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Chow Yun-fat
Hong Kong actor (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chow Yun-fat SBS (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow,[1] is a Hong Kong actor. He was propelled to fame by TVB dramas such as The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1979) and The Bund (1980). He gained international fame for his collaboration with filmmaker John Woo in five Hong Kong action films: A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Once a Thief (1991) and Hard Boiled (1992). He is also known in the West for Anna and the King (1999), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Bulletproof Monk (2003), and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Other notable films include God of Gamblers (1989), Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), and Let the Bullets Fly (2010).
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Born | (1955-05-18) 18 May 1955 (age 69) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Donald Chow | ||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer | ||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1973–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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Awards | Full list | ||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 周潤發 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 周润发 | ||||||||||||||||||
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One of the biggest stars in the Chinese world, Chow has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor and two Golden Horse Awards for Best Actor in Taiwan.