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.

Filmography

King Mongkut
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
The Nameless Monk
Nick Chen
Jeff / Gou Fei
Confucius
Anthony Lan-Ting
Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
Jeffrey Chang Ching
Samuel Pang
Insp Valentino Chow
Dick Lee
Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Sergeant Francis Li
Wong Ah Ping
Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
Chung Tin Ching
Fa Ge (cameo)
Chung Tin Ching
Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
Lee Ah Chai
Yip Kim-Fay
Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
Detective Lan
Cheng Daqi
Wong Yat Fat
Jade Emperor
Chancellor Cao Cao
Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
Kwong Ping
Lee Ah Chai
Charles / Ga Ming
Derek Sun
Pu Yung Tsai
Inspector Chow
Ho Chung Ping
Ken Shek / Ko Chun
Mr. Chow
Oswald S.C. Kan
Self (archive footage)
Ah Cheng
Ko Ming Chung
Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
Killer
Yam Chung-Lung
Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
Oswald S.C. Kan
Hui Man Keung