Chow Yun-Fat
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Born May 18, 1955 (71 years old)·Hong Kong, China·Male
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.
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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.
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Filmography
170 credits across 167 titlesActing
158 creditsWriting
2 creditsSound
1 creditAs self
8 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
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1 creditProjects with no date and no confirmation, some of which will never be made.
