Chow Yun-Fat
Acting1955Hong 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
Acting History
Future
Cold War III
as Oswald S.C. Kan
2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Bai Xuanling
2023
One More Chance
as Water Ng
2018
Project Gutenberg
as Painter
2017
Duckweed
as Self (archive footage)
2016
From Vegas to Macau III
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
Cold War II
as Oswald S.C. Kan
2015
From Vegas to Macau II
as Ken / Ko Chun
Office
as Ho Chung Ping
2014
2012
The Last Tycoon
as Cheng Daqi
The Assassins
as Chancellor Cao Cao
2011
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Yuan Shikai
2010
2009
Dragonball Evolution
as Master Roshi
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Captain Sao Feng
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
2006
Curse of the Golden Flower
as Emperor Ping
2003
Bulletproof Monk
as The Nameless Monk
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Li Mu Bai
1999
The Corruptor
as Nick Chen
Anna and the King
as King Mongkut
1998
The Replacement Killers
as John Lee
1995
Peace Hotel
as Wong Ah Ping
Peace Hotel
Writer
1994
Treasure Hunt
as Jeffrey Chang Ching
God of Gamblers' Return
as Ko Chun
1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
as Ng San Shui
Hard Boiled
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Full Contact
as Jeff / Gou Fei
1991
Once a Thief
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Prison on Fire II
as Chung Tin Ching
1990
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
God of Gamblers II
as Ko Chun
1989
The Killer
as Jong
God of Gamblers
as Ko Chun
All About Ah-Long
as Ah Long
Wild Search
as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
Celebrity Talk Show
TVas 周润发• 1 eps
All About Ah-Long
Story
1988
The Eighth Happiness
as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
City War
as Dick Lee
Tiger on the Beat
as Sergeant Francis Li
The Diary of a Big Man
as Chow Ting Fat
Goodbye My Friend
as Hung
1987
A Better Tomorrow II
as Ken Lee
Scared Stiff
as Inspector Chow
Prison on Fire
as Chung Tin Ching
Tragic Hero
as Lee Ah Chai
Rich and Famous
as Lee Ah Chai
City on Fire
as Ko Chow
An Autumn's Tale
as Samuel Pang
1986
My Will, I Will
as Detective
A Better Tomorrow
as Mark Lee
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
as Soccer Fat
Witch from Nepal
as Joe
The Seventh Curse
as Wesley
The Lunatics
as Chung
A Hearty Response
as Ho Ting-Bon
The Missed Date
as Peter
1985
Women
as Derek Sun
The Yang's Saga
TVas Lui Dong-bun• 6 eps
Police Cadet
TVas 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing• 40 eps
Golden Horse Awards
TVas Self• 2 eps
1983
1982
The Postman Strikes Back
as Fu Jun
The Head Hunter
as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
1981
1980
1978
1977
1974