Chow Yun-Fat

ActorWriterSound May 18 (age 71) Hong Kong, China 1962–2026 (64 year career)

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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 K…

Known For

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Captain Sao Feng

Film

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Li Mu Bai

Film

The Killer

Jong

Film

Hard Boiled

Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

Film

A Better Tomorrow

Mark Lee

Film

Curse of the Golden Flower

Emperor Ping

Film

Let the Bullets Fly

Huang Silang

Film

Anna and the King

King Mongkut

Filmography

Acting (167)

Movies (116)

Cold War 1994

2026

as Oswald S.C. Kan

6.5

Intermission

2026 Upcoming

as Self (archive footage)

Sep 11

Detective Chinatown 1900

as Bai Xuanling

One More Chance

as Water Ng

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

as Jade Emperor

Project Gutenberg

as Painter

Duckweed

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

From Vegas to Macau III

2016

as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

4.1

Cold War II

2016

as Oswald S.C. Kan

6.3

From Vegas to Macau II

as Ken / Ko Chun

Office

as Ho Chung Ping

The Monkey King

as Jade Emperor

From Vegas to Macau

as Ken

The Last Tycoon

as Cheng Daqi

The Assassins

as Chancellor Cao Cao

5.7

Beginning of the Great Revival

as Yuan Shikai

Let the Bullets Fly

as Huang Silang

Confucius

as Confucius

Shanghai

as Anthony Lan-Ting

Dragonball Evolution

as Master Roshi

The Children of Huang Shi

2008

as Chen Hansheng

6.6

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

as Captain Sao Feng

7.3

Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'

2007

as Self

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

2007

as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常

5.6

The Making of Stranglehold

2007

8.0

The Making of Hard Boiled

2007

Curse of the Golden Flower

as Emperor Ping

Waiting Alone

as Fa Ge (cameo)

Bulletproof Monk

as The Nameless Monk

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

as (archive footage)

4.9

Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood

2002

as Self

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000

as Li Mu Bai

7.4

The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

2000

as Self

Anna and the King

as King Mongkut

The Corruptor

as Nick Chen

The Replacement Killers

as John Lee

Peace Hotel

as Wong Ah Ping

God of Gamblers' Return

1994

as Ko Chun

6.6

Treasure Hunt

1994

as Jeffrey Chang Ching

5.9

Hard Boiled

1992

as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

7.5

Full Contact

1992

as Jeff / Gou Fei

6.8

Now You See Love... Now You Don't

1992

as Ng San Shui

6.2

Once a Thief

1991

as Red Bean Puddin / Joe

Prison on Fire II

as Chung Tin Ching

God of Gamblers II

as Ko Chun

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

1990

as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

The Killer

as Jong

God of Gamblers

as Ko Chun

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

as Mark

All About Ah-Long

as Ah Long

Wild Search

as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong

6.8

Triads: The Inside Story

1989

as Lee Man Ho

6.0

Tiger on the Beat

1988

as Sergeant Francis Li

City War

as Dick Lee

The Eighth Happiness

as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

Diary of a Big Man

as Chow Ting Fat

Fractured Follies

as Joe Leung

The Romancing Star II

1988

as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]

5.0

Goodbye My Friend

1988

as Hung

The Greatest Lover

1988

as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow

5.4

When Tat Fu Was Young

Prison on Fire

as Chung Tin Ching

A Better Tomorrow II

as Ken Lee

City on Fire

as Ko Chow

An Autumn's Tale

as Samuel Pang

Scared Stiff

as Inspector Chow

Code of Honor

as Fai

Tragic Hero

as Lee Ah Chai

The Romancing Star

as Wong Yat Fat

Spiritual Love

as Pu Yung Tsai

Rich and Famous

as Lee Ah Chai

Flaming Brothers

as Tin

Dream Lovers

as Song Yu

A Better Tomorrow

as Mark Lee

The Seventh Curse

as Wesley

Love Unto Wastes

as Detective Lam Chun-Keung

6.7

100 Ways to Murder Your Wife

as Soccer Fat

The Lunatics

as Chung

A Hearty Response

as Ho Ting-Bon

My Will, I Will

as Detective

Witch from Nepal

as Joe

The Missed Date

as Peter

Story of Rose

as Charles / Ga Ming

Why Me?

as Mr. Chow

Women

as Derek Sun

Love in a Fallen City

as Fan Liu-Yuan

Hong Kong 1941

as Yip Kim-Fay

The Occupant

as Insp Valentino Chow

Last Affair

as Kwong Ping

Katanyu Prakasit

Bloody Money

as Bullet

The Bund

as Hui Man Keung

The Bund Part II

as 许文强

The Postman Strikes Back

1982

as Fu Jun

6.7

The Head Hunter

1982

as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich

6.1

The Story of Woo Viet

as Woo Viet

Soul Ash

The Executor

as Ng Tao

Pursuit

as Killer

God Father

as Git

Modern Heroes

as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai

Joy to the World

as Yam Chung-Lung

Their Private Lives

as Ko Ming Chung

Miss "O"

as Koon

Hot Blood

1977

as Ah Cheng

10.0

Bed for Day, Bed for Night

1977

9.0

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung

1976

The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile

1976

5.0

The Reincarnation

1976

Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom

Massage Girls

as Ah Gin

Cold War 1995

as Oswald S.C. Kan

Cold War III

as Oswald S.C. Kan

The Golden Sting

電視先鋒群星會

as Self

七龙珠

as 武天

Television (51)

The Do Show

鲁豫有约一日行

Voice

Celebrity Talk Show

as 周润发

The Battle Among the Clans

The Yang's Saga

as Lui Dong-bun

Police Cadet

as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing

7.0

The Smiling Proud Wanderer

1984

7.0

笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)

1984

as 令狐冲

The Radio Tycoon

The Super Power

Angels And Devils

播音人 (數碼修復版)

as 韦业昌

The Maverick

1982

The Legend of Master So

1982

as 苏灿

9.5

蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)

1982

as 苏灿

Hero's Blood Road

1981

Good Old Times

1981

as 欧阳汉

The Fate

1981

The Shell Game (II)

1981

as 阿龙

The Bund

as 许文强

The Shell Game

The Brothers

The Good The Bad The Ugly

The Cheap Detective

I Am Woman

Man From Hong Kong

as Ben

The Landlord

Vanity Fair

Conflict

The Giants

Hong Kong Story II

as 主持

Disco Fever

1978

A House is Not a Home

as 何严明

Hero

Hotel

Mystery Beyond

The First Love

This Generation

C.I.D.(Series 2)

Teenager

The Killer

畸人列傳

七女性

Dream Of The Red Chamber

as 蒋玉涵

Chinese Folklore

Murder of Passion

The God of Aqua

歷年TVB台慶經典回顧

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Peace Hotel

Writer

All About Ah-Long

Story

Diary of a Big Man

Songs