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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-05-18 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China

Chow Yun-Fat

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

Acting

2025

Detective Chinatown 1900 as Bai Xuanling

2023

One More Chance as Water Ng

2018

2017

Duckweed as Self (archive footage)

2016

From Vegas to Macau III as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
Cold War II as Oswald S.C. Kan

2015

From Vegas to Macau II as Ken / Ko Chun
Office as Ho Chung Ping

2014

The Monkey King as Jade Emperor

2012

The Last Tycoon as Cheng Daqi
The Assassins as Chancellor Cao Cao

2011

2010

Confucius as Confucius
Shanghai as Anthony Lan-Ting
Let the Bullets Fly as Huang Silang

2009

Dragonball Evolution as Master Roshi

2008

The Children of Huang Shi as Chen Hansheng

2007

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常

2006

2005

Waiting Alone as Fa Ge (cameo)

2003

Bulletproof Monk as The Nameless Monk

2002

Ultimate Fights from the Movies as (archive footage)

2000

1999

Anna and the King as King Mongkut
The Corruptor as Nick Chen

1998

1995

Peace Hotel as Wong Ah Ping

1994

Treasure Hunt as Jeffrey Chang Ching
God of Gamblers' Return as Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'

1992

Hard Boiled as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Full Contact as Jeff / Gou Fei

1991

Once a Thief as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Prison on Fire II as Chung Tin Ching

1990

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

1989

The Killer as Jong
God of Gamblers as Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
Wild Search as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
Celebrity Talk Show as 周润发

1988

City War as Dick Lee
Tiger on the Beat as Sergeant Francis Li
Fractured Follies as Joe Leung
The Eighth Happiness as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
The Romancing Star II as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
The Diary of a Big Man as Chow Ting Fat
The Greatest Lover as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow

1987

City on Fire as Ko Chow
An Autumn's Tale as Samuel Pang
Prison on Fire as Chung Tin Ching
Tragic Hero as Lee Ah Chai
The Romancing Star as Wong Yat Fat
Rich and Famous as Lee Ah Chai
Spiritual Love as Pu Yung Tsai
Scared Stiff as Inspector Chow

1986

A Better Tomorrow as Mark Lee
The Lunatics as Chung
Love Unto Wastes as Detective Lan
A Hearty Response as Ho Ting-Bon
Dream Lovers as Song Yu
Story of Rose as Charles / Ga Ming
My Will, I Will as Detective

1985

Women as Derek Sun
Why Me? as Mr. Chow
The Yang's Saga as Lui Dong-bun

1984

The Occupant as Insp Valentino Chow
Hong Kong 1941 as Yip Kim-Fay
Love in a Fallen City as Fan Liu-Yuan
Police Cadet as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing

1983

Bloody Money as Bullet
Last Affair as Kwong Ping
The Bund as Hui Man Keung
The Bund Part II as 许文强

1982

The Head Hunter as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich

1981

The Executor as Ng Tao
Good Old Times as 欧阳汉

1980

God Father as Git
Joy to the World as Yam Chung-Lung
Pursuit as Killer
Modern Heroes as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
The Bund as Hui Man Keung

1979

1978

Their Private Lives as Ko Ming Chung
Miss "O" as Koon

1977

Hot Blood as Ah Cheng

1976

Massage Girls as Ah Gin

1975

1974

1962

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Cold War III as Oswald S.C. Kan

Writing

1995

Peace Hotel as Writer

1989

Sound