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 third largest film company at the time.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-05-18
Place of birth
Hong Kong, China
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Cast
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
7.43
Anna and the King
1999
6.78
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
6.90
The Killer
1989
7.60
The Replacement Killers
1998
6.24
Hard Boiled
1992
7.52
A Better Tomorrow
1986
7.40
Bulletproof Monk
2003
5.51
The Corruptor
1999
6.10
Full Contact
1992
6.75
Confucius
2010
6.00
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
6.70
City on Fire
1987
6.96
Dragonball Evolution
2009
2.90
Shanghai
2010
6.10
God of Gamblers
1989
7.27
Treasure Hunt
1994
5.50
An Autumn's Tale
1987
7.30
The Occupant
1984
6.10
City War
1988
6.44
Once a Thief
1991
6.73
Tiger on the Beat
1988
6.47
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
7.06
Peace Hotel
1995
5.80
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
7.77
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
6.60
Fractured Follies
1988
5.30
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
4.60
Prison on Fire
1987
6.90
The Lunatics
1986
7.40
Waiting Alone
2005
6.88
Prison on Fire II
1991
6.75
The Eighth Happiness
1988
5.80
All About Ah-Long
1989
7.20
Tragic Hero
1987
6.00
The Postman Strikes Back
1982
6.30
Hong Kong 1941
1984
5.90
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007
5.50
The Romancing Star II
1988
4.20
Bloody Money
1983
4.00
The Head Hunter
1982
5.20
Love Unto Wastes
1986
6.60
Triads: The Inside Story
1989
5.80
The Last Tycoon
2012
6.40
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
1986
5.10
The Diary of a Big Man
1988
6.20
The Romancing Star
1987
5.59
The Monkey King
2014
5.56
The Assassins
2012
5.70
Wild Search
1989
6.80
A Hearty Response
1986
6.30
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990
5.80
Love in a Fallen City
1984
6.00
Code of Honor
1987
9.00
Dream Lovers
1986
6.30
Last Affair
1983
6.70
Witch from Nepal
1986
5.40
From Vegas to Macau
2014
5.00
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976
0.00
Rich and Famous
1987
6.30
Story of Rose
1986
6.00
The Story of Woo Viet
1981
6.20
Women
1985
6.70
Spiritual Love
1987
6.13
The Seventh Curse
1986
6.75
Scared Stiff
1987
7.00
God Father
1980
5.00
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
5.00
Office
2015
5.90
Katanyu Prakasit
1983
0.00
My Will, I Will
1986
0.00
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
4.00
Why Me?
1985
8.00
The Executor
1981
6.50
The Reincarnation
1976
0.00
Cold War II
2016
6.20
Duckweed
2017
6.50
Soul Ash
1981
0.00
Hot Blood
1977
0.00
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977
0.00
Miss "O"
1978
0.00
Their Private Lives
1978
0.00
Modern Heroes
1980
7.00
Pursuit
1980
6.00
Joy to the World
1980
6.00
The Missed Date
1986
0.00
The Greatest Lover
1988
4.60
Goodbye My Friend
1988
0.00
Massage Girls
1976
0.00
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
4.90
Cold War III
0.00
The Bund
1983
5.70
Flaming Brothers
1987
6.20
Project Gutenberg
2018
7.10
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988
6.00
One More Chance
2023
5.50
The Bund Part II
1983
5.30
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
6.00
CID: Wai Jai
1976
0.00