Chow Yun-Fat
Known for ActingBorn 1955-05-18Hong 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.
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · as Captain Sao Feng
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · as Li Mu Bai
Hard Boiled
1992 · as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
God of Gamblers
1989 · as Ko Chun
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · as Emperor Ping
The Monkey King
2014 · as Jade Emperor
The Killer
1989 · as Jong
Cold War 1994
2026 · as Oswald S.C. Kan
Bulletproof Monk
2003 · as The Nameless Monk
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 · as Huang Silang
Once a Thief
1991 · as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Dragonball Evolution
2009 · as Master Roshi
Project Gutenberg
2018 · as Painter
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · as Mark Lee
God of Gamblers' Return
1994 · as Ko Chun
Full Contact
1992 · as Jeff / Gou Fei
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · as Ken Lee
From Vegas to Macau III
2016 · as Ken Shek / Ko Chun