Chow Yun-Fat
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Bai Xuanling | FLOP | |
| 2018 | Project Gutenberg | Painter | HIT | |
| 2017 | Duckweed | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2016 | Cold War II | Oswald S.C. Kan | FLOP | |
| 2012 | The Last Tycoon | Cheng Daqi | FLOP | |
| 2010 | Let the Bullets Fly | Huang Silang | HIT | |
| 2008 | The Children of Huang Shi | Chen Hansheng | HIT | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Captain Sao Feng | HIT | |
| 2006 | Curse of the Golden Flower | Emperor Ping | HIT | |
| 2005 | Waiting Alone | Fa Ge (cameo) | HIT | |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Li Mu Bai | HIT | |
| 1999 | Anna and the King | King Mongkut | HIT | |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | John Lee | FLOP | |
| 1994 | God of Gamblers' Return | Ko Chun | HIT | |
| 1992 | Full Contact | Jeff / Gou Fei | HIT | |
| 1992 | Hard Boiled | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | HIT | |
| 1991 | Prison on Fire II | Chung Tin Ching | HIT | |
| 1991 | Once a Thief | Red Bean Puddin / Joe | HIT | |
| 1990 | God of Gamblers II | Ko Chun | HIT | |
| 1990 | The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink | FLOP | |
| 1989 | God of Gamblers | Ko Chun | HIT | |
| 1989 | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon | Mark | FLOP | |
| 1989 | Wild Search | Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong | HIT | |
| 1989 | The Killer | Jong | HIT | |
| 1989 | All About Ah-Long | Ah Long | HIT | |
| 1988 | City War | Dick Lee | FLOP | |
| 1988 | The Diary of a Big Man | Chow Ting Fat | FLOP | |
| 1988 | Tiger on the Beat | Sergeant Francis Li | FLOP | |
| 1987 | A Better Tomorrow II | Ken Lee | HIT | |
| 1987 | Prison on Fire | Chung Tin Ching | HIT | |
| 1987 | An Autumn's Tale | Samuel Pang | HIT | |
| 1987 | Rich and Famous | Lee Ah Chai | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Code of Honor | Fai | HIT | |
| 1987 | Scared Stiff | Inspector Chow | HIT | |
| 1987 | City on Fire | Ko Chow | HIT | |
| 1986 | The Seventh Curse | Wesley | HIT | |
| 1986 | A Hearty Response | Ho Ting-Bon | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Love Unto Wastes | Detective Lam Chun-Keung | HIT | |
| 1986 | A Better Tomorrow | Mark Lee | HIT | |
| 1986 | The Lunatics | Chung | HIT | |
| 1986 | Dream Lovers | Song Yu | FLOP | |
| 1985 | Why Me? | Mr. Chow | HIT | |
| 1985 | Women | Derek Sun | HIT | |
| 1983 | Last Affair | Kwong Ping | HIT | |
| 1982 | The Postman Strikes Back | Fu Jun | HIT | |
| 1981 | The Story of Woo Viet | Woo Viet | FLOP | |
| 1981 | The Executor | Ng Tao | HIT | |
| 1980 | Modern Heroes | Sgt Chu Hwa Tai | HIT | |
| 1977 | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | - | HIT | |
| 1976 | Massage Girls | Ah Gin | HIT |