Chow Yun-fat

Chow Yun-fat is, for me, a permanent icon, the trench-coated, dual-pistol hero of A Better Tomorrow burned into film memory. Across more than a hundred dramas and films he won the Golden Horse for Best Actor twice and the Silver Bauhinia Star, yet what lingers is the charisma, that mix of swagger and melancholy that makes a screen light up the instant he smiles. From Hong Kong noir to Hollywood to period epics, he glides through everything while staying effortlessly unpretentious. I fall for him every rewatch.

Name (English)

Chow Yun-fat

Name (Japanese)

チョウ・ユンファ

Reading

ちょう・ゆんふぁ

Born

May 18, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / film actor / singer / model

University

Liu Po Shan Memorial College

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Silver Bauhinia Star
• 1985 Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
• 1987 Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
• 2023 Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow%20Yun-fat
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181425

Tags

• actor
• screenwriter
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.