Chow Yun-Fat
Acting
🎂 1955-05-18
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.
Cast credits(151)
Captain Sao Feng
2007
2012
Self
1962
Bai Xuanling
2025
Li Mu Bai
2000
張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing
1984
1978
Painter
2018
1976
1980
1978
Confucius
2010
Ko Ming Chung
1978
Self (archive footage)
2017
Emperor Ping
2006
周润发
1989
Jade Emperor
2014
1978
许文强
1983
何严明
1977
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
1992
1974
2016
1968
Ng Tao
1981
Git
1980
Mark Lee
1986
The Nameless Monk
2003
Water Ng
2023
Jong
1989
Master Roshi
2009
1979
Insp Valentino Chow
1984
Chung
1986
Samuel Pang
1987
Huang Silang
2010
1980
1983
1981
Cheng Daqi
2012
Ko Chow
1987
Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
2007
Bullet
1983
Hui Man Keung
1983
Joe
1986
Chow Ting Fat
1988
Woo Viet
1981
Detective Lam Chun-Keung
1986
John Lee
1998
1981
Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
1988
欧阳汉
1981
Ah Gin
1976
Chen Hansheng
2008
Peter
1986
Chung Tin Ching
1991
King Mongkut
1999
Ken
2014
Wong Yat Fat
1987
1984
Ho Ting-Bon
1986
Ko Chun
1994
Lee Man Ho
1989
Ah Long
1989
Jeffrey Chang Ching
1994
Hung
1988
Yip Kim-Fay
1984
许文强
1980
Fa Ge (cameo)
2005
Ken / Ko Chun
2015
Dick Lee
1988
Ko Chun
1989
1976
Nick Chen
1999
Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1990
1982
苏灿
1982
Ho Chung Ping
2015
Inspector Chow
1987
Anthony Lan-Ting
2010
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
1991
Fai
1987
Lui Dong-bun
1985
1978
1976
1985
Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
1988
Lee Ah Chai
1987
Ken Lee
1987
Tin
1987
Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
1988
Chancellor Cao Cao
2012
1981
1977
1983
阿龙
1981
Ah Cheng
1977
1976
Yuan Shikai
2011
Lee Ah Chai
1987
Ko Chun
1990
Wesley
1986
Mark
1989
Yam Chung-Lung
1980
Fu Jun
1982
1983
Ng San Shui
1992
Jeff / Gou Fei
1992
Chung Tin Ching
1987
Joe Leung
1988
Soccer Fat
1986
Song Yu
1986
Koon
1978
1976
Fan Liu-Yuan
1984
Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
1980
1976
1977
Sergeant Francis Li
1988
Pu Yung Tsai
1987
Ken Shek / Ko Chun
2016
1976
1976
蒋玉涵
1975
1976
1974
1979
Derek Sun
1985
1977
主持
1978
1983
Ben
1979
Killer
1980
Oswald S.C. Kan
2016
Wong Ah Ping
1995
Charles / Ga Ming
1986
1988
Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
1989
1976
1979
(archive footage)
2002
1974
Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
1982
Mr. Chow
1985
1976
1976
Oswald S.C. Kan
1979
Kwong Ping
1983
Detective
1986
Self
2007