| 1 | %% |
| 2 | %% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16738422070.16220900 |
| 3 | %% Please do not replace or remove without starting a new thread. |
| 4 | %% |
| 5 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chow_yun_fat.png]] |
| 6 | %% |
| 7 | ->''"In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero."'' |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Chow Yun-fat (周潤發, born May 18, 1955 in Hong Kong) is an actor and a native of UsefulNotes/HongKong. He came to the attention of Eastern audiences for his role in HeroicBloodshed movies by director Creator/JohnWoo. He came to the attention of Western audiences after his role in ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | He frequently played honorable badasses and tragic heroes in Asia, but is unfortunately typecast into stereotypical "Asian" roles in Hollywood films. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | In 1999, Chow was voted as [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/archive/chow-yun-fat-sexiest-action-star-vol-52-no-19/%3famp=true the most handsome action star]] in the world. It's not hard to see why. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | !!Partial Filmography: |
| 17 | * ''The Romancing Star'' - Fred Wong Yat-fat [[note]]Believe it or not, Fat-gor also did comedies. This film was noteworthy as it was one of two films he did together with Creator/MaggieCheung.[[/note]] |
| 18 | * ''Dream Lovers'' - Song Yu [[note]]only film he did together with Creator/BrigitteLin.[[/note]] |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheHeadHunter'' - Nguyen Dich (Andy) |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheSeventhCurse'' - Wisely |
| 21 | * ''Film/HongKong1941'' - Yip Kim-fai |
| 22 | * ''Film/AnAutumnsTale'' - Samuel Pang |
| 23 | * ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' - Mark Gor (StarMakingRole) |
| 24 | ** A Better Tomorrow 2 - Ken Gor (uses same page) |
| 25 | ** A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon - Mark Gor (ditto) |
| 26 | * ''City On Fire'' - Ko Chow |
| 27 | * ''Film/PrisonOnFire'' - 41671 / Chung Tin Ching |
| 28 | * ''Film/RichAndFamous'' - Lee Ah-Chai |
| 29 | ** ''Film/TragicHero'' - sequel to ''Rich and Famous'' |
| 30 | * ''Film/TigerOnBeat'' - Sergeant Francis Li |
| 31 | * ''Film/CityWar'' - Dick Lee |
| 32 | * ''Film/FlamingBrothers'' - Cheung Ho-tin |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{The Killer|1989}}'' - Ah Jong (Jeffery) |
| 34 | * ''Film/GodOfGamblers'' - Ko Chun |
| 35 | ** God Of Gamblers Returns - Ko Chun |
| 36 | * ''Film/TriadsTheInsideStory'' |
| 37 | * ''Film/TheFunTheLuckAndTheTycoon'' - Lam Bo Sang/Stinky (ActingForTwo) |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Office}}'' - Ho Chung-ping |
| 39 | * ''Film/OnceAThief'' - Red Bean Pudding (Joe) |
| 40 | * ''Film/FullContact'' - Gou Fei (Jeff) |
| 41 | * ''Film/HardBoiled'' - Inspector Tequila Yuen |
| 42 | * ''Film/TreasureHunt'' - Jeff Chang |
| 43 | * ''Film/ThePostmanFightsBack'' - Fu Jun |
| 44 | * ''Film/TheReplacementKillers'' - John Lee |
| 45 | * ''Film/TheCorruptor'' - Nick Chen |
| 46 | * ''Film/AnnaAndTheKing'' - King Mongkut |
| 47 | * ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' - Li Mu Bai |
| 48 | * ''Film/BulletProofMonk'' - "Nameless" |
| 49 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' - Captain Sao Feng |
| 50 | * ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' - Master Roshi |
| 51 | * ''John Woo Presents {{VideoGame/Stranglehold}}'' - Inspector Tequila Yuen |
| 52 | * ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' - Emperor Ping |
| 53 | * ''Film/LetTheBulletsFly'' - Master Huang |
| 54 | * ''Film/TheAssassins'' - Cao Cao |
| 55 | * ''Film/TheLastTycoon'' - Cheng Daiqi |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Creator / ChowYunFat
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load
