This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters. This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chow. Chow Yun-fat Chow Yun-fat, 2008 Chinese name 周潤發 (Traditional) Chinese name 周润发 (Simplified) Pinyin Zhōu Rùnfā (Mandarin) Jyutping Zau1 Jeon6faat3 (Cantonese) Ancestry Kaiping, Guangdong Born May 18, 1955 (1955-05-18) (age 55) Lamma Island, Hong Kong Occupation Actor Years active 1974–present Spouse(s) Candice Yu (1983-1983) Jasmine Chan (1986-present) Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor 1987 A Better Tomorrow 1988 City on Fire 1990 All About Ah-Long Golden Horse Awards Best Actor 1985 Hong Kong 1941 1987 An Autumn's Tale TVB Anniversary Awards My Most Memorable Male Leading Role 1999 The Bund Chow Yun-fat, SBS (born May 18, 1955) is an actor from Hong Kong. He is best known in Asia for his collaboration with filmmaker John Woo in heroic bloodshed genre films A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard Boiled; and to the West for his role as Li Mu-bai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He mainly plays in dramatic films and has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for "Best Actor" and two Golden Horse Awards for "Best Actor" in Taiwan..