
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.
Filmography

Detective Chinatown 1900
Jan 29, 2025

One More Chance
Jun 21, 2023

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
Nov 2, 2022

Project Gutenberg
Sep 30, 2018

Duckweed
Jan 28, 2017

Cold War II
Jul 8, 2016

From Vegas to Macau III
Feb 6, 2016

Office
Sep 24, 2015

From Vegas to Macau II
Feb 19, 2015

From Vegas to Macau
Jan 30, 2014

The Monkey King
Jan 9, 2014

The Last Tycoon
Dec 22, 2012

The Assassins
Sep 26, 2012

Beginning of the Great Revival
Jun 23, 2011

Let the Bullets Fly
Dec 20, 2010

Shanghai
Jun 10, 2010

Confucius
Feb 11, 2010

Dragonball Evolution
Mar 12, 2009

The Children of Huang Shi
Apr 3, 2008

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Aug 3, 2007

The Making of Hard Boiled
Jul 24, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
May 19, 2007

Curse of the Golden Flower
Dec 14, 2006

Waiting Alone
Sep 8, 2005

Bulletproof Monk
Mar 28, 2003

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Apr 16, 2002

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jul 6, 2000

Anna and the King
Dec 16, 1999

The Corruptor
Mar 12, 1999

The Replacement Killers
Feb 6, 1998