Chow Yun-Fat
Known for Acting
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
2007
as Captain Sao Feng
The Killer
1989
as Jong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
as Li Mu Bai
A Better Tomorrow
1986
as Mark Lee
Prison on Fire II
1991
as Chung Tin Ching
Hard Boiled
1992
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
as Huang Silang
God of Gamblers
1989
as Ko Chun
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
as Emperor Ping
The Monkey King
2014
as Jade Emperor
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
as Ko Chun
Cold War II
2016
as Oswald S.C. Kan
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
as Bai Xuanling
The Last Tycoon
2012
as Cheng Daqi
Project Gutenberg
2018
as Painter
Full Contact
1992
as Jeff / Gou Fei
Once a Thief
1991
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Prison on Fire
1987
as Chung Tin Ching
God of Gamblers II
1990
as Ko Chun
The Seventh Curse
1986
as Wesley