Chow Yun-Fat
Department: Acting
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
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
Anna and the King
1999
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
The Killer
1989
The Replacement Killers
1998
Hard Boiled
1992
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Bulletproof Monk
2003
The Corruptor
1999
Full Contact
1992
Confucius
2010
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989
City on Fire
1987
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Shanghai
2010
God of Gamblers
1989
Treasure Hunt
1994
An Autumn's Tale
1987
The Occupant
1984
City War
1988
Once a Thief
1991
Tiger on the Beat
1988
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
Peace Hotel
1995
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
Fractured Follies
1988
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
Prison on Fire
1987
The Lunatics
1986
Waiting Alone
2005
Prison on Fire II
1991
The Eighth Happiness
1988
All About Ah-Long
1989
Tragic Hero
1987
The Postman Strikes Back
1982
Hong Kong 1941
1984
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007
The Romancing Star II
1988
The Head Hunter
1982
Bloody Money
1983
Love Unto Wastes
1986
Triads: The Inside Story
1989
The Last Tycoon
2012
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
1986
Diary of a Big Man
1988
The Romancing Star
1987
The Monkey King
2014
The Assassins
2012
Wild Search
1989
A Hearty Response
1986
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990
Love in a Fallen City
1984
Code of Honor
1987
Dream Lovers
1986
Last Affair
1983
Witch from Nepal
1986
From Vegas to Macau
2014
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976
Rich and Famous
1987
Story of Rose
1986
The Story of Woo Viet
1981
Women
1985
Spiritual Love
1987
The Seventh Curse
1986
Scared Stiff
1987
God Father
1980
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976
Office
2015
Katanyu Prakasit
1983
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992
My Will, I Will
1986
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
Why Me?
1985
The Executor
1981
The Reincarnation
1976
Cold War II
2016
Duckweed
2017
Soul Ash
1981
Hot Blood
1977
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977
Their Private Lives
1978
Joy to the World
1980
Miss "O"
1978
Pursuit
1980
Modern Heroes
1980
Goodbye My Friend
1988
The Missed Date
1986
The Greatest Lover
1988
Massage Girls
1976
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Cold War III
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The Bund
1983
Flaming Brothers
1987
Project Gutenberg
2018
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988
One More Chance
2023
The Bund Part II
1983
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
God of Gamblers II
1990
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2007
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
2022
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
Cold War 1994
2026
The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979
Man From Hong Kong
1979
The Brothers
1980
C.I.D.(Series 2)
1976
Murder of Passion
1974
Hero
1977
Vanity Fair
1978
Chinese Folklore
1974
The First Love
1976
The God of Aqua
1974
Disco Fever
1978
Hong Kong Story II
1978
The Maverick
1982
This Generation
1976
The Cheap Detective
1979
Teenager
1976
I Am Woman
1979
The Landlord
1979
13
1977
The Bund
1980
The Yang's Saga
1985
Police Cadet
1984
Golden Horse Awards
1962
The Shell Game (II)
1981
Dream Of The Red Chamber
1975
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
Voice
2012
The Super Power
1983
The Giants
1978
A House is Not a Home
1977
The Legend of Master So
1982
The Killer
1976
Angels And Devils
1983
Hero's Blood Road
1981
The Fate
1981
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1984
Conflict
1978
Hotel
1976
The Radio Tycoon
1983
Good Old Times
1981
Mystery Beyond
1976
The Battle Among the Clans
1985
Celebrity Talk Show
1989
畸人列傳
1976
The Shell Game
1980
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1968
The Do Show
2023
笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)
1984