Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat

Known for
Acting
Born
May 18, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Hong 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

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Filmography

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Cold War III poster

Cold War III

Movie · as Oswald S.C. Kan

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The Golden Sting

The Golden Sting

Movie

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Cold War 1995 poster

Cold War 1995

Movie · as Oswald S.C. Kan

2026
Cold War 1994 poster

Cold War 1994

Movie · as Oswald S.C. Kan

2026
Intermission poster

Intermission

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Detective Chinatown 1900 poster

Detective Chinatown 1900

Movie · as Bai Xuanling

2023
One More Chance poster

One More Chance

Movie · as Water Ng

2023
The Do Show poster

The Do Show

TV · 40 eps

2022
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins poster

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

Movie · as Jade Emperor

2018
Project Gutenberg poster

Project Gutenberg

Movie · as Painter

2017
Duckweed poster

Duckweed

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
From Vegas to Macau III poster

From Vegas to Macau III

Movie · as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

2016
Cold War II poster

Cold War II

Movie · as Oswald S.C. Kan

2016
鲁豫有约一日行 poster

鲁豫有约一日行

TV · 1 ep

2015
From Vegas to Macau II poster

From Vegas to Macau II

Movie · as Ken / Ko Chun

2015
Office poster

Office

Movie · as Ho Chung Ping

2014
The Monkey King poster

The Monkey King

Movie · as Jade Emperor

2014
From Vegas to Macau poster

From Vegas to Macau

Movie · as Ken

2012
The Last Tycoon poster

The Last Tycoon

Movie · as Cheng Daqi

2012
The Assassins poster

The Assassins

Movie · as Chancellor Cao Cao

2012
Voice poster

Voice

TV · 1 ep

2011
Beginning of the Great Revival poster

Beginning of the Great Revival

Movie · as Yuan Shikai

2010
Confucius poster

Confucius

Movie · as Confucius

2010
Shanghai poster

Shanghai

Movie · as Anthony Lan-Ting

2010
Let the Bullets Fly poster

Let the Bullets Fly

Movie · as Huang Silang

2009
Dragonball Evolution poster

Dragonball Evolution

Movie · as Roshi

2008
The Children of Huang Shi poster

The Children of Huang Shi

Movie · as Chen Hansheng

2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Movie · as Captain Sao Feng

2007
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt poster

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

Movie · as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常

2007
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'

Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'

Movie · as Self

2007
The Making of Stranglehold poster

The Making of Stranglehold

Movie

2006
Curse of the Golden Flower poster

Curse of the Golden Flower

Movie · as Emperor Ping

2005
Waiting Alone poster

Waiting Alone

Movie · as Fa Ge

2003
Bulletproof Monk poster

Bulletproof Monk

Movie · as The Nameless Monk

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies poster

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Movie · as (archive footage)

2002
The Test of Time: The Genesis of Hard Boiled poster

The Test of Time: The Genesis of Hard Boiled

Movie

2002
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood poster

Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon poster

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Movie · as Li Mu Bai

2000
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' poster

The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

Movie · as Self

1999
Anna and the King poster

Anna and the King

Movie · as King Mongkut

1999
The Corruptor poster

The Corruptor

Movie · as Nick Chen

1998
The Replacement Killers poster

The Replacement Killers

Movie · as John Lee

1995
Peace Hotel poster

Peace Hotel

Movie · as Wong Ah Ping

1994
Treasure Hunt poster

Treasure Hunt

Movie · as Jeffrey Chang Ching

1994
God of Gamblers' Return poster

God of Gamblers' Return

Movie · as Ko Chun

1992
Hard Boiled poster

Hard Boiled

Movie · as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

1992
Full Contact poster

Full Contact

Movie · as Jeff / Gou Fei

1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't poster

Now You See Love... Now You Don't

Movie · as Ng San Shui

1991
Once a Thief poster

Once a Thief

Movie · as Red Bean Puddin / Joe

1991
Prison on Fire II poster

Prison on Fire II

Movie · as Chung Tin Ching

1991
Pioneers of Television Gala poster

Pioneers of Television Gala

Movie · as Self

1990
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon poster

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

Movie · as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

1990
God of Gamblers II poster

God of Gamblers II

Movie · as Ko Chun

1989
The Killer poster

The Killer

Movie · as Jong

1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon poster

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

Movie · as Mark

1989
God of Gamblers poster

God of Gamblers

Movie · as Ko Chun

1989
All About Ah-Long poster

All About Ah-Long

Movie · as Ah Long

1989
Triads: The Inside Story poster

Triads: The Inside Story

Movie · as Lee Man Ho

1989
Wild Search poster

Wild Search

Movie · as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong

1989
Celebrity Talk Show poster

Celebrity Talk Show

TV · as 周润发 · 1 ep

1989
Everybody Loves Somebody poster

Everybody Loves Somebody

TV · as uncredited · 1 ep

1988
City War poster

City War

Movie · as Dick Lee

1988
Tiger on the Beat poster

Tiger on the Beat

Movie · as Sergeant Francis Li

1988
Fractured Follies poster

Fractured Follies

Movie · as Joe Leung

1988
The Eighth Happiness poster

The Eighth Happiness

Movie · as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

1988
The Romancing Star II poster

The Romancing Star II

Movie · as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]

1988
Diary of a Big Man poster

Diary of a Big Man

Movie · as Chow Ting Fat

1988
The Greatest Lover poster

The Greatest Lover

Movie · as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow

1988
Goodbye My Friend poster

Goodbye My Friend

Movie · as Hung

1988
When Tat Fu Was Young poster

When Tat Fu Was Young

Movie

1987
City on Fire poster

City on Fire

Movie · as Ko Chow

1987
An Autumn's Tale poster

An Autumn's Tale

Movie · as Samuel Pang

1987
A Better Tomorrow II poster

A Better Tomorrow II

Movie · as Ken Lee

1987
Prison on Fire poster

Prison on Fire

Movie · as Chung Tin Ching

1987
Tragic Hero poster

Tragic Hero

Movie · as Lee Ah Chai

1987
The Romancing Star poster

The Romancing Star

Movie · as Wong Yat Fat

1987
Code of Honor poster

Code of Honor

Movie · as Fai

1987
Rich and Famous poster

Rich and Famous

Movie · as Lee Ah Chai

1987
Spiritual Love poster

Spiritual Love

Movie · as Pu Yung Tsai

1987
Scared Stiff poster

Scared Stiff

Movie · as Inspector Chow

1987
Flaming Brothers poster

Flaming Brothers

Movie · as Tin

1986
A Better Tomorrow poster

A Better Tomorrow

Movie · as Mark Lee

1986
The Lunatics poster

The Lunatics

Movie · as Chung

1986
Love Unto Wastes poster

Love Unto Wastes

Movie · as Detective Lam Chun-Keung

1986
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife poster

100 Ways to Murder Your Wife

Movie · as Soccer Fat

1986
A Hearty Response poster

A Hearty Response

Movie · as Ho Ting-Bon

1986
Dream Lovers poster

Dream Lovers

Movie · as Song Yu

1986
Witch from Nepal poster

Witch from Nepal

Movie · as Joe

1986
Story of Rose poster

Story of Rose

Movie · as Charles / Ga Ming

1986
The Seventh Curse poster

The Seventh Curse

Movie · as Wesley

1986
My Will, I Will poster

My Will, I Will

Movie · as Detective

1986
The Missed Date poster

The Missed Date

Movie · as Peter

1985
Women poster

Women

Movie · as Derek Sun

1985
Why Me? poster

Why Me?

Movie · as Mr. Chow

1985
The Yang's Saga poster

The Yang's Saga

TV · as Lui Dong-bun · 6 eps

1985
The Battle Among the Clans poster

The Battle Among the Clans

TV · 30 eps

1984
The Occupant poster

The Occupant

Movie · as Insp Valentino Chow

1984
Hong Kong 1941 poster

Hong Kong 1941

Movie · as Yip Kim-Fay

1984
Love in a Fallen City poster

Love in a Fallen City

Movie · as Fan Liu-Yuan

1984
Police Cadet poster

Police Cadet

TV · as 張竟成 · 40 eps

1984
The Smiling Proud Wanderer poster

The Smiling Proud Wanderer

TV · 30 eps

1984
笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版) poster

笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)

TV · as 令狐冲 · 30 eps

1983
Bloody Money poster

Bloody Money

Movie · as Bullet

1983
Last Affair poster

Last Affair

Movie · as Kwong Ping

1983
Katanyu Prakasit poster

Katanyu Prakasit

Movie

1983
The Bund poster

The Bund

Movie · as Hui Man Keung

1983
The Bund Part II poster

The Bund Part II

Movie · as 许文强

1983
The Super Power poster

The Super Power

TV · 20 eps

1983
Angels And Devils poster

Angels And Devils

TV · 20 eps

1983
The Radio Tycoon poster

The Radio Tycoon

TV · 30 eps

1983
播音人 (數碼修復版) poster

播音人 (數碼修復版)

TV · as 韦业昌 · 30 eps

1982
The Postman Strikes Back poster

The Postman Strikes Back

Movie · as Fu Jun

1982
The Head Hunter poster

The Head Hunter

Movie · as Nguen Dich

1982
The Maverick poster

The Maverick

TV · 20 eps

1982
The Legend of Master So poster

The Legend of Master So

TV · as 苏灿 · 20 eps

1982
蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版) poster

蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)

TV · as 苏灿 · 20 eps

1981
The Story of Woo Viet poster

The Story of Woo Viet

Movie · as Woo Viet

1981
The Executor poster

The Executor

Movie · as Ng Tao

1981
Soul Ash poster

Soul Ash

Movie

1981
The Shell Game (II) poster

The Shell Game (II)

TV · as 阿龙 · 20 eps

1981
The Fate poster

The Fate

TV · as 倪骏 · 20 eps

1981
Hero's Blood Road poster

Hero's Blood Road

TV · 20 eps

1981
Good Old Times poster

Good Old Times

TV · as 欧阳汉 · 20 eps

1980
God Father poster

God Father

Movie · as Git

1980
Modern Heroes poster

Modern Heroes

Movie · as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai

1980
Pursuit poster

Pursuit

Movie · as Killer

1980
Joy to the World poster

Joy to the World

Movie · as Yam Chung-Lung

1980
The Brothers poster

The Brothers

TV · as 石晖 · 75 eps

1980
The Bund poster

The Bund

TV · as 许文强 · 25 eps

1980
The Shell Game poster

The Shell Game

TV · 20 eps

1979
The Good The Bad The Ugly poster

The Good The Bad The Ugly

TV · 80 eps

1979
Man From Hong Kong poster

Man From Hong Kong

TV · as Ben · 11 eps

1979
The Cheap Detective poster

The Cheap Detective

TV · 12 eps

1979
I Am Woman poster

I Am Woman

TV · 13 eps

1979
The Landlord poster

The Landlord

TV · 12 eps

1978
Miss "O" poster

Miss "O"

Movie · as Koon

1978
Their Private Lives poster

Their Private Lives

Movie · as Ko Ming Chung

1978
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

TV · 85 eps

1978
Disco Fever poster

Disco Fever

TV · 8 eps

1978
Hong Kong Story II poster

Hong Kong Story II

TV · as 主持 · 14 eps

1978
The Giants poster

The Giants

TV · 110 eps

1978
Conflict poster

Conflict

TV · as 徐承熙 · 85 eps

1977
Hot Blood poster

Hot Blood

Movie · as Ah Cheng

1977
Bed for Day, Bed for Night poster

Bed for Day, Bed for Night

Movie

1977
Hero poster

Hero

TV · 5 eps

1977
13 poster

13

TV · 11 eps

1977
A House is Not a Home poster

A House is Not a Home

TV · as 何严明 · 110 eps

1976
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Seung poster

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Seung

Movie

1976
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom poster

Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom

Movie

1976
The Reincarnation poster

The Reincarnation

Movie

1976
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile poster

The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile

Movie

1976
Massage Girls poster

Massage Girls

Movie · as Ah Gin

1976
C.I.D.(Series 2) poster

C.I.D.(Series 2)

TV · 13 eps

1976
The First Love poster

The First Love

TV · 11 eps

1976
This Generation poster

This Generation

TV · 25 eps

1976
Teenager poster

Teenager

TV · 26 eps

1976
The Killer poster

The Killer

TV · 20 eps

1976
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 129 eps

1976
Mystery Beyond poster

Mystery Beyond

TV · 54 eps

1976
The Freaks' Chronicles poster

The Freaks' Chronicles

TV · 1 ep

1976
七女性 poster

七女性

TV · 7 eps

1975
Dream Of The Red Chamber poster

Dream Of The Red Chamber

TV · as 蒋玉涵 · 7 eps

1974
Murder of Passion poster

Murder of Passion

TV · 3 eps

1974
Chinese Folklore poster

Chinese Folklore

TV · 150 eps

1974
The God of Aqua poster

The God of Aqua

TV · 7 eps

1968
Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years poster

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years

TV · 5 eps

1962
Golden Horse Awards poster

Golden Horse Awards

TV · as Self · 2 eps