Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun -Fat (Chinese周润发, Zhou RunFa Pinyin, Cantonese Chow Yun -Fat; born May 18, 1955 in Hong Kong ) is a Hong Kong Chinese actor. He is a well-known performer of Hong Kong cinema.
Life and achievements
Chow Yun -Fat grew up in a poor family on the belonging to Hong Kong Lamma Island. He debuted at the television station Television Broadcasts Limited ( TVB ). In 1983 followed by a role in the hit TV series The Bund ( Chinese Title: Shang Hai tan ). In 1986 he played in the film A Better Tomorrow ( YingXiong Bense ), in which John Woo directed. The film made the director as well as Chow Yun-Fat is known internationally. The sequel to the film, in which Chow Yun -Fat is also seen, A Better Tomorrow II, is considered one of the films with the highest body count, that is, with the most people killed.
In the film Anna and the King Chow Yun -Fat took over as King Mongkut (Rama IV ) of Thailand next to Jodie Foster one of the two lead roles.
Worldwide fame he achieved as insightful Swordmaster Limubai in the 4- Oscars wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000 by director Ang Lee ( Hulk, Brokeback Mountain ) on the side of Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi.
In the third part of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean he played the pirate captain Sao Feng from Singapore, in the movie Curse of the Golden Flower starred as the Emperor of China.
Filmography (selection)
Video Games
- 2007: John Woo presents Stranglehold (for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)
Voice-overs, Germany
Chow Yun Fat was, inter alia, by Hans Jürgen Dittberner, Lutz Schnell, Reent Reins, Hans -Reiner Müller, Douglas Welbat, Gerhard Marcel, David Nathan, Wolfgang Müller, Udo Schenk, Hans -Georg Panczak, Tom Vogt, Walter von Hauff, Pierre Franckh, Wolfgang Condrus, Hans -Jürgen Wolf and Leon soil spoken. In recent years, Yun -Fat has been increasingly voiced by Frank Röth.