
Chow Yun-Fat
Known For
Acting
Born
1955-05-18 in Hong Kong, China
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.
Most Known For

Golden Horse Awards
as Self

Police Cadet
as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Captain Sao Feng

Voice

鲁豫有约一日行

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Li Mu Bai

A House is Not a Home
as 何严明

Chinese Folklore

The Bund
as 许文强

The Good The Bad The Ugly

Celebrity Talk Show
as 周润发

The Shell Game

Conflict

Vanity Fair

Hard Boiled
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

歷年TVB台慶經典回顧

From Vegas to Macau III
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

The Yang's Saga
as Lui Dong-bun

A Better Tomorrow
as Mark Lee
