Chow Yun-Fat
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Captain Sao Feng
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
as Li Mu Bai
The Killer
1989
as Jong
Hard Boiled
1992
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
A Better Tomorrow
1986
as Mark Lee
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
as Ken Lee
Project Gutenberg
2018
as Painter
The Monkey King
2014
as Jade Emperor
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
as Yuan Shikai
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
as Emperor Ping
Dragonball Evolution
2009
as Master Roshi
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
as Huang Silang
God of Gamblers
1989
as Ko Chun
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
as Ko Chun
Anna and the King
1999
as King Mongkut
Prison on Fire
1987
as Chung Tin Ching
City on Fire
1987
as Ko Chow
The Seventh Curse
1986
as Wesley
The Last Tycoon
2012
as Cheng Daqi