Acting
Chow Yun-Fat
- Titles
- 100movies53TV shows
- Career
Active from 1974 to 2025, busiest in 1986 and 1987 with 11 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 115top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 68 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.8average 3.7
- Violence6.2average 4.3
- Adrenaline6.5average 5.1
- Politics3.9average 2.6
- Physical Comedy3.5average 2.5
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Romance4.6average 3.8
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.7, average 2.5
- Pop Culture1.6, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity1.0, average 1.6
- Contemporary Realism4.6, average 5.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Hong Kong Cinema 14
- Crime Thriller 12
- Social Commentary 11
- Hong Kong Action 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Fast-Paced 8
- Gang Warfare 7
- Classic Hong Kong Drama 6
- Political Intrigue 6
- Crime Drama 6
- Brotherhood 6
- 80s Nostalgia 5
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Simon YamActorPolice Cadet, A House is Not a Home, The Brothers, The Shell Game, The Good The Bad The Ugly, +9 more
Kenneth TsangActorThe Replacement Killers, The Battle Among the Clans, The Killer, A Better Tomorrow, The Smiling Proud Wanderer, +7 more
Wong JingActorThe Giants, The Seventh Curse, God of Gamblers, God of Gamblers' Return, From Vegas to Macau III, +7 more
Carina LauActorPolice Cadet, Let the Bullets Fly, Mystery Beyond, The Yang's Saga, Police Cadet '85, +5 more
Angie Chiu Nga-ChiActorConflict, Vanity Fair, The Bund, The Radio Tycoon, The Killer, +5 more
Carol ChengActorThe Brothers, The Good The Bad The Ugly, The Fate, Good Old Times, The Eighth Happiness, +4 more
Richard Ng Man-TatActorThe Shell Game, Mystery Beyond, Police Cadet '85, The Killer, All About Ah-Long, +3 more
Tony Leung Chiu-waiActorPolice Cadet, Hard Boiled, The Yang's Saga, Police Cadet '85, The Super Power, +3 more
Shing Fui-OnActorCode of Honor, The Killer, A Better Tomorrow II, God of Gamblers, The Greatest Lover, +3 more
Ray LuiActorThe Bund, Mystery Beyond, Hero's Blood Road, Good Old Times, The Cheap Detective, +3 more
Lowell Lo Koon-TingActorPrison on Fire, The Killer, A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon, God of Gamblers, Prison on Fire II, +3 more
Andy LauActorThe Yang's Saga, God of Gamblers, The Legend of Master So, From Vegas to Macau III, 蘇乞兒 (數碼修復版), +3 more
Movies and TV shows
148Upcoming
2 titles
as Oswald S.C. Kan
as Oswald S.C. Kan
2020s
3 titles · average score 64
64
as Bai Xuanling
64
as Water Ng
TV show
2010s
15 titles · average score 52
75
as Painter
64
as Oswald S.C. Kan
21
as Ken Shek / Ko Chun
48
as Ken / Ko Chun
71
as Ho Chung Ping
63
as Cheng Daqi
50
as Chancellor Cao Cao
33
as Yuan Shikai
78
as Huang Silang
37
as Anthony Lan-Ting
60
as Confucius
2000s
9 titles · average score 64
46
as Roshi
61
as Chen Hansheng
61
as Zhichang Pan / 潘知常
68
as Captain Sao Feng
75
as Emperor Ping
70
as Fa Ge (cameo)
49
as The Nameless Monk
54
as (archive footage)
89
as Li Mu Bai
1990s
13 titles · average score 64
64
as King Mongkut
54
as Nick Chen
51
as John Lee
48
as Wong Ah Ping
66
as Ko Chun
58
as Jeffrey Chang Ching
88
as Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen
79
as Jeff / Gou Fei
as Ng San Shui
68
as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
66
as Chung Tin Ching
60
as Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink
1980s
75 titles · average score 63
87
as Jong
77
as Ko Chun
72
as Ah Long
67
as Sergeant Francis Li
88
as Chung Tin Ching
70
as Ko Chow
as Fai
80
as Samuel Pang
82
as Mark Lee
85
TV show · as 许文强
1970s
30 titles
TV show
as Koon
TV show
TV show · as 徐承熙
as Ko Ming Chung
TV show · as 何严明
as Ah Cheng
as Ah Gin
TV show
TV show · as 蒋玉涵
TV show
1960s
1 title
TV show