Chow Yun-Fat
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
116
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-05-18
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, China
Also Known As
发哥, 小马哥, Fat Tsai, Yun-fat Chow, چو یون فا, Donald Chow, Aman Chow, Chow Yun-Fatt, Chow Yuen-Fat, Zhou Runfa
Known For
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 
Anna and the King 
Curse of the Golden Flower 
The Killer 
The Replacement Killers 
Hard Boiled 
A Better Tomorrow 
Bulletproof Monk 
The Corruptor 
Full Contact 
Confucius 
The Children of Huang Shi 
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 
City on Fire 
Dragonball Evolution 
Shanghai 
God of Gamblers 
Treasure Hunt 
An Autumn's Tale 
The Occupant 
City War 
Once a Thief 
Tiger on the Beat 
A Better Tomorrow II 
Peace Hotel 
Let the Bullets Fly 
God of Gamblers' Return 
Fractured Follies 
Beginning of the Great Revival 
Prison on Fire 
The Lunatics 
Waiting Alone 
Prison on Fire II 
The Eighth Happiness 
All About Ah-Long 
Tragic Hero 
The Postman Strikes Back 
Hong Kong 1941 
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt 
The Romancing Star II 
The Head Hunter 
Bloody Money 
Love Unto Wastes 
Triads: The Inside Story 
The Last Tycoon 
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife 
Diary of a Big Man 
The Romancing Star 
The Monkey King 
The Assassins 
Wild Search 
A Hearty Response 
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon 
Love in a Fallen City 
Code of Honor 
Dream Lovers 
Last Affair 
Witch from Nepal 
From Vegas to Macau 
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung 
Rich and Famous 
Story of Rose 
The Story of Woo Viet 
Women 
Spiritual Love 
The Seventh Curse 
Scared Stiff 
God Father 
From Vegas to Macau II 
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom 
Office 
Katanyu Prakasit 
Now You See Love... Now You Don't 
My Will, I Will 
From Vegas to Macau III 
Why Me? 
The Executor 
The Reincarnation 
Cold War II 
Duckweed 
Soul Ash 
Hot Blood 
Bed for Day, Bed for Night 
Their Private Lives 
Joy to the World 
Miss "O" 
Pursuit 
Modern Heroes 
Goodbye My Friend 
The Missed Date 
The Greatest Lover 
Massage Girls 
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile 
Ultimate Fights from the Movies 
Cold War III 
The Bund 
Flaming Brothers 
Project Gutenberg 
When Tat Fu Was Young 
One More Chance 
The Bund Part II 
Detective Chinatown 1900 
God of Gamblers II Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' 
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins 
The Making of Hard Boiled 
Cold War 1994 The Golden Sting 
The Making of Stranglehold 
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood 
Cold War 1995