Chow Yun-Fat
ActingChow 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
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Captain Sao Feng
The Killer
Jong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Li Mu Bai
God of Gamblers
Ko Chun
A Better Tomorrow
Mark Lee
Hard Boiled
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Let the Bullets Fly
Huang Silang
Curse of the Golden Flower
Emperor Ping
Once a Thief
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
The Monkey King
Jade Emperor
Filmography — Acting
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Captain Sao Feng
The Killer
Jong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Li Mu Bai
God of Gamblers
Ko Chun
A Better Tomorrow
Mark Lee
Hard Boiled
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Let the Bullets Fly
Huang Silang
Curse of the Golden Flower
Emperor Ping
Once a Thief
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
The Monkey King
Jade Emperor
Prison on Fire II
Chung Tin Ching
God of Gamblers' Return
Ko Chun
Cold War II
Oswald S.C. Kan
Detective Chinatown 1900
Bai Xuanling
Prison on Fire
Chung Tin Ching
God of Gamblers II
Ko Chun
Tiger on the Beat
Sergeant Francis Li
A Better Tomorrow II
Ken Lee
City on Fire
Ko Chow
Full Contact
Jeff / Gou Fei
Beginning of the Great Revival
Yuan Shikai
From Vegas to Macau
Ken
The Last Tycoon
Cheng Daqi
Project Gutenberg
Painter
Peace Hotel
Wong Ah Ping
Flaming Brothers
Tin
The Seventh Curse
Wesley
Tragic Hero
Lee Ah Chai
Dragonball Evolution
Master Roshi
Duckweed
Self (archive footage)
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Mark
The Occupant
Insp Valentino Chow
From Vegas to Macau III
Ken Shek / Ko Chun
All About Ah-Long
Ah Long
The Romancing Star
Wong Yat Fat
Witch from Nepal
Joe
Shanghai
Anthony Lan-Ting
Bulletproof Monk
The Nameless Monk
The Eighth Happiness
Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
The Replacement Killers
John Lee
One More Chance
Water Ng
Confucius
Confucius
Diary of a Big Man
Chow Ting Fat
The Greatest Lover
Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
Hong Kong 1941
Yip Kim-Fay
A Hearty Response
Ho Ting-Bon
The Children of Huang Shi
Chen Hansheng
The Bund
Hui Man Keung
Office
Ho Chung Ping
The Postman Strikes Back
Fu Jun
The Corruptor
Nick Chen
City War
Dick Lee
Spiritual Love
Pu Yung Tsai
An Autumn's Tale
Samuel Pang
Waiting Alone
Fa Ge (cameo)
Love Unto Wastes
Detective Lam Chun-Keung
From Vegas to Macau II
Ken / Ko Chun
The Assassins
Chancellor Cao Cao
Cold War 1994
Oswald S.C. Kan
Anna and the King
King Mongkut
Wild Search
Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
Scared Stiff
Inspector Chow
Fractured Follies
Joe Leung
Triads: The Inside Story
Lee Man Ho
Dream Lovers
Song Yu
The Romancing Star II
Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
Rich and Famous
Lee Ah Chai
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Ng San Shui
The Lunatics
Chung
The Executor
Ng Tao
Treasure Hunt
Jeffrey Chang Ching
Love in a Fallen City
Fan Liu-Yuan
Code of Honor
Fai
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
(archive footage)
Cold War III
Oswald S.C. Kan
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
Story of Rose
Charles / Ga Ming
Massage Girls
Ah Gin
My Will, I Will
Detective
God Father
Git
Women
Derek Sun
Bloody Money
Bullet
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
Hot Blood
Ah Cheng
Goodbye My Friend
Hung
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
Why Me?
Mr. Chow
The Head Hunter
Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
Pursuit
Killer
The Story of Woo Viet
Woo Viet
Modern Heroes
Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
Their Private Lives
Ko Ming Chung
The Missed Date
Peter
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
Soccer Fat
The Bund Part II
许文强
Miss "O"
Koon
Katanyu Prakasit
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
When Tat Fu Was Young
The Reincarnation
Joy to the World
Yam Chung-Lung
Last Affair
Kwong Ping
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
Jade Emperor
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
Self
Soul Ash
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Self
