Chow Yun-Fat

ActorWriterSound May 18 (age 70) Hong Kong, China 1962–2026 (64 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Captain Sao Feng

Film

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Li Mu Bai

Film

The Killer

Jong

Film

Hard Boiled

Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

Film

A Better Tomorrow

Mark Lee

Film

Let the Bullets Fly

Huang Silang

Film

Anna and the King

King Mongkut

Film

Curse of the Golden Flower

Emperor Ping

Filmography

Acting (157)

Movies (109)

Cold War 1994

2026 Upcoming

as Oswald S.C. Kan

May 1

Detective Chinatown 1900

as Bai Xuanling

One More Chance

as Water Ng

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

as Jade Emperor

Project Gutenberg

as Painter

Duckweed

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Cold War II

2016

as Oswald S.C. Kan

6.3

From Vegas to Macau III

2016

as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

4.1

Office

2015

as Ho Chung Ping

5.8

From Vegas to Macau II

as Ken / Ko Chun

The Monkey King

as Jade Emperor

From Vegas to Macau

as Ken

The Assassins

as Chancellor Cao Cao

5.7

The Last Tycoon

2012

as Cheng Daqi

6.4

Beginning of the Great Revival

as Yuan Shikai

Let the Bullets Fly

as Huang Silang

Shanghai

as Anthony Lan-Ting

Confucius

as Confucius

Dragonball Evolution

as Master Roshi

The Children of Huang Shi

2008

as Chen Hansheng

6.7

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

as Captain Sao Feng

7.3

Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'

2007

as Self

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

2007

as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常

5.4

The Making of Hard Boiled

2007

Curse of the Golden Flower

as Emperor Ping

Waiting Alone

as Fa Ge (cameo)

Bulletproof Monk

as The Nameless Monk

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

as (archive footage)

4.9

The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'

2000

as Self

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

as Li Mu Bai

Anna and the King

as King Mongkut

The Corruptor

as Nick Chen

The Replacement Killers

as John Lee

Peace Hotel

as Wong Ah Ping

God of Gamblers' Return

1994

as Ko Chun

6.6

Treasure Hunt

1994

as Jeffrey Chang Ching

5.8

Hard Boiled

1992

as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

7.5

Full Contact

1992

as Jeff / Gou Fei

6.8

Now You See Love... Now You Don't

1992

as Ng San Shui

6.0

Once a Thief

1991

as Red Bean Puddin / Joe

6.8

Prison on Fire II

1991

as Chung Tin Ching

6.8

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

1990

as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

God of Gamblers II

as Ko Chun

The Killer

as Jong

God of Gamblers

as Ko Chun

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

as Mark

All About Ah-Long

as Ah Long

Triads: The Inside Story

1989

as Lee Man Ho

6.0

Wild Search

1989

as Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong

6.8

When Tat Fu Was Young

Diary of a Big Man

as Chow Ting Fat

Fractured Follies

as Joe Leung

Tiger on the Beat

as Sergeant Francis Li

6.4

The Eighth Happiness

1988

as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

6.1

Goodbye My Friend

1988

as Hung

City War

1988

as Dick Lee

6.6

The Greatest Lover

1988

as Qian Jin / Nelson Chow

4.6

The Romancing Star II

1988

as Big Mouth Fat [cameo]

City on Fire

as Ko Chow

A Better Tomorrow II

as Ken Lee

Flaming Brothers

as Tin

Prison on Fire

as Chung Tin Ching

Code of Honor

as Fai

An Autumn's Tale

as Samuel Pang

Spiritual Love

as Pu Yung Tsai

Rich and Famous

as Lee Ah Chai

Scared Stiff

as Inspector Chow

Tragic Hero

as Lee Ah Chai

The Romancing Star

as Wong Yat Fat

Dream Lovers

as Song Yu

A Better Tomorrow

as Mark Lee

The Seventh Curse

as Wesley

The Lunatics

as Chung

Story of Rose

as Charles / Ga Ming

A Hearty Response

as Ho Ting-Bon

My Will, I Will

as Detective

Love Unto Wastes

1986

as Detective Lam Chun-Keung

Witch from Nepal

as Joe

The Missed Date

as Peter

100 Ways to Murder Your Wife

as Soccer Fat

Women

as Derek Sun

Why Me?

as Mr. Chow

Love in a Fallen City

1984

as Fan Liu-Yuan

6.0

The Occupant

1984

as Insp Valentino Chow

Hong Kong 1941

as Yip Kim-Fay

Katanyu Prakasit

The Bund Part II

as 许文强

Bloody Money

as Bullet

The Bund

as Hui Man Keung

Last Affair

as Kwong Ping

The Head Hunter

as Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich

5.9

The Postman Strikes Back

as Fu Jun

The Executor

as Ng Tao

The Story of Woo Viet

as Woo Viet

Soul Ash

God Father

as Git

Joy to the World

as Yam Chung-Lung

Modern Heroes

as Sgt Chu Hwa Tai

Pursuit

as Killer

Miss "O"

as Koon

Their Private Lives

1978

as Ko Ming Chung

Bed for Day, Bed for Night

1977

10.0

Hot Blood

1977

as Ah Cheng

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung

1976

Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom

1976

The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile

The Reincarnation

Massage Girls

as Ah Gin

Cold War III

as Oswald S.C. Kan

Television (48)

The Do Show

鲁豫有约一日行

Voice

Celebrity Talk Show

as 周润发

The Battle Among the Clans

The Yang's Saga

as Lui Dong-bun

Police Cadet

as 張竟成 Cheung Ging Sing

7.0

The Smiling Proud Wanderer

1984

7.0

笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)

1984

as 令狐冲

The Radio Tycoon

1983

The Super Power

1983

Angels And Devils

1983

The Legend of Master So

as 苏灿

The Maverick

Hero's Blood Road

The Shell Game (II)

as 阿龙

The Fate

1981

Good Old Times

1981

as 欧阳汉

The Bund

as 许文强

The Brothers

The Shell Game

The Good The Bad The Ugly

The Cheap Detective

I Am Woman

Man From Hong Kong

as Ben

The Landlord

Vanity Fair

Conflict

The Giants

Hong Kong Story II

as 主持

Disco Fever

1978

A House is Not a Home

1977

as 何严明

Hero

Hotel

The First Love

This Generation

Mystery Beyond

C.I.D.(Series 2)

Teenager

The Killer

畸人列傳

Dream Of The Red Chamber

as 蒋玉涵

Chinese Folklore

Murder of Passion

The God of Aqua

歷年TVB台慶經典回顧

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Peace Hotel

Writer

All About Ah-Long

Story

Diary of a Big Man

Songs