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