6.2Acting
Chow Yun-Fat
- Born
- 1955-05-18
- Birthplace
- Hong Kong, China
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
Filmography
167 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Cold War 1994
2026 · Movie
Oswald S.C. Kan
Intermission
2026 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025 · Movie
Bai Xuanling
One More Chance
2023 · Movie
Water Ng
The Do Show
2023 · TV Show
Cast
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
2022 · Movie
Jade Emperor
Project Gutenberg
2018 · Movie
Painter
Duckweed
2017 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cold War II
2016 · Movie
Oswald S.C. Kan
From Vegas to Macau III
2016 · Movie
Ken Shek / Ko Chun
鲁豫有约一日行
2016 · TV Show
Cast
From Vegas to Macau II
2015 · Movie
Ken / Ko Chun
Office
2015 · Movie
Ho Chung Ping
From Vegas to Macau
2014 · Movie
Ken
The Monkey King
2014 · Movie
Jade Emperor
The Assassins
2012 · Movie
Chancellor Cao Cao
The Last Tycoon
2012 · Movie
Cheng Daqi
Voice
2012 · TV Show
Cast
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011 · Movie
Yuan Shikai
Confucius
2010 · Movie
Confucius
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 · Movie
Huang Silang
Shanghai
2010 · Movie
Anthony Lan-Ting
Dragonball Evolution
2009 · Movie
Roshi
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 · Movie
Chen Hansheng
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Movie
Captain Sao Feng
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2007 · Movie
Self
The Making of Stranglehold
2007 · Movie
Cast
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007 · Movie
Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Movie
Emperor Ping
Waiting Alone
2005 · Movie
Fa Ge (cameo)
Bulletproof Monk
2003 · Movie
The Nameless Monk
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
2002 · Movie
Self
The Test of Time: The Genesis of Hard Boiled
2002 · Movie
Cast
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 · Movie
(archive footage)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Movie
Li Mu Bai
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000 · Movie
Self
Anna and the King
1999 · Movie
King Mongkut
The Corruptor
1999 · Movie
Nick Chen
The Replacement Killers
1998 · Movie
John Lee
Peace Hotel
1995 · Movie
Wong Ah Ping · Writer
God of Gamblers' Return
1994 · Movie
Ko Chun
Treasure Hunt
1994 · Movie
Jeffrey Chang Ching
Full Contact
1992 · Movie
Jeff / Gou Fei
Hard Boiled
1992 · Movie
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992 · Movie
Ng San Shui
Once a Thief
1991 · Movie
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Pioneers of Television Gala
1991 · Movie
Self
Prison on Fire II
1991 · Movie
Chung Tin Ching
God of Gamblers II
1990 · Movie
Ko Chun
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990 · Movie
Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989 · Movie
Mark
All About Ah-Long
1989 · Movie
Ah Long · Story
Celebrity Talk Show
1989 · TV Show
周润发
Everybody Loves Somebody
1989 · TV Show
uncredited
God of Gamblers
1989 · Movie
Ko Chun
The Killer
1989 · Movie
Jong
Triads: The Inside Story
1989 · Movie
Lee Man Ho
Wild Search
1989 · Movie
Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
City War
1988 · Movie
Dick Lee
Diary of a Big Man
1988 · Movie
Chow Ting Fat · Songs
Fractured Follies
1988 · Movie
Joe Leung
Goodbye My Friend
1988 · Movie
Hung
The Eighth Happiness
1988 · Movie
Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
The Greatest Lover
1988 · Movie
Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
The Romancing Star II
1988 · Movie
Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
Tiger on the Beat
1988 · Movie
Sergeant Francis Li
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988 · Movie
Cast
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · Movie
Ken Lee
An Autumn's Tale
1987 · Movie
Samuel Pang
City on Fire
1987 · Movie
Ko Chow
Code of Honor
1987 · Movie
Fai
Flaming Brothers
1987 · Movie
Tin
Prison on Fire
1987 · Movie
Chung Tin Ching
Rich and Famous
1987 · Movie
Lee Ah Chai
Scared Stiff
1987 · Movie
Inspector Chow
Spiritual Love
1987 · Movie
Pu Yung Tsai
The Romancing Star
1987 · Movie
Wong Yat Fat
Tragic Hero
1987 · Movie
Lee Ah Chai
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
1986 · Movie
Soccer Fat
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · Movie
Mark Lee
A Hearty Response
1986 · Movie
Ho Ting-Bon
Dream Lovers
1986 · Movie
Song Yu
Love Unto Wastes
1986 · Movie
Detective Lam Chun-Keung
My Will, I Will
1986 · Movie
Detective
Story of Rose
1986 · Movie
Charles / Ga Ming
The Lunatics
1986 · Movie
Chung
The Missed Date
1986 · Movie
Peter
The Seventh Curse
1986 · Movie
Wesley
Witch from Nepal
1986 · Movie
Joe
The Battle Among the Clans
1985 · TV Show
Cast
The Yang's Saga
1985 · TV Show
Lui Dong-bun
Why Me?
1985 · Movie
Mr. Chow
Women
1985 · Movie
Derek Sun
Hong Kong 1941
1984 · Movie
Yip Kim-Fay
Love in a Fallen City
1984 · Movie
Fan Liu-Yuan
Police Cadet
1984 · TV Show
張竟成
The Occupant
1984 · Movie
Insp Valentino Chow
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1984 · TV Show
Cast
笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)
1984 · TV Show
令狐冲
Angels And Devils
1983 · TV Show
Cast
Bloody Money
1983 · Movie
Bullet
Katanyu Prakasit
1983 · Movie
Cast
Last Affair
1983 · Movie
Kwong Ping
The Bund
1983 · Movie
Hui Man Keung
The Bund Part II
1983 · Movie
许文强
The Radio Tycoon
1983 · TV Show
Cast
The Super Power
1983 · TV Show
Cast
播音人 (數碼修復版)
1983 · TV Show
韦业昌
The Head Hunter
1982 · Movie
Nguen Dich
The Legend of Master So
1982 · TV Show
苏灿
The Maverick
1982 · TV Show
Cast
The Postman Strikes Back
1982 · Movie
Fu Jun
蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)
1982 · TV Show
苏灿
Good Old Times
1981 · TV Show
欧阳汉
Hero's Blood Road
1981 · TV Show
Cast
Soul Ash
1981 · Movie
Cast
The Executor
1981 · Movie
Ng Tao
The Fate
1981 · TV Show
倪骏
The Shell Game (II)
1981 · TV Show
阿龙
The Story of Woo Viet
1981 · Movie
Woo Viet
God Father
1980 · Movie
Git
Joy to the World
1980 · Movie
Yam Chung-Lung
Modern Heroes
1980 · Movie
Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
Pursuit
1980 · Movie
Killer
The Brothers
1980 · TV Show
石晖
The Bund
1980 · TV Show
许文强
The Shell Game
1980 · TV Show
Cast
I Am Woman
1979 · TV Show
Cast
Man From Hong Kong
1979 · TV Show
Ben
The Cheap Detective
1979 · TV Show
Cast
The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979 · TV Show
Cast
The Landlord
1979 · TV Show
Cast
Conflict
1978 · TV Show
徐承熙
Disco Fever
1978 · TV Show
Cast
Hong Kong Story II
1978 · TV Show
主持
Miss "O"
1978 · Movie
Koon
The Giants
1978 · TV Show
Cast
Their Private Lives
1978 · Movie
Ko Ming Chung
Vanity Fair
1978 · TV Show
Cast
13
1977 · TV Show
Cast
A House is Not a Home
1977 · TV Show
何严明
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977 · Movie
Cast
Hero
1977 · TV Show
Cast
Hot Blood
1977 · Movie
Ah Cheng
C.I.D.(Series 2)
1976 · TV Show
Cast
Hotel
1976 · TV Show
Cast
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976 · Movie
Cast
Massage Girls
1976 · Movie
Ah Gin
Mystery Beyond
1976 · TV Show
Cast
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976 · Movie
Cast
Teenager
1976 · TV Show
Cast
The First Love
1976 · TV Show
Cast
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976 · Movie
Cast
The Killer
1976 · TV Show
Cast
The Reincarnation
1976 · Movie
Cast
This Generation
1976 · TV Show
Cast
七女性
1976 · TV Show
Cast
畸人列傳
1976 · TV Show
Cast
Dream Of The Red Chamber
1975 · TV Show
蒋玉涵
Chinese Folklore
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Murder of Passion
1974 · TV Show
Cast
The God of Aqua
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years
1968 · TV Show
Cast
Golden Horse Awards
1962 · TV Show
Self
Cold War 1995
Date unknown · Movie
Oswald S.C. Kan
Cold War III
Date unknown · Movie
Oswald S.C. Kan
The Golden Sting
Date unknown · Movie
Cast