
Chow Yun-Fat
Born
1955-05-18
Place of birth
Hong Kong, China
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 hi...
Known for

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Captain Sao Feng

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Li Mu Bai

Dragonball Evolution
Master Roshi

Bulletproof Monk
The Nameless Monk

Hard Boiled
Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

The Killer
Jong

Anna and the King
King Mongkut

Curse of the Golden Flower
Emperor Ping

A Better Tomorrow
Mark Lee

The Replacement Killers
John Lee

Let the Bullets Fly
Huang Silang

A Better Tomorrow II
Ken Lee

The Corruptor
Nick Chen

The Monkey King
Jade Emperor

God of Gamblers' Return
Ko Chun