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.
Awards & recognition
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong · 2023
- Silver Bauhinia Star · 2003
- Golden Horse Award — Best Leading Actor · 1987
- Golden Horse Award — Best Leading Actor · 1985
Filmography44 titles
Let the Bullets Fly
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
An Autumn's Tale
A Better Tomorrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Scared Stiff
Project Gutenberg
God of Gamblers
A Better Tomorrow II
Prison on Fire
Curse of the Golden Flower
Once a Thief
God of Gamblers II
City on Fire
Waiting Alone
Anna and the King
Prison on Fire II
City War
Love Unto Wastes
The Children of Huang Shi
Rich and Famous
Duckweed
The Last Tycoon
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Tiger on the Beat
Love in a Fallen City
The Story of Woo Viet
Cold War II
The Replacement Killers
Shanghai
The Corruptor
Triads: The Inside Story
Tragic Hero
The Head Hunter
The Romancing Star
Peace Hotel
The Assassins
Office
The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace
Bulletproof Monk
From Vegas to Macau III
Dragonball: Evolution