Chow Yun-fat SBS (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 in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He mainly plays in drama films and has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor and two Golden Horse Awards for Best Actor in Taiwan. Chow started his career in movies in 1976 with Goldig Films, the third largest film companies at the time.
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Full name at birth | Chow Yun-Fat
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Claim to fame | Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
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Date of birth | 8 May 1955
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Place of birth | Hong Kong, China
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Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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Distinctive feature | Tall stature
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Net worth | $100,000,000 USD
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Chow Yun-Fat is known for his role in the film The Children of Huang Shi (2008) as Jack (Chen Hansheng).
He is also known for his role in the film Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) as Emperor Ping.
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