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Dubbed 'The Cary Grant of Asia', Chow Yun-Fat is an actor best known for his early role in John Woo's ground-breaking action melodrama A BETTER TOMORROW and his many action, romance and comedy roles. Although he has made several Hollywood films his acting career in Asia is much better established.

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Actor Credits (46) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2012	The Monkey King		Jade Emperor
2012		Let The Bullets Fly	Master Huang Silang	Add
2011	The Founding of a Party
2010	Shanghai		Anthony Lan-Ting	Add
2010	Confucius		Confucius
2009	Dragonball Evolution		Master Roshi	Add
2008	The Children of Huang Shi		Chen Hansheng	Add
2007		Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Captain Sao Feng	Add
2007	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt		Pan Zhichang
2007	Curse of the Golden Flower		Emperor Ping	Add
2003	Bulletproof Monk		Monk With No Name	Add
2000		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Master Li Mu Bai	Add
1999		Anna and the King	King Mongkut
1999	The Corruptor		Nick Chen	Add
1998	The Replacement Killers		John Lee	Add
1995	Peace Hotel		The Killer
1994	HBO First Look (2)
1994	Treasure Hunt
1994	God of Gamblers Returns		Ko Chun	Add
1993	Full Contact		Parker	Add
1993	Wild Search		Lau Chung Pong
1992	Hard Boiled		Detective Tequila Yuen	Add
1991	Prison on Fire II
1991	Once a Thief		Joe	Add
1991	God of Gamblers II		Ko Chun	Add
1990	A Better Tomorrow III		Mark Gor	Add
1989	God of Gamblers		Ko Chun	Add
1989	The Killer		Ah Jong / Jeff	Add
1989	All About Ah Long		Ah-Long Yeung	Add
1989	Triads: The Inside Story			Add
1988	Fractured Follies		Joe	Add
1988	The Eighth Happiness		Fong Kim Long / Fang Chien Lang
1988	Diary of a Big Man			Add
1988	Tiger on Beat		Sgt. Francis Li
1987	A Better Tomorrow 2		Ken Lee	Add
1987	Prison on Fire		41671 / Ching
1987	Rich And Famous		Li Ah-Chai	Add
1987	City on Fire			Add
1987	Tragic Hero
1987	An Autumn's Tale			Add
1987	The Romancing Star			Add
1986	100 Ways to Murder Your Wife			Add
1986	A Better Tomorrow		Mark Gor	Add
1986	Seventh Curse			Add
1983	Long Goodbye			Add
1981	The Story of Woo Viet

Writer Credits (2) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
	1995	Peace Hotel		Story
	1989	All About Ah Long		Writer	Add

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Credited Name	Chow Yun-Fat
Gender	Male
Birthday	May 18, 1955
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Primary Role	Actor
Hometown	Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Country	China
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9 times	Fui-On Shing
6 times	Randall Duk Kim
5 times	Roy Cheung
5 times	Kenneth Tsang
5 times	Cherie Chung
4 times	Sharla Cheung
4 times	Joey Wang
4 times	Justin Chatwin
4 times	Jacqueline Wu

5 times	John Woo
5 times	Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
4 times	Jing Wong
4 times	James Wong
3 times	Taylor Wong
2 times	Hark Tsui
2 times	Ann Hui
2 times	Ka-Fai Wai
2 times	Johnnie To

5 times	John Woo
4 times	Jing Wong
3 times	Hark Tsui
3 times	Yin Nam
2 times	Jeffrey Lau
2 times	Ka-Fai Wai
2 times	Yiu Ming Leung
2 times	Foo Ho Tai
2 times	Philip Cheng

6 times	John Woo
6 times	Terence Chang
5 times	Hark Tsui
4 times	Jing Wong
4 times	Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
3 times	Karl Maka
3 times	Catherine S.K. Chang
3 times	Linda Kuk
2 times	Rudolf Chiu

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Career	$1.8B
Average	$41MM

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Career	$1.8B
Average	$41MM

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