
Chow Yun-Fat
Born: 1955-05-18
Place of birth: Hong Kong, China
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.
Filmography

Angels And Devils
1983

The Giants
1978

Hot Blood
1977

Celebrity Talk Show
1989

My Will, I Will
1986

The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979

Bed for Day, Bed for Night
1977

Learned Bride Thrice Fools the Bridegroom
1976

The Reincarnation
1976

Golden Horse Awards
1962

The Bund
1980

The Yang's Saga
1985

Why Me?
1985

The Legend of Master So
1982

Massage Girls
1976

Modern Heroes
1980

Conflict
1978

Miss "O"
1978