Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat SBS (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.
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- Born:
- May 18, 1955 In Hong Kong, China
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 164
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
- Latest Project:
- Movie Cold War III 2024
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Radio Tycoon | Unknown | 2024 |
| Series | The Legend of Master So | Unknown | 2024 |
| Series | Conflict | Unknown | 2024 |
| Series | The Super Power | Unknown | 2024 |
| Movie | The Monkey King: The Legend Begins | Jade Emperor | 2024 |
| Movie | Cold War III | Oswald Kan | 2024 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 2024 |
| Series | The Battle Among the Clans | Unknown | 2024 |
| Movie | One More Chance | 2023-06-21 | |
| Movie | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-08-14 |
| Movie | Project Gutenberg | Painter | 2018-09-30 |
| Movie | Duckweed | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau III | Ken Shek / Ko Chun | 2016-02-06 |
| Movie | Cold War II | Oswald S.C. Kan | 2016-07-08 |
| Movie | The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse | Himself (archive footage) | 2016-03-04 |
| Movie | Office | Ho Chung-ping | 2015-09-24 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau II | Ken | 2015-02-19 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau | Ken | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | The Monkey King | Jade Emperor | 2014-01-09 |
| Movie | The Last Tycoon | Cheng Daqi | 2012-12-22 |
| Movie | The Assassins | Chancellor Cao Cao | 2012-09-26 |
| Movie | Beginning of the Great Revival | Yuan Shikai | 2011-06-23 |
| Movie | Confucius | Confucius | 2010-02-11 |
| Movie | Shanghai | Anthony Lan-Ting | 2010-06-10 |
| Movie | Let the Bullets Fly | Huang Silang | 2010-12-20 |
| Movie | Dragonball Evolution | Master Roshi | 2009-03-12 |
| Movie | The Children of Huang Shi | Chen Hansheng | 2008-04-03 |
| Movie | The Making of Stranglehold | Unknown | 2007-06-22 |
| Movie | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | Zhichang Pan / 潘知常 | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Sao Feng | 2007-05-19 |
| Series | The Good The Bad The Ugly | 2006-11-06 | |
| Movie | Curse of the Golden Flower | Emperor Ping | 2006-12-14 |
| Movie | Waiting Alone | Fa Ge (cameo) | 2005-09-08 |
| Movie | Crossings: John Woo | Self | 2004-06-20 |
| Movie | Bulletproof Monk | The Nameless Monk | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Golden Chicken 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-12-24 |
| Movie | Golden Chicken | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-12-26 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | archive footage | 2002-04-16 |
| Movie | An Autumn Diary | An Autumn's Tale footage | 2001-06-11 |
| Movie | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Master Li Mu Bai | 2000-07-06 |
| Movie | Anna and the King | King Mongkut | 1999-12-16 |
| Movie | The Corruptor | Lieutenant Nick Chen | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | The Replacement Killers | John Lee | 1998-02-06 |
| Movie | Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 2 | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (archive footage) | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 | Himself | 1995-07-22 |
| Movie | Peace Hotel | Wong A Ping / Killer | 1995-04-12 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers' Return | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Treasure Hunt | Jeffrey Chang Ching | 1994-01-29 |
| Movie | Cinema of Vengeance | Himself (uncredited) | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Now You See Love... Now You Don't | Ng San Shui | 1992-02-01 |
| Movie | Hard Boiled | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | 1992-04-16 |
| Movie | Full Contact | Jeff / Gou Fei | 1992-07-23 |
| Movie | Once a Thief | Red Bean Puddin / Joe | 1991-02-02 |
| Movie | Prison on Fire II | Chung Tin Ching | 1991-06-22 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers II | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1990-12-13 |
| Movie | The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink | 1990-01-18 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon | Mark Gor | 1989-10-20 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star III | Mechanic in flashback (uncredited) | 1989-12-21 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1989-12-14 |
| Movie | Triads: The Inside Story | Lee Man-Ho | 1989-08-03 |
| Movie | The Killer | Ah Jong | 1989-07-06 |
| Movie | All About Ah-Long | Ah Long | 1989-03-16 |
| Movie | Wild Search | Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong | 1989-06-03 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star II | Big Mouth Fat [cameo] | 1988-01-21 |
| Movie | Fractured Follies | Joe Leung | 1988-07-06 |
| Movie | When Tat Fu Was Young | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Goodbye My Friend | Hung | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | City War | Dick Lee | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | The Eighth Happiness | Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long | 1988-02-11 |
| Movie | The Greatest Lover | Qian Jin / Nelson Chow | 1988-07-30 |
| Movie | Tiger on the Beat | Sgt. Francis Li | 1988-03-19 |
| Movie | The Diary of a Big Man | Chow Ting Fat | 1988-07-21 |
| Movie | City on Fire | Ko Chow | 1987-02-13 |
| Movie | Tragic Hero | Boss Li Ah Chai | 1987-02-20 |
| Movie | Prison on Fire | 41671 / Chung Tin Ching | 1987-11-13 |
| Movie | Flaming Brothers | Tin | 1987-07-30 |
| Movie | Spiritual Love | Pu Yung Tsai | 1987-10-15 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow II | Ken Gor / Ken Lee | 1987-12-17 |
| Movie | Scared Stiff | Inspector Chow | 1987-03-06 |
| Movie | An Autumn's Tale | Samuel Pang | 1987-07-16 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star | Wong Yat Fat | 1987-06-25 |
| Movie | Code of Honor | Fai | 1987-03-26 |
| Movie | Rich and Famous | Boss Li Ah Chai | 1987-05-27 |
| Movie | Rose | Charles / Ga Ming | 1986-02-21 |
| Movie | Witch from Nepal | Joe | 1986-02-27 |
| Movie | Love Unto Wastes | Detective Lan | 1986-08-30 |
| Movie | My Will, I Will | Detective | 1986-11-20 |
| Movie | 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Fa | 1986-06-05 |
| Movie | The Missed Date | Peter | 1986-05-24 |
| Movie | The Seventh Curse | Wesley | 1986-10-17 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow | Mark Gor / Mark Lee | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | The Lunatics | Chung | 1986-06-05 |
| Movie | Dream Lovers | Song Yu | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | A Hearty Response | Ho Ting-Bon | 1986-10-30 |
| Movie | Women | Derek Sun | 1985-06-12 |
| Movie | Why Me? | Mr Chow | 1985-10-29 |
| Series | Police Cadet '85 | Unknown | 1985-10-28 |
| Series | The Yang's Saga | Lui Dong-bun | 1985-09-23 |
| Series | The Battle Among the Clans | Unknown | 1985-07-18 |
| Movie | Fractured Folies | Joe Leung | 1985-07-07 |
| Movie | The Occupant | Insp Valentino Chow | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Hong Kong 1941 | Yip Kim-Fay | 1984-11-02 |
| Series | Police Cadet | Cheung Ging Sing | 1984-10-29 |
| Movie | Love in a Fallen City | Fan Liu-Yuan | 1984-08-02 |
| Series | The Smiling, Proud Wanderer | Unknown | 1984-04-02 |
| Movie | 上海灘 | 許文強 | 1983-01-10 |
| Series | The Super Power | Unknown | 1983-08-01 |
| Movie | Bloody Money | Bullet (as Chow Yun-Fat) | 1983-03-22 |
| Movie | The Bund Part II | 许文强 | 1983-01-25 |
| Movie | The Bund | Hui Man Keung | 1983-01-20 |
| Series | The Radio Tycoon | Unknown | 1983-01-03 |
| Series | Angels And Devils | Unknown | 1983-08-08 |
| Movie | Last Affair | Kwong Ping | 1983-12-09 |
| Movie | The Postman Fights Back | Fu Jun | 1982-06-04 |
| Movie | The Head Hunter | Yuen Lik/Nguen Dich | 1982-03-25 |
| Series | The Legend of Master So | 苏灿 | 1982-09-27 |
| Series | The Maverick | Unknown | 1982-01-04 |
| Series | 千王群英会 | 阿龙 | 1981-04-13 |
| Series | Seekers | 1981-10-05 | |
| Series | Good Old Times | Unknown | 1981-12-14 |
| Series | The Fate | Unknown | 1981-06-29 |
| Movie | The Story of Woo Viet | Woo Viet | 1981-04-23 |
| Movie | The Executor | Ng Tao | 1981-03-04 |
| Movie | Soul Ash | Unknown | 1981-01-12 |
| Movie | God Father | Git | 1980-01-23 |
| Series | The Bund | Hui Man-keung | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | Joy to the World | Yam Chung-Lung | 1980-06-07 |
| Series | The Brothers | Unknown | 1980-04-21 |
| Movie | Modern Heroes | Sgt Chu Hwa Tai | 1980-09-18 |
| Movie | Pursuit | Killer | 1980-06-26 |
| Series | The Shell Game | Unknown | 1980-09-15 |
| Series | Cheap Detective | Unknown | 1979-02-12 |
| Series | I Am Woman | Unknown | 1979-03-05 |
| Series | Man From Hong Kong | Ben | 1979-04-30 |
| Movie | 爱欲狂潮 | Unknown | 1978-01-12 |
| Series | Hong Kong Story II | 主持 | 1978-08-07 |
| Series | Conflict | Unknown | 1978-10-02 |
| Series | Disco Fever | Unknown | 1978-08-07 |
| Series | The Giants | Unknown | 1978-05-01 |
| Movie | Their Private Lives | Ko Ming Chung | 1978-01-12 |
| Movie | Miss "O" | Koon | 1978-04-28 |
| Series | Vanity Fair | Unknown | 1978-01-02 |
| Series | Hero | Unknown | 1977-08-08 |
| Movie | Hot Blood | Ah Cheng | 1977-09-23 |
| Movie | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | Unknown | 1977-03-31 |
| Series | A House Is Not a Home | 1977-08-01 | |
| Series | The Killer | Unknown | 1976-03-29 |
| Movie | The Reincarnation | Unknown | 1976-03-31 |
| Series | Teenager | Unknown | 1976-09-06 |
| Movie | Massage Girls | Ah Gin | 1976-09-23 |
| Series | The First Love | Unknown | 1976-08-09 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1976-10-04 |
| Movie | The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile | Unknown | 1976-11-25 |
| Series | C.I.D.(Series 2) | Unknown | 1976-12-28 |
| Series | Mystery Beyond | Unknown | 1976-07-15 |
| Movie | Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom | 1976-04-29 | |
| Series | This Generation | Unknown | 1976-04-26 |
| Series | Dream Of The Red Chamber | 蒋玉涵 | 1975-07-14 |
| Series | Murder Of Passion | Unknown | 1974-12-30 |
| Series | Chinese Folklore | Unknown | 1974-11-04 |
| Series | The God of Aqua | Unknown | 1974-12-30 |
| Series | Golden Horse Awards | Self | 1962-10-31 |