Acting

Chow Yun-Fat

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.

Credits

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Intermission
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Cold War 1994
as Oswald S.C. Kan
2026
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Bai Xuanling
2025
The Do Show
2023
One More Chance
as Water Ng
2023
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
as Jade Emperor
2022
Project Gutenberg
as Painter
2018
Duckweed
as Self (archive footage)
2017
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
Cold War II
as Oswald S.C. Kan
2016
From Vegas to Macau III
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
2016
Office
as Ho Chung Ping
2015
From Vegas to Macau II
as Ken / Ko Chun
2015
From Vegas to Macau
as Ken
2014
The Monkey King
as Jade Emperor
2014
The Last Tycoon
as Cheng Daqi
2012
The Assassins
as Chancellor Cao Cao
2012
Voice
2012
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Yuan Shikai
2011
Let the Bullets Fly
as Huang Silang
2010
Shanghai
as Anthony Lan-Ting
2010
Confucius
as Confucius
2010
Dragonball Evolution
as Roshi
2009
The Children of Huang Shi
as Chen Hansheng
2008
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
2007
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Captain Sao Feng
2007
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
as Self
2007
Curse of the Golden Flower
as Emperor Ping
2006
Waiting Alone
as Fa Ge (cameo)
2005
Bulletproof Monk
as The Nameless Monk
2003
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as (archive footage)
2002
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
as Self
2002
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
as Self
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Li Mu Bai
2000
Anna and the King
as King Mongkut
1999
The Corruptor
as Nick Chen
1999
The Replacement Killers
as John Lee
1998
Peace Hotel
as Wong Ah Ping
1995
Peace Hotel
Writer
1995
God of Gamblers' Return
as Ko Chun
1994
Treasure Hunt
as Jeffrey Chang Ching
1994
Full Contact
as Jeff / Gou Fei
1992
Hard Boiled
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
as Ng San Shui
1992
Prison on Fire II
as Chung Tin Ching
1991
Once a Thief
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
1991
God of Gamblers II
as Ko Chun
1990
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1990
God of Gamblers
as Ko Chun
1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
as Mark
1989
Triads: The Inside Story
as Lee Man Ho
1989
Everybody Loves Somebody
as uncredited
1989
Wild Search
as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
1989
The Killer
as Jong
1989
All About Ah-Long
as Ah Long
1989
All About Ah-Long
Story
1989
Celebrity Talk Show
as 周润发
1989
City War
as Dick Lee
1988
Goodbye My Friend
as Hung
1988
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988
The Greatest Lover
as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
1988
Diary of a Big Man
as Chow Ting Fat
1988
Diary of a Big Man
Songs
1988
Fractured Follies
as Joe Leung
1988
Tiger on the Beat
as Sergeant Francis Li
1988
The Eighth Happiness
as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
1988
The Romancing Star II
as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
1988
A Better Tomorrow II
as Ken Lee
1987
Prison on Fire
as Chung Tin Ching
1987
Spiritual Love
as Pu Yung Tsai
1987
Flaming Brothers
as Tin
1987
An Autumn's Tale
as Samuel Pang
1987
The Romancing Star
as Wong Yat Fat
1987
Rich and Famous
as Lee Ah Chai
1987
Code of Honor
as Fai
1987
Scared Stiff
as Inspector Chow
1987
Tragic Hero
as Lee Ah Chai
1987
City on Fire
as Ko Chow
1987