Personal Info
Known Credits
103
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1955-05-18 (70 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Hong Kong, China
Also Known For
주윤발发哥小马哥Fat TsaiChâu Nhuận PhátYun-fat Chowچو یون فاDonald ChowAman ChowChow Yun-FattChow Yuen-FatZhou Runfaچو یون فات
Chow Yun-Fat
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 K ...
Acting
2025 --
Detective Chinatown 1900
| Bai Xuanling
2023 --
One More Chance
| Water Ng
2018 --
Project Gutenberg
| Painter
2017 --
Duckweed
| Self (archive footage)
2016 --
Cold War II
| Oswald S.C. Kan
2016 --
From Vegas to Macau III
| Ken Shek / Ko Chun
2015 --
Office
| Ho Chung Ping
2015 --
From Vegas to Macau II
| Ken / Ko Chun
2014 --
From Vegas to Macau
| Ken
2014 --
The Monkey King
| Jade Emperor
2012 --
The Last Tycoon
| Cheng Daqi
2012 --
The Assassins
| Chancellor Cao Cao
2011 --
Beginning of the Great Revival
| Yuan Shikai
2010 --
Let the Bullets Fly
| Huang Silang
2010 --
Shanghai
| Anthony Lan-Ting
2010 --
Confucius
| Confucius
2009 --
Dragonball Evolution
| Master Roshi
2008 --
The Children of Huang Shi
| Chen Hansheng
2007 --
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
| Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
2007 --
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
| Sao Feng
2006 --
Curse of the Golden Flower
| Emperor Ping
2005 --
Waiting Alone
| Fa Ge (cameo)
2003 --
Bulletproof Monk
| The Nameless Monk
2002 --
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
| (archive footage)
2000 --
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
| Li Mu Bai
1999 --
Anna and the King
| King Mongkut
1999 --
The Corruptor
| Nick Chen
1998 --
The Replacement Killers
| John Lee
1995 --
Peace Hotel
| Wong Ah Ping
1994 --
God of Gamblers' Return
| Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
1994 --
Treasure Hunt
| Jeffrey Chang Ching
1992 --
Full Contact
| Jeff / Gou Fei
1992 --
Hard Boiled
| Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
1992 --
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
| Ng San Shui
1991 --
Prison on Fire II
| Chung Tin Ching
1991 --
Once a Thief
| Red Bean Puddin / Joe
1990 --
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
| Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1989 --
God of Gamblers
| Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
1989 --
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
| Mark
1989 --
Triads: The Inside Story
| Lee Man Ho
1989 --
Wild Search
| Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
1989 --
The Killer
| Jong
1989 --
All About Ah-Long
| Ah Long
1988 --
City War
| Dick Lee
1988 --
Goodbye My Friend
| Hung
1988 --
When Tat Fu Was Young
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1988 --
The Greatest Lover
| Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
1988 --
The Diary of a Big Man
| Chow Ting Fat
1988 --
Fractured Follies
| Joe Leung
1988 --
Tiger on the Beat
| Sergeant Francis Li
1988 --
The Eighth Happiness
| Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
1988 --
The Romancing Star II
| Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
1987 --
A Better Tomorrow II
| Ken Lee
1987 --
Prison on Fire
| Chung Tin Ching
1987 --
Spiritual Love
| Pu Yung Tsai
1987 --
Flaming Brothers
| Tin
1987 --
An Autumn's Tale
| Samuel Pang
1987 --
The Romancing Star
| Wong Yat Fat
1987 --
Rich and Famous
| Lee Ah Chai
1987 --
Code of Honor
| Fai
1987 --
Scared Stiff
| Inspector Chow
1987 --
Tragic Hero
| Lee Ah Chai
1987 --
City on Fire
| Ko Chow
1986 --
The Seventh Curse
| Wesley
1986 --
My Will, I Will
| Detective
1986 --
A Hearty Response
| Ho Ting-Bon
1986 --
Love Unto Wastes
| Detective Lan
1986 --
A Better Tomorrow
| Mark Lee
1986 --
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
| Soccer Fat
1986 --
The Lunatics
| Chung
1986 --
The Missed Date
| Peter
1986 --
Dream Lovers
| Song Yu
1986 --
Witch from Nepal
| Joe
1986 --
Story of Rose
| Charles / Ga Ming
1985 --
Why Me?
| Mr. Chow
1985 --
Women
| Derek Sun
1984 --
Hong Kong 1941
| Yip Kim-Fay
1984 --
The Occupant
| Insp Valentino Chow
1984 --
Love in a Fallen City
| Fan Liu-Yuan
1983 --
Last Affair
| Kwong Ping
1983 --
Bloody Money
| Bullet
1983 --
Katanyu Prakasit
|
1983 --
The Bund Part II
| 许文强
1983 --
The Bund
| Hui Man Keung
1982 --
The Postman Strikes Back
| Fu Jun
1982 --
The Head Hunter
| Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
1981 --
The Story of Woo Viet
| Woo Viet
1981 --
The Executor
| Ng Tao
1981 --
Soul Ash
|
1980 --
Modern Heroes
| Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
1980 --
Pursuit
| Killer
1980 --
Joy to the World
| Yam Chung-Lung
1980 --
God Father
| Git
1978 --
Miss "O"
| Koon
1978 --
Their Private Lives
| Ko Ming Chung
1977 --
Hot Blood
| Ah Cheng
1977 --
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
|
1976 --
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
|
1976 --
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
|
1976 --
Massage Girls
| Ah Gin
1976 --
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
|
1976 --
The Reincarnation
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