Chow Yun-Fat

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-05-18 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Hong Kong, China

Also Known As 주윤발, 发哥, 小马哥, Fat Tsai, Châu Nhuận Phát, Yun-fat Chow, چو یون فا, Donald Chow, Aman Chow, Chow Yun-Fatt, Chow Yuen-Fat, Zhou Runfa

Chow Yun-Fat

Biography

Chow Yun-Fat SBS (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

Actor

Cold War III

as Oswald Kan

2023
One More Chance

as Water Ng

2018
2017
Duckweed

as Self (archive footage)

2016
Cold War II

as Oswald S.C. Kan

2016
From Vegas to Macau III

as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

2015
Office

as Ho Chung Ping

2015
From Vegas to Macau II

as Ken / Ko Chun

2014
From Vegas to Macau

as 石一堅/高進

2014
The Monkey King

as Jade Emperor

2012
The Last Tycoon

as Cheng Daqi

2012
The Assassins

as Chancellor Cao Cao

2010
Let the Bullets Fly

as Huang Silang

2010
Shanghai

as Anthony Lan-Ting

2010
Confucius

as Confucius

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)

1999
Anna and the King

as King Mongkut

1999
The Corruptor

as Nick Chen

1998
1995
Peace Hotel

as Wong A Ping / Killer

1994
God of Gamblers' Return

as Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'

1994
Treasure Hunt

as Jeffrey Chang Ching

1992
Full Contact

as Jeff / Gou Fei

1992
Hard Boiled

as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

1991
Prison on Fire II

as Chung Tin Ching

1991
Once a Thief

as Red Bean Puddin / Joe

1990
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

1989
God of Gamblers

as Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'

1989
1989
Wild Search

as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong

1989
The Killer

as Ah Jong

1989
1989
Celebrity Talk Show

as 周润发

1988
City War

as Dick Lee

1988
1988
The Greatest Lover

as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow

1988
The Diary of a Big Man

as Chow Ting Fat

1988
Fractured Follies

as Joe Leung

1988
Tiger on the Beat

as Sergeant Francis Li

1988
The Eighth Happiness

as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

1988
The Romancing Star II

as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]

1987
1987
Prison on Fire

as Chung Tin Ching

1987
Spiritual Love

as Pu Yung Tsai

1987
1987
An Autumn's Tale

as Samuel Pang

1987
The Romancing Star

as Wong Yat Fat

1987
Rich and Famous

as Lee Ah Chai

1987
1987
Scared Stiff

as Inspector Chow

1987
Tragic Hero

as Lee Ah Chai

1987
City on Fire

as Ko Chow

1986
My Will, I Will

as Detective

1986
A Hearty Response

as Ho Ting-Bon

1986
1986
Love Unto Wastes

as Detective Lan

1986
A Better Tomorrow

as Mark Lee

1986
The Lunatics

as Chung

1986
1986
Dream Lovers

as Song Yu

1986
1986
Story of Rose

as Charles / Ga Ming

1985
Why Me?

as Mr Chow

1985
Women

as Derek Sun

1985
The Yang's Saga

as Lui Dong-bun

1984
Hong Kong 1941

as Yip Kim-Fay

1984
The Occupant

as Insp Valentino Chow

1984
Love in a Fallen City

as Fan Liu-Yuan

1984
Police Cadet

as Cheung Ging Sing

1983
Last Affair

as Kwong Ping

1983
Bloody Money

as Bullet

1983
The Bund Part II

as 许文强

1983
The Bund

as Hui Man Keung

1982
The Head Hunter

as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich

1981
1981
The Executor

as Ng Tao

1981
Good Old Times

as 欧阳汉

1981
1980
Modern Heroes

as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai

1980
Pursuit

as Killer

1980
Joy to the World

as Yam Chung-Lung

1980
God Father

as Git

1980
The Bund

as Hui Man-keung

1978
Miss "O"

as Koon

1978
Their Private Lives

as Ko Ming Chung

1978
1977
Hot Blood

as Ah Cheng

1977
1977
1977
1976
Massage Girls

as Ah Gin

1976
1975

Writer

1995
Peace Hotel

as Writer

1989

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