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