Chow Yun-Fat
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Cold War 1994
2026
as Oswald S.C. Kan
Intermission
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
as Bai Xuanling
One More Chance
2023
as Water Ng
The Do Show
2023
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
2022
as Jade Emperor
Project Gutenberg
2018
as Painter
Duckweed
2017
as Self (archive footage)
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
Cold War II
2016
as Oswald S.C. Kan
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
as Ken / Ko Chun
Office
2015
as Ho Chung Ping
The Monkey King
2014
as Jade Emperor
From Vegas to Macau
2014
as Ken
The Last Tycoon
2012
as Cheng Daqi
The Assassins
2012
as Chancellor Cao Cao
Voice
2012
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
as Yuan Shikai
Confucius
2010
as Confucius
Shanghai
2010
as Anthony Lan-Ting
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
as Huang Silang
Dragonball Evolution
2009
as Roshi
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
as Chen Hansheng
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Captain Sao Feng
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007
as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2007
as Self
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
as Emperor Ping
Waiting Alone
2005
as Fa Ge (cameo)
Bulletproof Monk
2003
as The Nameless Monk
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as (archive footage)
Chow Yun Fat Goes Hollywood
2002
as Self
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
as Li Mu Bai
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000
as Self
Anna and the King
1999
as King Mongkut
The Corruptor
1999
as Nick Chen
The Replacement Killers
1998
as John Lee
Peace Hotel
1995
as Wong Ah Ping
Treasure Hunt
1994
as Jeffrey Chang Ching
God of Gamblers' Return
1994
as Ko Chun
Hard Boiled
1992
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
Full Contact
1992
as Jeff / Gou Fei
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992
as Ng San Shui
Once a Thief
1991
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
Prison on Fire II
1991
as Chung Tin Ching
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990
as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
God of Gamblers II
1990
as Ko Chun
The Killer
1989
as Jong
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989
as Mark
God of Gamblers
1989
as Ko Chun
All About Ah-Long
1989
as Ah Long
Triads: The Inside Story
1989
as Lee Man Ho
Wild Search
1989
as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong
Celebrity Talk Show
1989
as 周润发
Everybody Loves Somebody
1989
as uncredited
City War
1988
as Dick Lee
Tiger on the Beat
1988
as Sergeant Francis Li
Fractured Follies
1988
as Joe Leung
The Eighth Happiness
1988
as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long
The Romancing Star II
1988
as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]
Diary of a Big Man
1988
as Chow Ting Fat
Goodbye My Friend
1988
as Hung
The Greatest Lover
1988
as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow
When Tat Fu Was Young
1988
City on Fire
1987
as Ko Chow
An Autumn's Tale
1987
as Samuel Pang
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
as Ken Lee
Prison on Fire
1987
as Chung Tin Ching
Tragic Hero
1987
as Lee Ah Chai
The Romancing Star
1987
as Wong Yat Fat
Code of Honor
1987
as Fai
Rich and Famous
1987
as Lee Ah Chai
Spiritual Love
1987
as Pu Yung Tsai
Scared Stiff
1987
as Inspector Chow
Flaming Brothers
1987
as Tin
A Better Tomorrow
1986
as Mark Lee
The Lunatics
1986
as Chung
Love Unto Wastes
1986
as Detective Lam Chun-Keung
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife
1986
as Soccer Fat
A Hearty Response
1986
as Ho Ting-Bon
Dream Lovers
1986
as Song Yu
Witch from Nepal
1986
as Joe
Story of Rose
1986
as Charles / Ga Ming
The Seventh Curse
1986
as Wesley
My Will, I Will
1986
as Detective
The Missed Date
1986
as Peter
Women
1985
as Derek Sun
Why Me?
1985
as Mr. Chow
The Yang's Saga
1985
as Lui Dong-bun
The Battle Among the Clans
1985
The Occupant
1984
as Insp Valentino Chow
Hong Kong 1941
1984
as Yip Kim-Fay
Love in a Fallen City
1984
as Fan Liu-Yuan
Police Cadet
1984
as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1984
笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)
1984
as 令狐冲
Bloody Money
1983
as Bullet
Last Affair
1983
as Kwong Ping
Katanyu Prakasit
1983
The Bund
1983
as Hui Man Keung
The Bund Part II
1983
as 许文强
The Super Power
1983
Angels And Devils
1983
The Radio Tycoon
1983
播音人 (數碼修復版)
1983
as 韦业昌
The Postman Strikes Back
1982
as Fu Jun
The Head Hunter
1982
as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich
The Maverick
1982
The Legend of Master So
1982
as 苏灿
蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版)
1982
as 苏灿
The Story of Woo Viet
1981
as Woo Viet
The Executor
1981
as Ng Tao
Soul Ash
1981
The Shell Game (II)
1981
as 阿龙
The Fate
1981
as 倪骏
Hero's Blood Road
1981
Good Old Times
1981
as 欧阳汉
God Father
1980
as Git
Joy to the World
1980
as Yam Chung-Lung
Pursuit
1980
as Killer
Modern Heroes
1980
as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai
The Brothers
1980
as 石晖
The Bund
1980
as 许文强
The Shell Game
1980
The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979
Man From Hong Kong
1979
as Ben
The Cheap Detective
1979
I Am Woman
1979
The Landlord
1979
Their Private Lives
1978
as Ko Ming Chung
Miss "O"
1978
as Koon
Vanity Fair
1978
Disco Fever
1978
Hong Kong Story II
1978
as 主持
The Giants
1978
Conflict
1978
as 徐承熙
Hot Blood
1977
as Ah Cheng
Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977
Hero
1977
13
1977
A House is Not a Home
1977
as 何严明
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976
Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976
The Reincarnation
1976
Massage Girls
1976
as Ah Gin
The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile
1976
C.I.D.(Series 2)
1976
The First Love
1976
This Generation
1976
Teenager
1976
The Killer
1976
Hotel
1976
Mystery Beyond
1976
畸人列傳
1976
七女性
1976
Dream Of The Red Chamber
1975
as 蒋玉涵
Murder of Passion
1974
Chinese Folklore
1974
The God of Aqua
1974
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1968
Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self