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.

Known For

Golden Horse Awards

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Police Cadet

鲁豫有约一日行

Voice

Celebrity Talk Show

The Shell Game

A House is Not a Home

All Movies (113)

• Cold War 19942026 · as Oswald S.C. Kan
• Detective Chinatown 19002025 · as Bai Xuanling
• One More Chance2023 · as Water Ng
• The Monkey King: The Legend Begins2022 · as Jade Emperor
• Project Gutenberg2018 · as Painter
• Duckweed2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cold War II2016 · as Oswald S.C. Kan
• From Vegas to Macau III2016 · as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
• Office2015 · as Ho Chung Ping
• From Vegas to Macau II2015 · as Ken / Ko Chun
• From Vegas to Macau2014 · as Ken
• The Monkey King2014 · as Jade Emperor
• The Last Tycoon2012 · as Cheng Daqi
• The Assassins2012 · as Chancellor Cao Cao
• Beginning of the Great Revival2011 · as Yuan Shikai
• Let the Bullets Fly2010 · as Huang Silang
• Shanghai2010 · as Anthony Lan-Ting
• Confucius2010 · as Confucius
• Dragonball Evolution2009 · as Master Roshi
• The Children of Huang Shi2008 · as Chen Hansheng
• The Postmodern Life of My Aunt2007 · as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
• The Making of Hard Boiled2007
• The Making of Stranglehold2007
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007 · as Captain Sao Feng
• Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'2007 · as Self
• Curse of the Golden Flower2006 · as Emperor Ping
• Waiting Alone2005 · as Fa Ge (cameo)
• Bulletproof Monk2003 · as The Nameless Monk
• Ultimate Fights from the Movies2002 · as (archive footage)
• Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood2002 · as Self
• The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'2000 · as Self
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000 · as Li Mu Bai
• Anna and the King1999 · as King Mongkut
• The Corruptor1999 · as Nick Chen
• The Replacement Killers1998 · as John Lee
• Peace Hotel1995 · as Wong Ah Ping
• God of Gamblers' Return1994 · as Ko Chun
• Treasure Hunt1994 · as Jeffrey Chang Ching
• Full Contact1992 · as Jeff / Gou Fei
• Hard Boiled1992 · as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
• Now You See Love... Now You Don't1992 · as Ng San Shui
• Prison on Fire II1991 · as Chung Tin Ching
• Once a Thief1991 · as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
• God of Gamblers II1990 · as Ko Chun
• The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon1990 · as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
• God of Gamblers1989 · as Ko Chun
• A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon1989 · as Mark
• Triads: The Inside Story1989 · as Lee Man Ho
• Wild Search1989 · as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
• The Killer1989 · as Jong
• All About Ah-Long1989 · as Ah Long
• City War1988 · as Dick Lee
• Goodbye My Friend1988 · as Hung
• When Tat Fu Was Young1988
• The Greatest Lover1988 · as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
• Diary of a Big Man1988 · as Chow Ting Fat
• Fractured Follies1988 · as Joe Leung
• Tiger on the Beat1988 · as Sergeant Francis Li
• The Eighth Happiness1988 · as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
• The Romancing Star II1988 · as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
• A Better Tomorrow II1987 · as Ken Lee
• Prison on Fire1987 · as Chung Tin Ching
• Spiritual Love1987 · as Pu Yung Tsai
• Flaming Brothers1987 · as Tin
• An Autumn's Tale1987 · as Samuel Pang
• The Romancing Star1987 · as Wong Yat Fat
• Rich and Famous1987 · as Lee Ah Chai
• Code of Honor1987 · as Fai
• Scared Stiff1987 · as Inspector Chow
• Tragic Hero1987 · as Lee Ah Chai
• City on Fire1987 · as Ko Chow
• The Seventh Curse1986 · as Wesley
• My Will, I Will1986 · as Detective
• A Hearty Response1986 · as Ho Ting-Bon
• Love Unto Wastes1986 · as Detective Lam Chun-Keung
• A Better Tomorrow1986 · as Mark Lee
• The Lunatics1986 · as Chung
• 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife1986 · as Soccer Fat
• The Missed Date1986 · as Peter
• Dream Lovers1986 · as Song Yu
• Witch from Nepal1986 · as Joe
• Story of Rose1986 · as Charles / Ga Ming
• Why Me?1985 · as Mr. Chow
• Women1985 · as Derek Sun
• Hong Kong 19411984 · as Yip Kim-Fay
• The Occupant1984 · as Insp Valentino Chow
• Love in a Fallen City1984 · as Fan Liu-Yuan
• Last Affair1983 · as Kwong Ping
• Bloody Money1983 · as Bullet
• Katanyu Prakasit1983
• The Bund Part II1983 · as 许文强
• The Bund1983 · as Hui Man Keung
• The Postman Strikes Back1982 · as Fu Jun
• The Head Hunter1982 · as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
• The Story of Woo Viet1981 · as Woo Viet
• The Executor1981 · as Ng Tao
• Soul Ash1981
• Modern Heroes1980 · as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
• Pursuit1980 · as Killer
• Joy to the World1980 · as Yam Chung-Lung
• God Father1980 · as Git
• Miss "O"1978 · as Koon
• Their Private Lives1978 · as Ko Ming Chung
• Hot Blood1977 · as Ah Cheng
• Bed for Day, Bed for Night1977
• The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile1976
• Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung1976
• Massage Girls1976 · as Ah Gin
• Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom1976
• The Reincarnation1976
• Cold War III— · as Oswald S.C. Kan
• The Golden Sting—
• Cold War 1995— · as Oswald S.C. Kan

All TV Shows (52)

• The Do Show2023
• 鲁豫有约一日行2016
• Voice2012
• Everybody Loves Somebody1989 · as uncredited
• Celebrity Talk Show1989 · as 周润发
• The Yang's Saga1985 · as Lui Dong-bun
• The Battle Among the Clans1985
• Police Cadet1984 · as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing
• The Smiling Proud Wanderer1984
• 笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)1984 · as 令狐冲
• Angels And Devils1983
• The Super Power1983
• The Radio Tycoon1983
• 播音人 (數碼修復版)1983 · as 韦业昌
• The Legend of Master So1982 · as 苏灿
• 蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)1982 · as 苏灿
• The Maverick1982
• Good Old Times1981 · as 欧阳汉
• Hero's Blood Road1981
• The Fate1981
• The Shell Game (II)1981 · as 阿龙
• The Shell Game1980
• The Brothers1980
• The Bund1980 · as 许文强
• The Good The Bad The Ugly1979
• Man From Hong Kong1979 · as Ben
• I Am Woman1979
• The Cheap Detective1979
• The Landlord1979
• Conflict1978
• Disco Fever1978
• Hong Kong Story II1978 · as 主持
• The Giants1978
• Vanity Fair1978
• Hero1977
• A House is Not a Home1977 · as 何严明
• 131977
• C.I.D.(Series 2)1976
• 畸人列傳1976
• 七女性1976
• Hotel1976
• Teenager1976
• The First Love1976
• Mystery Beyond1976
• This Generation1976
• The Killer1976
• Dream Of The Red Chamber1975 · as 蒋玉涵
• Murder of Passion1974
• The God of Aqua1974
• Chinese Folklore1974
• 歷年TVB台慶經典回顧1968
• Golden Horse Awards1962 · as Self