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Chow Yun-Fat
Born · May 18, 1955 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
Bio
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.
Detective Chinatown 1900
Bai Xuanling
6.0
2025
One More Chance
Water Ng
5.5
2023
Project Gutenberg
Painter
7.0
2018
Duckweed
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2017
鲁豫有约一日行
(1 episode)
4.0
2016
Cold War II
Oswald S.C. Kan
6.3
2016
From Vegas to Macau III
Ken Shek / Ko Chun
3.9
2016
Office
Ho Chung Ping
5.9
2015
From Vegas to Macau II
Ken / Ko Chun
5.0
2015
From Vegas to Macau
Ken
5.0
2014
The Monkey King
Jade Emperor
5.5
2014
The Last Tycoon
Cheng Daqi
6.4
2012
The Assassins
Chancellor Cao Cao
5.7
2012
Voice
(1 episode)
0.0
2012
Beginning of the Great Revival
Yuan Shikai
4.6
2011
Let the Bullets Fly
Huang Silang
7.8
2010
Shanghai
Anthony Lan-Ting
6.1
2010
Confucius
Confucius
6.0
2010
Dragonball Evolution
Master Roshi
2.9
2009
The Children of Huang Shi
Chen Hansheng
6.7
2008
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
5.5
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sao Feng
7.3
2007
Curse of the Golden Flower
Emperor Ping
6.8
2006
Waiting Alone
Fa Ge (cameo)
6.9
2005
Bulletproof Monk
The Nameless Monk
5.5
2003
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
(archive footage)
4.9
2002
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Li Mu Bai
7.4
2000
Anna and the King
King Mongkut
6.8
1999
The Corruptor
Nick Chen
6.1
1999
The Replacement Killers
John Lee
6.2
1998
Peace Hotel
Wong Ah Ping
5.8
1995
God of Gamblers' Return
Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
6.6
1994
Treasure Hunt
Jeffrey Chang Ching
5.5
1994
Full Contact
Jeff / Gou Fei
6.8
1992
Hard Boiled
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
7.5
1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Ng San Shui
6.0
1992
Prison on Fire II
Chung Tin Ching
6.7
1991
Once a Thief
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
6.7
1991
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
5.8
1990
God of Gamblers
Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
7.3
1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Mark
6.4
1989
Triads: The Inside Story
Lee Man Ho
5.8
1989
Wild Search
Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
6.8
1989
The Killer
Jong
7.6
1989
All About Ah-Long
Ah Long
7.2
1989
Celebrity Talk Show
周润发 · (1 episode)
9.0
1989
City War
Dick Lee
6.4
1988
Goodbye My Friend
Hung
0.0
1988
When Tat Fu Was Young
6.0
1988
The Greatest Lover
Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
4.6
1988
The Diary of a Big Man
Chow Ting Fat
6.2
1988
Fractured Follies
Joe Leung
5.3
1988
Tiger on the Beat
Sergeant Francis Li
6.5
1988
The Eighth Happiness
Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
5.8
1988
The Romancing Star II
Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
4.2
1988
A Better Tomorrow II
Ken Lee
7.1
1987
Prison on Fire
Chung Tin Ching
6.9
1987
Spiritual Love
Pu Yung Tsai
6.1
1987
Flaming Brothers
Tin
6.2
1987
An Autumn's Tale
Samuel Pang
7.3
1987
The Romancing Star
Wong Yat Fat
5.6
1987
Rich and Famous
Lee Ah Chai
6.3
1987
Code of Honor
Fai
9.0
1987
Scared Stiff
Inspector Chow
7.0
1987
Tragic Hero
Lee Ah Chai
6.0
1987
City on Fire
Ko Chow
7.0
1987
The Seventh Curse
Wesley
6.6
1986
My Will, I Will
Detective
0.0
1986
A Hearty Response
Ho Ting-Bon
6.3
1986
Love Unto Wastes
Detective Lan
6.6
1986
A Better Tomorrow
Mark Lee
7.4
1986
The Lunatics
Chung
7.4
1986
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
Soccer Fat
5.1
1986
The Missed Date
Peter
0.0
1986
Dream Lovers
Song Yu
6.3
1986
Witch from Nepal
Joe
5.4
1986
Story of Rose
Charles / Ga Ming
6.0
1986
Why Me?
Mr. Chow
8.0
1985
The Yang's Saga
Lui Dong-bun · (6 episodes)
7.8
1985
The Battle Among the Clans
(30 episodes)
0.0
1985
Women
Derek Sun
6.8
1985
Hong Kong 1941
Yip Kim-Fay
5.9
1984
Police Cadet
Cheung Ging Sing · (40 episodes)
0.0
1984
The Occupant
Insp Valentino Chow
6.1
1984
Love in a Fallen City
Fan Liu-Yuan
6.0
1984
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
(30 episodes)
0.0
1984
Last Affair
Kwong Ping
6.7
1983
Angels And Devils
(20 episodes)
0.0
1983
The Super Power
(20 episodes)
0.0
1983
Bloody Money
Bullet
4.0
1983
Katanyu Prakasit
0.0
1983
The Bund Part II
许文强
5.3
1983
The Bund
Hui Man Keung
5.7
1983
The Radio Tycoon
(30 episodes)
0.0
1983
The Legend of Master So
苏灿 · (20 episodes)
9.0
1982
The Postman Strikes Back
Fu Jun
6.3
1982
The Head Hunter
Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
5.2
1982
The Maverick
(20 episodes)
0.0
1982
Good Old Times
欧阳汉 · (20 episodes)
0.0
1981
Hero's Blood Road
(20 episodes)
0.0
1981
The Fate
(20 episodes)
0.0
1981
The Story of Woo Viet
Woo Viet
6.1
1981
The Shell Game (II)
阿龙 · (20 episodes)
0.0
1981
The Executor
Ng Tao
6.5
1981
Soul Ash
0.0
1981
Modern Heroes
Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
7.0
1980
The Shell Game
(20 episodes)
4.0
1980
Pursuit
Killer
6.0
1980
Joy to the World
Yam Chung-Lung
6.0
1980
The Brothers
(75 episodes)
0.0
1980
The Bund
Hui Man Keung · (25 episodes)
9.0
1980
God Father
Git
5.0
1980
The Good The Bad The Ugly
(80 episodes)
9.0
1979
Man From Hong Kong
Ben · (11 episodes)
0.0
1979
I Am Woman
(13 episodes)
0.0
1979
The Cheap Detective
(12 episodes)
0.0
1979
The Landlord
(12 episodes)
0.0
1979
Conflict
(85 episodes)
0.0
1978
Disco Fever
(8 episodes)
0.0
1978
Hong Kong Story II
主持 · (14 episodes)
0.0
1978
The Giants
(110 episodes)
0.0
1978
Miss "O"
Koon
0.0
1978
Their Private Lives
Ko Ming Chung
0.0
1978
Vanity Fair
(85 episodes)
0.0
1978
Hot Blood
Ah Cheng
0.0
1977
Hero
(5 episodes)
0.0
1977
A House is Not a Home
何严明 · (110 episodes)
0.0
1977
13
(11 episodes)
0.0
1977
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
0.0
1977
C.I.D.(Series 2)
(13 episodes)
0.0
1976
畸人列傳
(1 episode)
0.0
1976
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
5.0
1976
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
0.0
1976
Hotel
(129 episodes)
0.0
1976
Massage Girls
Ah Gin
0.0
1976
Teenager
(26 episodes)
0.0
1976
The First Love
(11 episodes)
0.0
1976
Mystery Beyond
(54 episodes)
0.0
1976
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
0.0
1976
This Generation
(25 episodes)
0.0
1976
The Reincarnation
0.0
1976
Cold War III
Oswald S.C. Kan
0.0
The Killer
(20 episodes)
0.0
1976
Dream Of The Red Chamber
蒋玉涵 · (7 episodes)
6.0
1975
Murder of Passion
(3 episodes)
0.0
1974
The God of Aqua
(7 episodes)
0.0
1974
Chinese Folklore
(150 episodes)
0.0
1974
Golden Horse Awards
Self · (2 episodes)
0.0
1962