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.

Chow Yun-Fat is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 30 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Intermission (2026), Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025), The Do Show (2023), One More Chance (2023), The Monkey King: The Legend Begins (2022), Project Gutenberg (2018), Cold War II (2016), From Vegas to Macau III (2016). The recorded credits span 1995 to 2026, including 29 movies and 1 TV show.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.