair

as Kwong Ping

1987

Rich and Famous

as Lee Ah Chai

1986

Story of Rose

as Charles / Ga Ming

1981

1985

Women

as Derek Sun

1987

Spiritual Love

as Pu Yung Tsai

1986

1987

Scared Stiff

as Inspector Chow

1980

2015

From Vegas to Macau II

as Ken / Ko Chun

2015

Office

as Ho Chung Ping

1986

My Will, I Will

as Detective

2016

From Vegas to Macau III

as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

1985

Why Me?

as Mr. Chow

1981

The Executor

as Ng Tao

2016

Cold War II

as Oswald S.C. Kan

2017

Duckweed

as Self (archive footage)

1977

Hot Blood

as Ah Cheng

1978

Miss "O"

as Koon

1978

Their Private Lives

as Ko Ming Chung

1980

Modern Heroes

as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai

1980

Pursuit

as Killer

1980

Joy to the World

as Yam Chung-Lung

1986

1988

The Greatest Lover

as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow

1976

Massage Girls

as Ah Gin

2002

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Cold War III

as Oswald S.C. Kan

1983

The Bund

as Hui Man Keung

2018

2023

One More Chance

as Water Ng

1983

The Bund Part II

as 许文强

2025

1990

Production

1995

Peace Hotel

as Writer

1989

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