Donald Chow Yun-Fat
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.
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- Born:
- May 18, 1955 In Hong Kong, China
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 148
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Cold War III
- Latest Project:
- Movie Detective Chinatown 1900 2025-01-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Cold War III | Oswald S.C. Kan | 2026 |
| Movie | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Bai Xuanling | 2025-01-29 |
| Movie | One More Chance | Water Ng | 2023-06-21 |
| Movie | Project Gutenberg | Painter | 2018-09-30 |
| Movie | Duckweed | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-28 |
| Series | 鲁豫有约一日行 | Unknown | 2016-08-26 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau III | Ken Shek / Ko Chun | 2016-02-06 |
| Movie | Cold War II | Oswald S.C. Kan | 2016-07-08 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau II | Ken / Ko Chun | 2015-02-19 |
| Movie | Office | Ho Chung Ping | 2015-09-24 |
| Movie | From Vegas to Macau | Ken | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | The Monkey King | Jade Emperor | 2014-01-09 |
| Series | Voice | Unknown | 2012-08-27 |
| Movie | The Assassins | Chancellor Cao Cao | 2012-09-26 |
| Movie | The Last Tycoon | Cheng Daqi | 2012-12-22 |
| Movie | Beginning of the Great Revival | Yuan Shikai | 2011-06-23 |
| Movie | Confucius | Confucius | 2010-02-11 |
| Movie | Shanghai | Anthony Lan-Ting | 2010-06-10 |
| Movie | Let the Bullets Fly | Huang Silang | 2010-12-20 |
| Movie | Dragonball Evolution | Master Roshi | 2009-03-12 |
| Movie | The Children of Huang Shi | Chen Hansheng | 2008-04-03 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Sao Feng | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | Zhichang Pan / 潘知常 | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | Curse of the Golden Flower | Emperor Ping | 2006-12-14 |
| Movie | Waiting Alone | Fa Ge (cameo) | 2005-09-08 |
| Movie | Bulletproof Monk | The Nameless Monk | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
| Movie | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Li Mu Bai | 2000-07-06 |
| Movie | Anna and the King | King Mongkut | 1999-12-16 |
| Movie | The Corruptor | Nick Chen | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | The Replacement Killers | John Lee | 1998-02-06 |
| Movie | Peace Hotel | Wong Ah Ping | 1995-04-12 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers' Return | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Treasure Hunt | Jeffrey Chang Ching | 1994-01-29 |
| Movie | Now You See Love... Now You Don't | Ng San Shui | 1992-02-01 |
| Movie | Hard Boiled | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | 1992-04-16 |
| Movie | Full Contact | Jeff / Gou Fei | 1992-07-23 |
| Movie | Prison on Fire II | Chung Tin Ching | 1991-06-22 |
| Movie | Once a Thief | Red Bean Puddin / Joe | 1991-02-02 |
| Movie | The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink | 1990-01-18 |
| Movie | All About Ah-Long | Ah Long | 1989-03-16 |
| Series | Celebrity Talk Show | 周润发 | 1989-03-10 |
| Movie | The Killer | Jong | 1989-03-24 |
| Movie | Wild Search | Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong | 1989-06-03 |
| Movie | God of Gamblers | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1989-12-14 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon | Mark | 1989-10-20 |
| Movie | Triads: The Inside Story | Lee Man Ho | 1989-08-03 |
| Movie | The Eighth Happiness | Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long | 1988-02-11 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star II | Big Mouth Fat [cameo] | 1988-01-21 |
| Movie | Fractured Follies | Joe Leung | 1988-07-06 |
| Movie | Tiger on the Beat | Sergeant Francis Li | 1988-03-19 |
| Movie | The Diary of a Big Man | Chow Ting Fat | 1988-07-21 |
| Movie | When Tat Fu Was Young | 1988-09-23 | |
| Movie | Goodbye My Friend | Hung | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | The Greatest Lover | Qian Jin / Nelson Chow | 1988-07-30 |
| Movie | City War | Dick Lee | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Scared Stiff | Inspector Chow | 1987-03-06 |
| Movie | Code of Honor | Fai | 1987-03-26 |
| Movie | Tragic Hero | Lee Ah Chai | 1987-02-20 |
| Movie | Rich and Famous | Lee Ah Chai | 1987-05-27 |
| Movie | City on Fire | Ko Chow | 1987-02-13 |
| Movie | The Romancing Star | Wong Yat Fat | 1987-06-25 |
| Movie | An Autumn's Tale | Samuel Pang | 1987-07-16 |
| Movie | Prison on Fire | Chung Tin Ching | 1987-11-13 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow II | Ken Lee | 1987-12-17 |
| Movie | Spiritual Love | Pu Yung Tsai | 1987-10-15 |
| Movie | Flaming Brothers | Tin | 1987-07-30 |
| Movie | The Lunatics | Chung | 1986-06-05 |
| Movie | Dream Lovers | Song Yu | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Story of Rose | Charles / Ga Ming | 1986-02-21 |
| Movie | Witch from Nepal | Joe | 1986-02-27 |
| Movie | The Missed Date | Peter | 1986-05-24 |
| Movie | 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Soccer Fat | 1986-06-05 |
| Movie | The Seventh Curse | Wesley | 1986-11-22 |
| Movie | My Will, I Will | Detective | 1986-11-20 |
| Movie | A Hearty Response | Ho Ting-Bon | 1986-10-30 |
| Movie | A Better Tomorrow | Mark Lee | 1986-08-02 |
| Movie | Love Unto Wastes | Detective Lan | 1986-08-30 |
| Series | The Battle Among the Clans | Unknown | 1985-07-18 |
| Movie | Women | Derek Sun | 1985-06-12 |
| Series | The Yang's Saga | Lui Dong-bun | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Why Me? | Mr. Chow | 1985-10-29 |
| Series | The Smiling Proud Wanderer | Unknown | 1984-04-02 |
| Movie | Love in a Fallen City | Fan Liu-Yuan | 1984-08-02 |
| Movie | Hong Kong 1941 | Yip Kim-Fay | 1984-11-02 |
| Series | Police Cadet | Cheung Ging Sing | 1984-10-29 |
| Movie | The Occupant | Insp Valentino Chow | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The Bund | Hui Man Keung | 1983-01-20 |
| Series | The Radio Tycoon | Unknown | 1983-01-03 |
| Movie | The Bund Part II | 许文强 | 1983-01-25 |
| Movie | Bloody Money | Bullet | 1983-03-22 |
| Movie | Last Affair | Kwong Ping | 1983-12-09 |
| Movie | Katanyu Prakasit | Unknown | 1983-02-12 |
| Series | Angels And Devils | 1983-08-08 | |
| Series | The Super Power | 1983-08-01 | |
| Series | The Maverick | 1982-01-04 | |
| Movie | The Head Hunter | Yuen Lik / Nguen Dich | 1982-03-25 |
| Movie | The Postman Strikes Back | Fu Jun | 1982-06-04 |
| Series | The Legend of Master So | 苏灿 | 1982-09-27 |
| Movie | The Executor | Ng Tao | 1981-03-04 |
| Movie | Soul Ash | Unknown | 1981-01-12 |
| Series | The Shell Game (II) | 阿龙 | 1981-04-13 |
| Series | Hero's Blood Road | Unknown | 1981-10-05 |
| Movie | The Story of Woo Viet | Woo Viet | 1981-04-23 |
| Series | Good Old Times | 欧阳汉 | 1981-12-14 |
| Series | The Fate | 1981-06-29 | |
| Series | The Bund | Hui Man Keung | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | God Father | Git | 1980-01-23 |
| Series | The Brothers | 1980-04-21 | |
| Movie | Joy to the World | Yam Chung-Lung | 1980-06-07 |
| Movie | Modern Heroes | Sgt Chu Hwa Tai | 1980-09-18 |
| Series | The Shell Game | 1980-09-15 | |
| Movie | Pursuit | Killer | 1980-06-26 |
| Series | The Landlord | 1979-01-01 | |
| Series | The Cheap Detective | 1979-02-12 | |
| Series | I Am Woman | Unknown | 1979-03-05 |
| Series | Man From Hong Kong | Ben | 1979-04-30 |
| Series | The Good The Bad The Ugly | 1979-10-01 | |
| Movie | Their Private Lives | Ko Ming Chung | 1978-01-12 |
| Series | Vanity Fair | 1978-01-02 | |
| Movie | Miss "O" | Koon | 1978-04-28 |
| Series | Conflict | 1978-10-02 | |
| Series | Hong Kong Story II | 主持 | 1978-08-07 |
| Series | Disco Fever | 1978-08-07 | |
| Series | The Giants | Unknown | 1978-05-01 |
| Series | 13 | Unknown | 1977-05-23 |
| Movie | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | 1977-03-31 | |
| Series | A House is Not a Home | 何严明 | 1977-08-01 |
| Movie | Hot Blood | Ah Cheng | 1977-09-23 |
| Series | Hero | 1977-08-08 | |
| Movie | Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom | Unknown | 1976-04-29 |
| Series | This Generation | 1976-04-26 | |
| Series | The Killer | 1976-03-29 | |
| Series | The First Love | 1976-08-09 | |
| Movie | The Reincarnation | 1976-03-31 | |
| Series | Mystery Beyond | Unknown | 1976-07-15 |
| Series | Teenager | Unknown | 1976-09-06 |
| Series | C.I.D.(Series 2) | Unknown | 1976-12-28 |
| Movie | The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile | Unknown | 1976-11-25 |
| Series | 畸人列傳 | 1976-12-26 | |
| Movie | Massage Girls | Ah Gin | 1976-09-23 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1976-10-04 |
| Movie | Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung | 1976-11-04 | |
| Series | Dream Of The Red Chamber | 蒋玉涵 | 1975-07-14 |
| Series | Chinese Folklore | Unknown | 1974-11-04 |
| Series | The God of Aqua | Unknown | 1974-12-30 |
| Series | Murder of Passion | Unknown | 1974-12-30 |
| Series | Golden Horse Awards | Self | 1962-10-31 |