Chow Yun-fat SBS (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.
Series | The Battle Among the Clans | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Cold War III | Oswald Kan | 2025 |
Movie | 上海灘 | 許文強 | 2025 |
Movie | One More Chance | Water Ng | 2023-06-21 |
Movie | The Monkey King: The Legend Begins | Jade Emperor | 2022-11-02 |
Movie | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-08-14 |
Movie | Project Gutenberg | Painter | 2018-09-30 |
Movie | Duckweed | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-28 |
Movie | The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse | Himself (archive footage) | 2016-03-04 |
Movie | Cold War II | Oswald S.C. Kan | 2016-07-08 |
Movie | From Vegas to Macau III | Ken Shek / Ko Chun | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | Office | Ho Chung-ping | 2015-09-24 |
Movie | From Vegas to Macau II | Ken | 2015-02-19 |
Movie | The Monkey King | Jade Emperor | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | From Vegas to Macau | Ken | 2014-01-30 |
Movie | The Last Tycoon | Cheng Daqi | 2012-12-22 |
Movie | The Assassins | Chancellor Cao Cao | 2012-09-26 |
Movie | Beginning of the Great Revival | Yuan Shikai | 2011-06-23 |
Movie | Confucius | Confucius | 2010-02-11 |
Movie | Let the Bullets Fly | Huang Silang | 2010-12-20 |
Movie | Shanghai | Anthony Lan-Ting | 2010-06-10 |
Movie | Dragonball Evolution | Master Roshi | 2009-03-12 |
Movie | The Children of Huang Shi | Chen Hansheng | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | Zhichang Pan / 潘知常 | 2007-08-03 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Sao Feng | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | The Making of Stranglehold | Unknown | 2007-06-22 |
Movie | Curse of the Golden Flower | Emperor Ping | 2006-12-14 |
Movie | Waiting Alone | Fa Ge (cameo) | 2005-09-08 |
Movie | Crossings: John Woo | Self | 2004-06-20 |
Movie | Bulletproof Monk | The Nameless Monk | 2003-03-28 |
Movie | Golden Chicken 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-12-24 |
Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | archive footage | 2002-04-16 |
Movie | Golden Chicken | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-12-26 |
Movie | An Autumn Diary | An Autumn's Tale footage | 2001-06-11 |
Movie | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Li Mu Bai | 2000-07-06 |
Movie | Anna and the King | King Mongkut | 1999-12-16 |
Movie | The Corruptor | Lieutenant Nick Chen | 1999-03-12 |
Movie | The Replacement Killers | John Lee | 1998-02-06 |
Movie | God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (archive footage) | 1996-12-13 |
Movie | Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 2 | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Peace Hotel | Wong A Ping / Killer | 1995-04-12 |
Movie | Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 | Himself | 1995-07-22 |
Movie | Who Do You Think You're Fooling? | Ko Chow (archive footage) | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Treasure Hunt | Jeffrey Chang Ching | 1994-01-29 |
Movie | God of Gamblers' Return | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1994-12-24 |
Movie | Cinema of Vengeance | Himself (uncredited) | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Now You See Love... Now You Don't | Ng San Shui | 1992-02-01 |
Movie | Full Contact | Jeff / Gou Fei | 1992-07-23 |
Movie | Hard Boiled | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | 1992-04-16 |
Movie | Prison on Fire II | Chung Tin Ching | 1991-06-22 |
Movie | Once a Thief | Red Bean Puddin / Joe | 1991-02-02 |
Movie | God of Gamblers II | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1990-12-13 |
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 |
Movie | The Killer | Ah Jong | 1989-03-24 |
Movie | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon | Mark Gor | 1989-10-20 |
Movie | The Romancing Star III | Mechanic in flashback (uncredited) | 1989-12-21 |
Movie | Wild Search | Sgt. Lau Chun-Pong | 1989-06-03 |
Movie | God of Gamblers | Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' | 1989-12-14 |
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 | Tiger on the Beat | Sgt. Francis Li | 1988-03-19 |
Movie | Fractured Follies | Joe Leung | 1988-07-06 |
Movie | When Tat Fu Was Young | Unknown | 1988-09-23 |
Movie | The Diary of a Big Man | Chow Ting Fat | 1988-07-21 |
Movie | Goodbye My Friend | Hung | 1988-10-05 |
Movie | City War | Dick Lee | 1988-12-21 |
Movie | The Greatest Lover | Qian Jin / Nelson Chow | 1988-07-30 |
Movie | Scared Stiff | Inspector Chow | 1987-03-06 |
Movie | City on Fire | Ko Chow | 1987-02-13 |
Movie | Tragic Hero | Boss Li Ah Chai | 1987-02-20 |
Movie | Code of Honor | Fai | 1987-03-26 |
Movie | Prison on Fire | Chung Tin Ching | 1987-11-13 |
Movie | A Better Tomorrow II | Ken Gor / Ken Lee | 1987-12-17 |
Movie | Rich and Famous | Boss Li Ah Chai | 1987-05-27 |
Movie | Spiritual Love | Pu Yung Tsai | 1987-10-15 |
Movie | An Autumn's Tale | Samuel Pang | 1987-07-16 |
Movie | The Romancing Star | Wong Yat Fat | 1987-06-25 |
Movie | Flaming Brothers | Tin | 1987-07-30 |
Movie | Dream Lovers | Song Yu | 1986-04-25 |
Movie | Witch from Nepal | Joe | 1986-02-27 |
Movie | Story of Rose | Charles / Ga Ming | 1986-02-21 |
Movie | The Missed Date | Peter | 1986-05-24 |
Movie | The Seventh Curse | Wesley | 1986-10-17 |
Movie | Love Unto Wastes | Detective Lan | 1986-08-30 |
Movie | A Hearty Response | Ho Ting-Bon | 1986-10-30 |
Movie | The Lunatics | Chung | 1986-06-05 |
Movie | A Better Tomorrow | Mark Gor / Mark Lee | 1986-08-02 |
Movie | 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Fa | 1986-06-05 |
Movie | My Will, I Will | Detective | 1986-11-20 |
Series | The Battle Among the Clans | 1985-07-18 | |
Series | The Yang's Saga | Lui Dong-bun | 1985-09-23 |
Movie | Women | Derek Sun | 1985-06-12 |
Movie | Why Me? | Mr Chow | 1985-10-29 |
Series | The Smiling Proud Wanderer | 1984-04-02 | |
Movie | Love in a Fallen City | Fan Liu-Yuan | 1984-08-02 |
Movie | The Occupant | Insp Valentino Chow | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Police Cadet | Cheung Ging Sing | 1984-10-29 |
Movie | Hong Kong 1941 | Yip Kim-Fay | 1984-11-02 |
Series | The Radio Tycoon | 1983-01-03 | |
Movie | The Bund | Hui Man Keung | 1983-01-20 |
Movie | The Bund Part II | 许文强 | 1983-01-25 |
Series | Angels And Devils | 1983-08-08 | |
Series | The Super Power | 1983-08-01 | |
Movie | Bloody Money | Bullet (as Chow Yun-Fat) | 1983-03-22 |
Movie | Last Affair | Kwong Ping | 1983-12-09 |
Movie | The Postman Strikes Back | Fu Jun | 1982-06-04 |
Series | The Legend of Master So | 苏灿 | 1982-09-27 |
Movie | The Head Hunter | Yuen Lik/Nguen Dich | 1982-03-25 |
Series | The Maverick | 1982-01-04 | |
Series | Good Old Times | 1981-12-14 | |
Movie | Soul Ash | 1981-01-12 | |
Movie | The Executor | Ng Tao | 1981-03-04 |
Series | Seekers | 1981-10-05 | |
Series | The Fate | 1981-06-29 | |
Movie | The Story of Woo Viet | Woo Viet | 1981-04-23 |
Series | The Shell Game (II) | 阿龙 | 1981-04-13 |
Movie | God Father | Git | 1980-01-23 |
Series | The Bund | Hui Man-keung | 1980-03-10 |
Series | The Shell Game | 1980-09-15 | |
Movie | Modern Heroes | Sgt Chu Hwa Tai | 1980-09-18 |
Series | The Brothers | 1980-04-21 | |
Movie | Pursuit | Killer | 1980-06-26 |
Movie | Joy to the World | Yam Chung-Lung | 1980-06-07 |
Series | The Landlord | Unknown | 1979-01-01 |
Series | The Good The Bad The Ugly | 1979-10-01 | |
Series | Cheap Detective | Unknown | 1979-02-12 |
Series | I Am Woman | Unknown | 1979-03-05 |
Series | Man From Hong Kong | Ben | 1979-04-30 |
Series | Vanity Fair | 1978-01-02 | |
Series | Conflict | 1978-10-02 | |
Movie | 爱欲狂潮 | Unknown | 1978-01-12 |
Movie | Their Private Lives | Ko Ming Chung | 1978-01-12 |
Series | Hong Kong Story II | 主持 | 1978-08-07 |
Series | Disco Fever | Unknown | 1978-08-07 |
Series | The Giants | Unknown | 1978-05-01 |
Movie | Miss "O" | Koon | 1978-04-28 |
Movie | Bed for Day, Bed for Night | 1977-03-31 | |
Series | Hero | 1977-08-08 | |
Series | 13 | Unknown | 1977-05-23 |
Movie | Hot Blood | Ah Cheng | 1977-09-23 |
Series | A House Is Not a Home | 何严明 | 1977-08-01 |
Series | This Generation | 1976-04-26 | |
Movie | The Reincarnation | Unknown | 1976-03-31 |
Series | The Killer | 1976-03-29 | |
Movie | Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom | 1976-04-29 | |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1976-10-04 |
Series | C.I.D.(Series 2) | 1976-12-28 | |
Movie | The Hunter, the Butterfly and the Crocodile | Unknown | 1976-11-25 |
Series | Mystery Beyond | 1976-07-15 | |
Movie | Massage Girls | Ah Gin | 1976-09-23 |
Series | The First Love | 1976-08-09 | |
Series | Teenager | Unknown | 1976-09-06 |
Movie | Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung | Unknown | 1976-11-04 |
Series | Dream Of The Red Chamber | 蒋玉涵 | 1975-07-14 |
Series | Murder Of Passion | 1974-12-30 | |
Series | The God of Aqua | 1974-12-30 | |
Series | Chinese Folklore | Unknown | 1974-11-04 |
Series | Golden Horse Awards | Self | 1962-10-31 |