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Chow Yun-fat is a Hong Kong actor who became one of the most popular and influential film stars of his generation. He is widely recognized for his iconic roles in action films and dramas that helped define Hong Kong cinema internationally, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.
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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…
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- Cold War 1994 — Oswald S.C. Kan2026
- Detective Chinatown 1900 — Bai Xuanling2025
- One More Chance — Water Ng2023
- The Do Show2023
- The Monkey King: The Legend Begins — Jade Emperor2022
- Project Gutenberg — Painter2018
- Duckweed — Self (archive footage)2017
- From Vegas to Macau III — Ken Shek / Ko Chun2016
- Cold War II — Oswald S.C. Kan