Chow Yun-Fat
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.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Chow Yun-Fat
Blades of Destiny: How Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Still Soars
Ever wonder what happens when a swordfight feels like a ballet and a love story cuts deeper than any blade? Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) doesn’t just deliver wuxia it redefines it, ... Read more
Petals of Power: The Gilded Tragedy of Curse of the Golden Flower
Zhang Yimou’s Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) is a cinematic tapestry woven with opulent visuals and simmering human conflict, a film that dares to suffocate its characters and its audience in the w... Read more
Acted Movies
Director: Soi Cheang
Director: Zhao Linshan
Director: Jiang Wen
Director: Mikael Håfström
Director: Hu Mei
Director: Zhang Yimou
Director: Paul Hunter
Director: Ang Lee
Director: Andy Tennant
Director: Wong Jing
Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: Wong Jing
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Director: John Woo