Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 18, 1955
Place of Birth:
Hong Kong, China
Social Media
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Bai Xuanling |
| 2023 | One More Chance | Water Ng |
| 2018 | Project Gutenberg | Painter |
| 2017 | Duckweed | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | From Vegas to Macau III | Ken Shek / Ko Chun |
| 2016 | Cold War II | Oswald S.C. Kan |
| 2015 | From Vegas to Macau II | Ken / Ko Chun |
| 2015 | Office | Ho Chung Ping |
| 2014 | The Monkey King | Jade Emperor |
| 2014 | From Vegas to Macau | Ken |
| 2012 | The Last Tycoon | Cheng Daqi |
| 2012 | The Assassins | Chancellor Cao Cao |
| 2011 | Beginning of the Great Revival | Yuan Shikai |
| 2010 | Confucius | Confucius |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Anthony Lan-Ting |
| 2010 | Let the Bullets Fly | Huang Silang |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Master Roshi |
| 2008 | The Children of Huang Shi | Chen Hansheng |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Captain Sao Feng |
| 2007 | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | Zhichang Pan / 潘知常 |
| 2006 | Curse of the Golden Flower | Emperor Ping |
| 2005 | Waiting Alone | Fa Ge (cameo) |
| 2003 | Bulletproof Monk | The Nameless Monk |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Li Mu Bai |
| 1999 | Anna and the King | King Mongkut |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Nick Chen |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | John Lee |
| 1995 | Peace Hotel | Wong Ah Ping |
| 1994 | Treasure Hunt | Jeffrey Chang Ching |
| 1994 | God of Gamblers' Return | Ko Chun |
| 1992 | Hard Boiled | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen |
| 1992 | Full Contact | Jeff / Gou Fei |
| 1992 | Now You See Love... Now You Don't | Ng San Shui |
| 1991 | Once a Thief | Red Bean Puddin / Joe |
| 1991 | Prison on Fire II | Chung Tin Ching |
| 1990 | The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink |
| 1990 | God of Gamblers II | Ko Chun |
| 1989 | The Killer | Jong |
| 1989 | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon | Mark |
| 1989 | God of Gamblers | Ko Chun |
| 1989 | All About Ah-Long | Ah Long |
| 1989 | Triads: The Inside Story | Lee Man Ho |
| 1989 | Wild Search | Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong |
| 1988 | City War | Dick Lee |
| 1988 | Tiger on the Beat | Sergeant Francis Li |
| 1988 | Fractured Follies | Joe Leung |
| 1988 | The Eighth Happiness | Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long |
| 1988 | The Romancing Star II | Big Mouth Fat [cameo] |
| 1988 | The Diary of a Big Man | Chow Ting Fat |
| 1988 | The Greatest Lover | Qian Jin / Nelson Chow |
| 1988 | Goodbye My Friend | Hung |
| 1988 | When Tat Fu Was Young | |
| 1987 | City on Fire | Ko Chow |
| 1987 | An Autumn's Tale | Samuel Pang |
| 1987 | A Better Tomorrow II | Ken Lee |
| 1987 | Prison on Fire | Chung Tin Ching |
| 1987 | Tragic Hero | Lee Ah Chai |
| 1987 | The Romancing Star | Wong Yat Fat |
| 1987 | Code of Honor | Fai |
| 1987 | Rich and Famous | Lee Ah Chai |
| 1987 | Spiritual Love | Pu Yung Tsai |
| 1987 | Scared Stiff | Inspector Chow |
| 1987 | Flaming Brothers | Tin |
| 1986 | A Better Tomorrow | Mark Lee |
| 1986 | The Lunatics | Chung |
| 1986 | Love Unto Wastes | Detective Lam Chun-Keung |
| 1986 | 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Soccer Fat |
| 1986 | A Hearty Response | Ho Ting-Bon |
| 1986 | Dream Lovers | Song Yu |
| 1986 | Witch from Nepal | Joe |
| 1986 | Story of Rose | Charles / Ga Ming |
| 1986 | The Seventh Curse | Wesley |
| 1986 | My Will, I Will | Detective |
| 1986 | The Missed Date | Peter |
| 1985 | Women | Derek Sun |
| 1985 | Why Me? | Mr. Chow |
| 1984 | The Occupant | Insp Valentino Chow |
| 1984 | Hong Kong 1941 | Yip Kim-Fay |
| 1984 | Love in a Fallen City | Fan Liu-Yuan |
| 1983 | Bloody Money | Bullet |
| 1983 | Last Affair | Kwong Ping |
| 1983 | Katanyu Prakasit | |
| 1983 | The Bund | Hui Man Keung |
| 1983 | The Bund Part II | 许文强 |
| 1982 | The Postman Strikes Back | Fu Jun |
| 1982 | The Head Hunter | Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich |
| 1981 | The Story of Woo Viet | Woo Viet |
| 1981 | The Executor | Ng Tao |
| 1981 | Soul Ash | |
| 1980 | God Father | Git |
| 1980 | Modern Heroes | Sgt Chu Hwa Tai |
| 1980 | Pursuit | Killer |
| 1980 | Joy to the World | Yam Chung-Lung |
| 1978 | Miss "O" | Koon |
| 1978 | Their Private Lives | Ko Ming Chung |
| 1977 | Hot Blood | Ah Cheng |
| 1977 | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | |
| 1976 | Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung | |
| 1976 | Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom | |
| 1976 | The Reincarnation | |
| 1976 | The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile | |
| 1976 | Massage Girls | Ah Gin |
| Cold War III | Oswald S.C. Kan |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 鲁豫有约一日行 | |
| 2012 | Voice | |
| 1989 | Celebrity Talk Show | 周润发 |
| 1985 | The Yang's Saga | Lui Dong-bun |
| 1985 | The Battle Among the Clans | |
| 1984 | Police Cadet | 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing |
| 1984 | The Smiling Proud Wanderer | |
| 1983 | The Super Power | |
| 1983 | Angels And Devils | |
| 1983 | The Radio Tycoon | |
| 1982 | The Maverick | |
| 1982 | The Legend of Master So | 苏灿 |
| 1981 | The Shell Game (II) | 阿龙 |
| 1981 | Hero's Blood Road | |
| 1981 | The Fate | |
| 1981 | Good Old Times | 欧阳汉 |
| 1980 | The Brothers | |
| 1980 | The Bund | 许文强 |
| 1980 | The Shell Game | |
| 1979 | The Good The Bad The Ugly | |
| 1979 | Man From Hong Kong | Ben |
| 1979 | The Cheap Detective | |
| 1979 | I Am Woman | |
| 1979 | The Landlord | |
| 1978 | Vanity Fair | |
| 1978 | Disco Fever | |
| 1978 | Hong Kong Story II | 主持 |
| 1978 | The Giants | |
| 1978 | Conflict | |
| 1977 | Hero | |
| 1977 | 13 | |
| 1977 | A House is Not a Home | 何严明 |
| 1976 | C.I.D.(Series 2) | |
| 1976 | The First Love | |
| 1976 | This Generation | |
| 1976 | Teenager | |
| 1976 | The Killer | |
| 1976 | Hotel | |
| 1976 | Mystery Beyond | |
| 1976 | 畸人列傳 | |
| 1975 | Dream Of The Red Chamber | 蒋玉涵 |
| 1974 | Murder of Passion | |
| 1974 | Chinese Folklore | |
| 1974 | The God of Aqua | |
| 1962 | Golden Horse Awards | Self |