Chow Yun-Fat
Known for acting · Born 18 May 1955 · 71 · Hong Kong, China
170 credits
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
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Bulletproof Monk
2003
Hard Boiled
1992
The Killer
1989
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
Anna and the King
1999
A Better Tomorrow
1986
The Replacement Killers
1998
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
The Corruptor
1999
Chinese Folklore
1974
Acting (167)
2026Cold War 1994Oswald S.C. KanFilm
2026IntermissionSelf (archive footage)Film
2025Detective Chinatown 1900Bai XuanlingFilm
2023One More ChanceWater NgFilm
2023The Do Show · 40 episodesSeries
2022The Monkey King: The Legend BeginsJade EmperorFilm
2018Project GutenbergPainterFilm
2017DuckweedSelf (archive footage)Film
2016Cold War IIOswald S.C. KanFilm
2016From Vegas to Macau IIIKen Shek / Ko ChunFilm
2016鲁豫有约一日行Series
2015From Vegas to Macau IIKen / Ko ChunFilm
2015OfficeHo Chung PingFilm
2014The Monkey KingJade EmperorFilm
2014From Vegas to MacauKenFilm
2012The AssassinsChancellor Cao CaoFilm
2012The Last TycoonCheng DaqiFilm
2012VoiceSeries
2011Beginning of the Great RevivalYuan ShikaiFilm
2010Let the Bullets FlyHuang SilangFilm
2010ShanghaiAnthony Lan-TingFilm
2010ConfuciusConfuciusFilm
2009Dragonball EvolutionRoshiFilm
2008The Children of Huang ShiChen HanshengFilm
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndCaptain Sao FengFilm
2007The Postmodern Life of My AuntZhichang Pan / 潘知常Film
2007The Making of StrangleholdFilm
2007Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'SelfFilm
2007The Making of Hard BoiledFilm
2006Curse of the Golden FlowerEmperor PingFilm
2005Waiting AloneFa Ge (cameo)Film
2003Bulletproof MonkThe Nameless MonkFilm
2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies(archive footage)Film
2002Chow Yun Fat Goes HollywoodSelfFilm
2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonLi Mu BaiFilm
2000The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'SelfFilm
1999Anna and the KingKing MongkutFilm
1999The CorruptorNick ChenFilm
1998The Replacement KillersJohn LeeFilm
1995Peace HotelWong Ah PingFilm
1994God of Gamblers' ReturnKo ChunFilm
1994Treasure HuntJeffrey Chang ChingFilm
1992Hard BoiledInsp. 'Tequila' YuenFilm
1992Full ContactJeff / Gou FeiFilm
1992Now You See Love... Now You Don'tNg San ShuiFilm
1991Once a ThiefRed Bean Puddin / JoeFilm
1991Prison on Fire IIChung Tin ChingFilm
1990God of Gamblers IIKo ChunFilm
1990The Fun, the Luck & the TycoonLam Bo Sun / Mr. StinkFilm
1989The KillerJongFilm
1989God of GamblersKo ChunFilm
1989A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in SaigonMarkFilm
1989All About Ah-LongAh LongFilm
1989Wild SearchSgt. Lau Chun-PongFilm
1989Triads: The Inside StoryLee Man HoFilm
1989Celebrity Talk Show周润发Series
1989Everybody Loves SomebodyuncreditedSeries
1988Tiger on the BeatSergeant Francis LiFilm
1988Diary of a Big ManChow Ting FatFilm
1988City WarDick LeeFilm
1988The Eighth HappinessFang Chien Lang / Fong Kim LongFilm
1988The Romancing Star IIBig Mouth Fat [cameo]Film
1988Fractured FolliesJoe LeungFilm
1988The Greatest LoverQian Jin / Nelson ChowFilm
1988When Tat Fu Was YoungFilm
1988Goodbye My FriendHungFilm
1987A Better Tomorrow IIKen LeeFilm
1987City on FireKo ChowFilm
1987Prison on FireChung Tin ChingFilm
1987An Autumn's TaleSamuel PangFilm
1987Tragic HeroLee Ah ChaiFilm
1987Flaming BrothersTinFilm
1987Rich and FamousLee Ah ChaiFilm
1987The Romancing StarWong Yat FatFilm
1987Spiritual LovePu Yung TsaiFilm
1987Code of HonorFaiFilm
1987Scared StiffInspector ChowFilm
1986A Better TomorrowMark LeeFilm
1986The Seventh CurseWesleyFilm
1986The LunaticsChungFilm
1986Love Unto WastesDetective Lam Chun-KeungFilm
1986A Hearty ResponseHo Ting-BonFilm
1986100 Ways to Murder Your WifeSoccer FatFilm
1986Witch from NepalJoeFilm
1986Dream LoversSong YuFilm
1986Story of RoseCharles / Ga MingFilm
1986My Will, I WillDetectiveFilm
1986The Missed DatePeterFilm
1985WomenDerek SunFilm
1985Why Me?Mr. ChowFilm
1985The Yang's SagaLui Dong-bun · 6 episodesSeries
1985The Battle Among the Clans · 30 episodesSeries
1984Hong Kong 1941Yip Kim-FayFilm
1984Love in a Fallen CityFan Liu-YuanFilm
1984The OccupantInsp Valentino ChowFilm
1984Police Cadet張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing · 40 episodesSeries
1984The Smiling Proud Wanderer · 30 episodesSeries
1984笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)令狐冲 · 30 episodesSeries
1983The BundHui Man KeungFilm
1983Last AffairKwong PingFilm
1983The Bund Part II许文强Film
1983Bloody MoneyBulletFilm
1983Angels And Devils · 20 episodesSeries
1983Katanyu PrakasitFilm
1983The Super Power · 20 episodesSeries
1983The Radio Tycoon · 30 episodesSeries
1983播音人 (數碼修復版)韦业昌 · 30 episodesSeries
1982The Postman Strikes BackFu JunFilm
1982The Head HunterYuen Lik / Nguen DichFilm
1982The Legend of Master So苏灿 · 20 episodesSeries
1982The Maverick · 20 episodesSeries
1982蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)苏灿 · 20 episodesSeries
1981The Story of Woo VietWoo VietFilm
1981The ExecutorNg TaoFilm
1981Soul AshFilm
1981The Shell Game (II)阿龙 · 20 episodesSeries
1981The Fate倪骏 · 20 episodesSeries
1981Hero's Blood Road · 20 episodesSeries
1981Good Old Times欧阳汉 · 20 episodesSeries
1980The Bund许文强 · 25 episodesSeries
1980The Shell Game · 20 episodesSeries
1980God FatherGitFilm
1980Modern HeroesSgt Chu Hwa TaiFilm
1980Joy to the WorldYam Chung-LungFilm
1980PursuitKillerFilm
1980The Brothers石晖 · 75 episodesSeries
1979The Good The Bad The Ugly · 80 episodesSeries
1979Man From Hong KongBen · 11 episodesSeries
1979The Cheap Detective · 12 episodesSeries
1979I Am Woman · 13 episodesSeries
1979The Landlord · 12 episodesSeries
1978Miss "O"KoonFilm
1978Their Private LivesKo Ming ChungFilm
1978The Giants · 110 episodesSeries
1978Conflict徐承熙 · 85 episodesSeries
1978Vanity Fair · 85 episodesSeries
1978Disco Fever · 8 episodesSeries
1978Hong Kong Story II主持 · 14 episodesSeries
1977Bed for Day, Bed for NightFilm
1977Hot BloodAh ChengFilm
1977Hero · 5 episodesSeries
197713 · 11 episodesSeries
1977A House is Not a Home何严明 · 110 episodesSeries
1976The Hunter, the Butterfly and the CrocodileFilm
1976Massage GirlsAh GinFilm
1976Learned Bride Thrice Fools the BridegroomFilm
1976The ReincarnationFilm
1976Seven Women: Liu Wing-SheungFilm
1976C.I.D.(Series 2) · 13 episodesSeries
1976The First Love · 11 episodesSeries
1976This Generation · 25 episodesSeries
1976Teenager · 26 episodesSeries
1976The Killer · 20 episodesSeries
1976Hotel · 129 episodesSeries
1976Mystery Beyond · 54 episodesSeries
1976畸人列傳Series
1976七女性 · 7 episodesSeries
1975Dream Of The Red Chamber蒋玉涵 · 7 episodesSeries
1974Murder of Passion · 3 episodesSeries
1974Chinese Folklore · 150 episodesSeries
1974The God of Aqua · 7 episodesSeries
1968歷年TVB台慶經典回顧 · 5 episodesSeries
1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
—Cold War IIIOswald S.C. KanFilm
—The Golden StingFilm
—Cold War 1995Oswald S.C. KanFilm
—電視先鋒群星會SelfFilm
Sound (1)
1988Diary of a Big ManSongsFilm
Writing (2)
1995Peace HotelWriterFilm
1989All About Ah-LongStoryFilm