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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Killer

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

As Captain Sao Feng

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

As Li Mu Bai

Hard Boiled

As Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

Project Gutenberg

As Painter

A Better Tomorrow

As Mark Lee

Once a Thief

As Red Bean Puddin / Joe

The Monkey King

As Jade Emperor

Chains

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The Faces That Built Hong Kong Cinema

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