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Acting

Chow Yun-Fat

Career: Active from 1974 to 2026, busiest in 1986 and 1987 with 11 main titles each.

Leading roles: 115
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Prison on Fire
88/100

Characters

9

The characters Chow Yun-Fat played, best-known titles first.

Chow Yun-Fat as Cpt. Sao Feng

Chow Yun-Fat as Master Li Mu Bai

Chow Yun-Fat as Muten Roshi

Chow Yun-Fat as King Mongkut

Chow Yun-Fat as Nick Chen

Chow Yun-Fat as Master Huang

Chow Yun-Fat as Painter

Chow Yun-Fat as Confucius

Chow Yun-Fat as Li Ah Chai

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Chow Yun-Fat Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.6, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Hong Kong Cinema 14
Social Commentary 11
Crime Thriller 9
Fast-Paced 9
Political Intrigue 9
Hong Kong Action 8
Character-Driven 7
Gang Warfare 7
Moral Ambiguity 7
Crime Drama 6
Brotherhood 6
80s Nostalgia 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

149

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Cold War 1995

as Oswald S.C. Kan

Cold War III

as Oswald S.C. Kan

2020s

5 titles · average score 59

Cold War 1994

61

as Oswald S.C. Kan

Detective Chinatown 1900

52

as Bai Xuanling

One More Chance

65

as Water Ng

The Do Show

TV show

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

57

as Jade Emperor

2010s

15 titles · average score 52

Project Gutenberg

76

as Painter

From Vegas to Macau III

23

as Ken Shek / Ko Chun

Cold War II

61

as Oswald S.C. Kan

From Vegas to Macau II

50

as Ken / Ko Chun

Office

72

as Ho Chung Ping

From Vegas to Macau

43

as Ken

The Last Tycoon

63

as Cheng Daqi

The Assassins

53

as Chancellor Cao Cao

Beginning of the Great Revival

30

as Yuan Shikai

Let the Bullets Fly

72

as Huang Silang

Shanghai

37

as Anthony Lan-Ting

Confucius

55

as Confucius

2000s

9 titles · average score 58

Dragonball Evolution

25

as Roshi

The Children of Huang Shi

54

as Chen Hansheng

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

66

as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

59

as Captain Sao Feng

Curse of the Golden Flower

68

as Emperor Ping

Waiting Alone

73

as Fa Ge

Bulletproof Monk

40

as The Nameless Monk

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

55

as (archive footage)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

86

as Li Mu Bai

1990s

13 titles · average score 64

Anna and the King

59

as King Mongkut

The Corruptor

55

as Nick Chen

The Replacement Killers

51

as John Lee

Peace Hotel

53

as Wong Ah Ping

God of Gamblers' Return

66

as Ko Chun

Treasure Hunt

59

as Jeffrey Chang Ching

Hard Boiled

85

as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen

Full Contact

80

as Jeff / Gou Fei

Now You See Love... Now You Don't

62

as Ng San Shui

Once a Thief

60

as Red Bean Puddin / Joe

Prison on Fire II

66

as Chung Tin Ching

The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon

63

as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink

1980s

74 titles · average score 65

The Killer

84

as Jong

God of Gamblers

75

as Ko Chun

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

56

as Mark

All About Ah-Long

76

as Ah Long

Tiger on the Beat

68

as Sergeant Francis Li

The Eighth Happiness

64

as Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

City on Fire

72

as Ko Chow

Prison on Fire

88

as Chung Tin Ching

An Autumn's Tale

79

as Samuel Pang

Flaming Brothers

62

as Tin

A Better Tomorrow

82

as Mark Lee

The Bund

85

TV show · as 许文强

1970s

30 titles

The Good The Bad The Ugly

TV show

Man From Hong Kong

TV show · as Ben

The Giants

TV show

Conflict

TV show · as 徐承熙

Miss "O"

as Koon

Their Private Lives

as Ko Ming Chung

Disco Fever

TV show

A House is Not a Home

TV show · as 何严明

Hot Blood

as Ah Cheng

Massage Girls

as Ah Gin

Dream Of The Red Chamber

TV show · as 蒋玉涵

Chinese Folklore

TV show

1960s

1 title

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years

TV show