"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."
Chow Yun-fat (周潤發, born May 18, 1955 in Hong Kong) is an actor and a native of Hong Kong. He came to the attention of Eastern audiences for his role in Heroic Bloodshed movies by director John Woo. He came to the attention of Western audiences after his role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
He frequently played honorable badasses and tragic heroes in Asia, but is unfortunately typecast into stereotypical "Asian" roles in Hollywood films.
In 1999, Chow was voted as the most handsome action star
in the world. It's not hard to see why.
Partial Filmography:
- The Romancing Star - Fred Wong Yat-fat note
- Dream Lovers - Song Yu note
- The Head Hunter - Nguyen Dich (Andy)
- The Seventh Curse - Wisely
- Hong Kong 1941 - Yip Kim-fai
- An Autumns Tale - Samuel Pang
- A Better Tomorrow - Mark Gor (Star-Making Role)
- A Better Tomorrow 2 - Ken Gor (uses same page)
- A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon - Mark Gor (ditto)
- City On Fire - Ko Chow
- Prison On Fire - 41671 / Chung Tin Ching
- Rich and Famous - Lee Ah-Chai
- Tragic Hero - sequel to Rich and Famous
- Tiger on Beat - Sergeant Francis Li
- City War - Dick Lee
- Flaming Brothers - Cheung Ho-tin
- The Killer - Ah Jong (Jeffery)
- God of Gamblers - Ko Chun
- God Of Gamblers Returns - Ko Chun
- Triads The Inside Story
- The Fun, The Luck & The Tycoon - Lam Bo Sang/Stinky (Acting for Two)
- Office - Ho Chung-ping
- Once a Thief - Red Bean Pudding (Joe)
- Full Contact - Gou Fei (Jeff)
- Hard Boiled - Inspector Tequila Yuen
- Treasure Hunt - Jeff Chang
- The Postman Fights Back - Fu Jun
- The Replacement Killers - John Lee
- The Corruptor - Nick Chen
- Anna and the King - King Mongkut
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Li Mu Bai
- Bulletproof Monk - "Nameless"
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Captain Sao Feng
- Dragonball Evolution - Master Roshi
- John Woo Presents Stranglehold - Inspector Tequila Yuen
- Curse of the Golden Flower - Emperor Ping
- Let The Bullets Fly - Master Huang
- The Assassins - Cao Cao
- The Last Tycoon - Cheng Daiqi
