Chow Yun-Fat
Acting
Born 1955-05-18 · Hong Kong, China
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
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Movie
The Killer
1989 · Movie
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Movie
Cold War 1994
2026 · Movie
Once a Thief
1991 · Movie
Cold War II
2016 · Movie
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · Movie
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 · Movie
Hard Boiled
1992 · Movie
God of Gamblers
1989 · Movie
Project Gutenberg
2018 · Movie
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Movie
Prison on Fire
1987 · Movie
The Monkey King
2014 · Movie
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · Movie
God of Gamblers' Return
1994 · Movie
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025 · Movie
God of Gamblers II
1990 · Movie
Full Contact
1992 · Movie
Hot Blood
1977 · Movie
The Seventh Curse
1986 · Movie
City on Fire
1987 · Movie
Anna and the King
1999 · Movie
From Vegas to Macau
2014 · Movie
The Replacement Killers
1998 · Movie
Scared Stiff
1987 · Movie
My Will, I Will
1986 · Movie
Tiger on the Beat
1988 · Movie
Prison on Fire II
1991 · Movie
Code of Honor
1987 · Movie
A Hearty Response
1986 · Movie
Flaming Brothers
1987 · Movie
The Corruptor
1999 · Movie
Shanghai
2010 · Movie
The Last Tycoon
2012 · Movie
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977 · Movie
From Vegas to Macau II
2015 · Movie
Wild Search
1989 · Movie
The Lunatics
1986 · Movie
Why Me?
1985 · Movie
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976 · Movie
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989 · Movie
The Reincarnation
1976 · Movie
Tragic Hero
1987 · Movie
All About Ah-Long
1989 · Movie
Bulletproof Monk
2003 · Movie
Dream Lovers
1986 · Movie
Diary of a Big Man
1988 · Movie
Rich and Famous
1987 · Movie
Dragonball Evolution
2009 · Movie
Massage Girls
1976 · Movie
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990 · Movie
City War
1988 · Movie
The Eighth Happiness
1988 · Movie
Their Private Lives
1978 · Movie
An Autumn's Tale
1987 · Movie
Hong Kong 1941
1984 · Movie
Love Unto Wastes
1986 · Movie
Triads: The Inside Story
1989 · Movie
Modern Heroes
1980 · Movie