Chow Yun-Fat
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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
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Captain Sao Feng
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Li Mu Bai
Dragonball Evolution
as Master Roshi
Bulletproof Monk
as The Nameless Monk
Hard Boiled
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
The Killer
as Jong
Anna and the King
as King Mongkut
Curse of the Golden Flower
as Emperor Ping
A Better Tomorrow
as Mark Lee
The Replacement Killers
as John Lee
Let the Bullets Fly
as Huang Silang
A Better Tomorrow II
as Ken Lee
The Corruptor
as Nick Chen
The Monkey King
as Jade Emperor
God of Gamblers' Return
as Ko Chun
God of Gamblers
as Ko Chun
Shanghai
as Anthony Lan-Ting
Once a Thief
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
City on Fire
as Ko Chow
The Children of Huang Shi
as Chen Hansheng