Chow Yun-Fat

ACTOR, WRITER, SOUNDTRACK

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Chow Yun Fat is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic Asian-born film star who first came to the attention of western audiences via his roles in the high-octane/blazing guns action films of maverick HK director John Woo.Chow was born in 1955 on the quiet island of Lamma, part of the then-British colony of Hong Kong, near its famous Victoria Harbour. His mother was a vegetable farmer and cleaning lady, and his father worked on a Shell Oil Company tanker. Chow's family moved to urban Hong Kong in 1965 and in early 1973, Chow attended a casting call for TVB, a division of Shaw Bros. productions. With his good looks and easy-going style, Chow was originally a heartthrob actor in non-demanding TV and film roles. However, his popularity increased with his appearance as white-suited gangster Hui Man-Keung in the highly popular drama TV series Shang Hai tan (1980).In 1985, Chow started receiving acclaim for his work and scored the Golden Horse (Best Actor) Award in Taiwan and another Best Actor Award from the Asian Pacific Film Festival for his performance in Dang doi lai ming (1984). With these accolades, Chow came to the attention of Woo, who cast Chow in the fast-paced gangster film A Better Tomorrow (1986) (aka "A Better Tomorrow"). The rest, as they say, is history. The film was an enormous commercial success, and Chow's influence on young Asian males was not dissimilar to the adulation given to previous Asian film sensations such as Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Nearly every young guy in Hong Kong ran out and bought himself a "Mark Coat," as they became known--a long, heavy woolen coat worn by Chow in the movie (although it is is actually very unsuited to Hong Kong's hot and humid climate).Further hard-edged roles in more John Woo crime films escalated Chow's popularity even higher, and fans all over the world flocked to see A Better Tomorrow II (1987) (aka "A Better Tomorrow 2"), The Killer (1989) (aka "The Killer"), and Hard Boiled (1992) (aka "Hard Boiled"). With the phenomenal global interest in the HK action genre, Chow was enticed to the United States and appeared in The Replacement Killers (1998) with Mira Sorvino, The Corruptor (1999) with Mark Wahlberg, and, for a change of pace, in the often-filmed romantic tale of Anna and the King (1999).Chow then returned to the Asian cinema circuit and starred in the critically lauded kung fu epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (aka "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"). His wide appeal can be seen in his "boy next door" type of personality and his ability to play such a broad spectrum of roles from a comedic buffoon to a lovestruck Romeo to a trigger-happy professional killer. A highly entertaining and gifted actor with dynamic on-screen presence, Chow continues to remain in strong demand in many film markets. - IMDb Mini Biography By: firehouse44

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Chow Yun-Fat’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Chow Yun-Fat on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1976 to 2018. See the full graphs of the number of Chow Yun-Fat movies released per year from 2000 till 2018.

Top Genres

Chow Yun-Fat works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Action Genre flixes. 28% of Chow Yun-Fat movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Chow Yun-Fat worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Chow Yun-Fat has worked on is 6.2.

6.2 / 10

Chow Yun-Fat's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

7.9/10120 min

Available in 13 platform(s).

Action,Comedy,Drama
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

In 1920s China, a bandit arrives in a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, where he faces off against a tyrannical local nobleman.

7.2/10132 min

Available in 12 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Thriller
Full Contact (1992)

Two disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.

7.1/1096 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

7/10125 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

7/10114 min

Available in 12 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Crime
City on Fire (1987)

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.

7/10105 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Mystery
Project Gutenberg (2018)

The Hong Kong police are hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter". In order to crack the true identity of him, the police recruits gang member Lee Man to unmask "Painter's" secret identity.

6.8/10130 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

Drama,History,Romance
Anna and the King (1999)

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.

6.7/10148 min

Available in 9 platform(s).