Chow Yun-Fat
Born: 1955-05-18 in Hong Kong, China
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- Detective Chinatown 1900 as Bai Xuanling
2023
- One More Chance as Water Ng
- The Do Show
2018
- Project Gutenberg as Painter
2017
- Duckweed as Self (archive footage)
2016
- From Vegas to Macau III as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
- 鲁豫有约一日行
- Cold War II as Oswald S.C. Kan
2015
- From Vegas to Macau II as Ken / Ko Chun
- Office as Ho Chung Ping
2014
- The Monkey King as Jade Emperor
- From Vegas to Macau as Ken
2012
- The Last Tycoon as Cheng Daqi
- Voice
- The Assassins as Chancellor Cao Cao
2011
- Beginning of the Great Revival as Yuan Shikai
2010
- Let the Bullets Fly as Huang Silang
- Confucius as Confucius
- Shanghai as Anthony Lan-Ting
2009
- Dragonball Evolution as Master Roshi
2008
- The Children of Huang Shi as Chen Hansheng
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
- Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' as Self
2006
- Curse of the Golden Flower as Emperor Ping
2005
- Waiting Alone as Fa Ge (cameo)
2003
- Bulletproof Monk as The Nameless Monk
2002
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies as (archive footage)
2000
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Li Mu Bai
- The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' as Self
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
1994
- God of Gamblers' Return as Ko Chun
- Treasure Hunt as Jeffrey Chang Ching
1992
- Hard Boiled as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
- Full Contact as Jeff / Gou Fei
- Now You See Love... Now You Don't as Ng San Shui
1991
- Prison on Fire II as Chung Tin Ching
- Once a Thief as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
1990
- God of Gamblers II as Ko Chun
- The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1989
- A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon as Mark
- All About Ah-Long as Ah Long
- The Killer as Jong
- Wild Search as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
- Triads: The Inside Story as Lee Man Ho
- Celebrity Talk Show as 周润发
- God of Gamblers as Ko Chun
1988
- The Diary of a Big Man as Chow Ting Fat
- City War as Dick Lee
- The Romancing Star II as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
- The Eighth Happiness as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
- The Greatest Lover as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
- Tiger on the Beat as Sergeant Francis Li
- When Tat Fu Was Young
- Fractured Follies as Joe Leung
- Goodbye My Friend as Hung
1987
- City on Fire as Ko Chow
- Flaming Brothers as Tin
- A Better Tomorrow II as Ken Lee
- Tragic Hero as Lee Ah Chai
- The Romancing Star as Wong Yat Fat
- Prison on Fire as Chung Tin Ching
- An Autumn's Tale as Samuel Pang
- Rich and Famous as Lee Ah Chai
- Scared Stiff as Inspector Chow
- Spiritual Love as Pu Yung Tsai
- Code of Honor as Fai
1986
- A Better Tomorrow as Mark Lee
- The Seventh Curse as Wesley
- A Hearty Response as Ho Ting-Bon
- Witch from Nepal as Joe
- Dream Lovers as Song Yu
- 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife as Soccer Fat
- Love Unto Wastes as Detective Lam Chun-Keung
- Story of Rose as Charles / Ga Ming
- My Will, I Will as Detective
- The Lunatics as Chung
- The Missed Date as Peter
1985
- Women as Derek Sun
- Why Me? as Mr. Chow
- The Battle Among the Clans
- The Yang's Saga as Lui Dong-bun
1984
- Police Cadet as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing
- The Occupant as Insp Valentino Chow
- Hong Kong 1941 as Yip Kim-Fay
- Love in a Fallen City as Fan Liu-Yuan
- The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1983
- The Bund as Hui Man Keung
- Last Affair as Kwong Ping
- Katanyu Prakasit
- The Bund Part II as 许文强
- Bloody Money as Bullet
- The Super Power
- The Radio Tycoon
- Angels And Devils
1982
- The Postman Strikes Back as Fu Jun
- The Head Hunter as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
- The Legend of Master So as 苏灿
- The Maverick
1981
- The Story of Woo Viet as Woo Viet
- The Executor as Ng Tao
- The Shell Game (II) as 阿龙
- Hero's Blood Road
- The Fate
- Good Old Times as 欧阳汉
- Soul Ash
1980
- God Father as Git
- The Shell Game
- Pursuit as Killer
- The Bund as 许文强
- Joy to the World as Yam Chung-Lung
- The Brothers
- Modern Heroes as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
1979
1978
- The Giants
- Miss "O" as Koon
- Vanity Fair
- Conflict
- Hong Kong Story II as 主持
- Disco Fever
- Their Private Lives as Ko Ming Chung
1977
- A House is Not a Home as 何严明
- Hot Blood as Ah Cheng
- Bed for Day, Bed for Night
- 13
- Hero
1976
1975
- Dream Of The Red Chamber as 蒋玉涵
1968
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self