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{{Short description|Hong Kong actor (born 1955)}}
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'''Chow Yun-fat''' {{small|[[Silver Bauhinia Star|SBS]]}} (born 18 May 1955), previously known as '''Donald Chow''',<ref>{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Yang |year=2003 |page=275 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amqzDMOzaCUC&q=donald-chow-yun-fat&pg=PA275 |chapter=Frequently Asked Questions and Additional Information |title=Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amqzDMOzaCUC |publisher=Atria Books |location=[[New York City]] |isbn=9780743448178 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=13 May 2016 }}</ref> is a Hong Kong actor and filmmaker.<ref name=":0"> {{Cite web |title=Chow Yun-fat to win Asian Filmmaker of the Year at Busan International Film Festival |url=https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/news/chow-yun-fat-win-asian-filmmaker-of-year-busan-international-film-festival-090623 |access-date=2024-10-10}}</ref> Known for his versatility, encompassing action to melodrama and comedy and historical drama, he is the recipient of various accolades, including three [[Hong Kong Film Awards]] for [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and two [[Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards|Golden Horse Awards]] for [[Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor|Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat named Asian Filmmaker of the Year at Busan film festival |author-last1=Mok|author-first1=Danny|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3233543/hong-kong-star-chow-yun-fat-named-asian-filmmaker-year-busan-international-film-festival |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> In a [[Chow Yun-fat filmography|film career]] spanning more than forty years, Chow has appeared in over 100 television drama series and films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/2019-06/chow-en.pdf|publisher=City University of Hong Kong|author-last1=Chan|author-first1=Che-shing|title=Honorary Doctor of Letters Mr CHOW Yun-fat}}</ref>

Chow was propelled to fame by [[TVB]] dramas such as ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (TV series)|The Good, The Bad And The Ugly]]'' (1979) and ''[[The Bund (TV series)|The Bund]]'' (1980). His first acclaimed film was the Hong Kong political drama ''[[The Story of Woo Viet]]'' (1981), in which he played a Vietnamese refugee struggling to reach the United States.<ref> https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chow-Yun-Fat#:~:text=Chow%20Yun%2DFat%20(born%20May,career%20in%20the%20United%20States.</ref> He is known for his collaborations with filmmaker [[John Woo]] in five [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong action]] films: ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986), which made Chow a box-office superstar in Asia,<ref> {{Cite web |title=Chow Yun-Fat {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chow-Yun-Fat#:~:text=The%20movie%20made%20Chow%20a,1992;%20Hard-Boiled |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} </ref> ''[[A Better Tomorrow II]]'' (1987), ''[[The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]'' (1989), ''[[Once a Thief (1991 film)|Once a Thief]]'' (1991), and ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' (1992). He also starred in the video game ''[[Stranglehold (video game)|Stranglehold]]'' (2007), produced by Woo. Chow also made several popular action films with Hong Kong director [[Ringo Lam]], including ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]'' (1987), ''[[Prison on Fire]]'' (1987), and ''[[Full Contact]]'' (1992). Chow is credited for bringing [[Heroic bloodshed|Hong Kong gangster films]] to world prominence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat named Asian Filmmaker of the Year at Busan film festival |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3233543/hong-kong-star-chow-yun-fat-named-asian-filmmaker-year-busan-international-film-festival |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> 

His other notable Hong Kong and Chinese films include ''[[An Autumn's Tale]]'' (1987), ''[[God of Gamblers]]'' (1989), ''[[All About Ah-Long]]'' (1990), ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]'' (2006), ''[[Let the Bullets Fly]]'' (2010), ''[[From Vegas to Macau]]'' (2014), and ''[[Project Gutenberg (film)|Project Gutenberg]]'' (2018). Chow made his [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] debut in ''[[The Replacement Killers]]'' (1998). He is also known in the West for ''[[The Corruptor]]'' (1999), ''[[Anna and the King]]'' (1999), ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' (2000), ''[[Bulletproof Monk]]'' (2003), and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'' (2007).

== Early life and education ==
Chow was born in [[Lamma Island]], [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], to Chow Yung-wan, who worked on a [[Shell Oil Company]] tanker, and Chan Lai-fong, who was a cleaning lady and vegetable farmer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chow Yun-Fat |url=https://www.biography.com/people/chow-yun-fat-9542273 |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515183933/https://www.biography.com/people/chow-yun-fat-9542273 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=((Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, The)) |title=Chow Yun-fat |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chow-Yun-Fat |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |date=14 May 2018 |access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Yun-Quite-Chow.html |title=Yun-Fat Chow Biography (1955-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2010-09-23}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_text_direct-0=0EAF46E2D345CD11&p_field_direct-0=document_id |date=1999-03-15 |page=D4 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |title=A man of melodrama: Action films made Chow Slightly-Fat famous, but 'The Corruptor' star says he's an actor |url-access=subscription |access-date=2010-02-15}}</ref> Chow grew up in a farming community on Lamma Island, in a house with no electricity.<ref>{{cite web | title = Honorary Doctor of Letters - Mr CHOW Yun-fat | url = https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/about/honorary/doc/chow-en.pdf | access-date = 2008-10-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233004/https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/about/honorary/doc/chow-en.pdf | archive-date = 2011-09-26 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Martial parts |first=Jim |last=Slotek |work=[[Jam!|Jam.canoe.ca]] |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/Y/Yun_Fat_Chow/2003/04/13/762802.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120727010050/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/Y/Yun_Fat_Chow/2003/04/13/762802.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-07-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-100226992 |title=Film chat: Chow Yun-Fat - Chowing the Fat; How Eastern Hero Chow Not-Fat came to hold the West hostage. By Anna Day. (Features) Article from The Mirror (London, England) |publisher= |date=2003-04-18 |access-date=2019-01-05 |archive-date=2020-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825174551/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-100226992/film-chat-chow-yun-fat-chowing-the-fat-how-eastern |url-status=dead }}{{ISBN?}}</ref> He woke up at dawn each morning to help his mother sell [[Grass jelly|herbal jelly]] and [[Hakka tea-pudding]] on the streets; in the afternoons, he went to work in the fields. His family moved to [[Kowloon]] when he was ten. At 17, Chow left school to help support the family by doing odd jobs including a bellboy,<ref>{{cite news |last=Boland |first=Rory |date=2007-07-15 |title=Hong Kong feels like a movie set because it is |url=http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2007/07/15/hong_kong_feels_like_a_movie_set_because_it_is/ |access-date=2010-09-23 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> postman, camera salesman, and taxi driver. 

== Career ==
In 1973, the 18-year-old Chow responded to a newspaper advertisement for [[TVB]]'s actor training program. After a one-year training, he signed a three-year contract with the TV station and made his acting debut in soap operas. He gained recognition in such dramas as ''The Killer'' (1976) and ''Hotel'' (1976). He had his breakout role in ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (TV series)|The Good, The Bad And The Ugly]]'' (1979), followed by ''[[The Bund (TV series)|The Bund]],'' a series about the gangsters in 1930s [[Shanghai]]. The latter made Chow a star across Asia.
[[File:Chow Yun Fat 2.JPG|thumb|left|Chow Yun-fat at the premiere of ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' in 2007]]

Although Chow continued his TV success, his goal was to become a film actor. He made his film debut in 1976 after signing an exclusive contract with Goldig Films, then the third largest film company in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong film archive |url=https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/18995340/19057028/hkfilmographyseries_08_foreword.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609075908/https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/18995340/19057028/hkfilmographyseries_08_foreword.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-09 |at=note page 3}}</ref> Goldig Films, founded and solely-funded by Indonesian Chinese businessman Gouw Hiap Kian,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldig Films ----- History |url=http://goldigfilms.com.hk/History/index.htm |access-date=2023-01-31 |publisher=goldigfilms.com.hk}}</ref> produced and distributed over 100 movies from 1972 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldig Films - Productions |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/companies/view.mhtml?id=1017display_set=engdisplay_set=engdisplay_set=eng&display_set=eng |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609075907/https://hkmdb.com/db/companies/view.mhtml?id=1017display_set=engdisplay_set=engdisplay_set=eng&display_set=eng |archive-date=2021-06-09 |publisher=HKMDB}}</ref> However, Chow's occasional ventures into low-budget films in the 1980s after ones by Goldig were disastrous.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Justyn |date=2012-10-20|title=Chow Yun Fat: Profile |url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2012/10/chow-yun-fat-profile/ |publisher=Asianmoviespulse.com |access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref> Most of Chow's movies with Goldig Films in the 1970s achieved high gross revenues of over HK$1 million per movie, which is a better box office performance than his movies in early 1980s, such as ''Modern Heroes'' (江湖檔案), ''Soul Ash'' (灰靈), [[The Bund (TV series)|''The Bund'' (上海灘)]], ''The Bund Part 2'' (上海灘續集).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goldig Films ----- Movies|url=http://goldigfilms.com.hk/Movies/index.htm|access-date=2021-07-05 |publisher=goldigfilms.com.hk}}</ref>

Success came when he teamed up with film director [[John Woo]] in the 1986 gangster action-melodrama ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'', which swept the box offices in Asia and established Chow and Woo as megastars. ''A Better Tomorrow'' won him his first Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong history at the time, and set a new standard for Hong Kong gangster films. Taking the opportunity, Chow quit TV entirely. With his new image from ''A Better Tomorrow'', he made many more '[[gun fu]]' or '[[heroic bloodshed]]' films, such as ''[[A Better Tomorrow II]]'' (1987), ''[[Prison on Fire]]'' (1987), ''[[Prison on Fire II]] (1991)'', ''[[The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]'' (1989), ''[[A Better Tomorrow 3]]'' (1990), ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' (1992) and ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]'' (1987), an inspiration for [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''.

Chow may be best known for playing honorable tough guys, whether cops or criminals, but he has also starred in comedies like ''[[Diary of a Big Man]]'' (1988) and ''[[Now You See Love, Now You Don't]]'' (1992) and romantic blockbusters such as ''[[Love in a Fallen City (film)|Love in a Fallen City]]'' (1984) and ''[[An Autumn's Tale]]'' (1987), for which he was named Best Actor at the [[Golden Horse Awards]]. He brought together his disparate personae in the 1989 film ''[[God of Gamblers]]'', directed by the prolific [[Wong Jing]], in which he was by turns a suave charmer, a broad comedian, and an action hero. The film surprised many, became immensely popular, broke Hong Kong's all-time box office record, and spawned a series of gambling films as well as several comic sequels starring [[Andy Lau]] and [[Stephen Chow]]. The often tough demeanour and youthful appearance of Chow's characters has earned him the nickname "Babyface Killer".

[[File:HK 過海隧道巴士111線 Bus route 111 view Kln City 漆咸道北 Chatham Road North November 2019 SS2 13.jpg|right|thumb|Advertisement feat. Chow in 2019]]
The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' proclaimed Chow Yun-Fat "the coolest actor in the world".<ref>{{cite news |title=the coolest actor in the world : In This Country, Chow Yun-fat Is Only a Cult Figure. But the Hong Kong Action Star Has a Global Audience That Has Made His Movies International Blockbusters. With China About to Take Back the Crown Colony, He Has His Eye on the United States. |first=RJ |last=Smith |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-12-tm-41618-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1995-03-12 |access-date=2011-06-26}}</ref> In the mid '90s, Chow moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to duplicate his success in Asia. His first two films, ''[[The Replacement Killers]]'' (1998) and ''[[The Corruptor]]'' (1999), were box office failures. In his next film ''[[Anna and the King]]'' (1999), Chow teamed up with [[Jodie Foster]], but the film underperformed at the box office. Chow accepted the role of [[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon|Li Mu-bai]] in the (2000) film ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]].'' It became a winner at both the international box office and the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]. In 2003, Chow came back to Hollywood and starred in ''[[Bulletproof Monk]]''. In 2004, Chow made a surprise cameo in director [[Dayyan Eng]]'s Chinese rom-com favourite ''[[Waiting Alone]]''; it was the first time he was in a mainland Chinese film.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Rojas|first1=Carlos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myXXqpee_XQC&q=chow+yun-fat+waiting+alone+cameo&pg=PA184|title=The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas|last2=Chow|first2=Eileen|date=2013-04-25|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-976560-7|language=en}}</ref> In 2006, he teamed up with [[Gong Li]] and [[Jay Chou]] in the film ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]],'' directed by [[Zhang Yimou]]. 

In 2007, Chow played the pirate captain [[Sao Feng]] in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''. However, his part was omitted when the movie was shown in [[mainland China]], where, according to Chinese unofficial sources, government censors felt that Chow's character "vilified and humiliated" Chinese people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-06-18/chows-pirates-scenes-cut-in-china/71638|title=Chow's 'Pirates' scenes cut in China|date= 2007-06-17|work=Abc.net.au}}</ref> 

From 2014 to 2016, Chow reunited with his ''[[God of Gamblers]]'' director [[Wong Jing]] to make the ''[[From Vegas to Macau]]'' franchise.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://hk.movies.yahoo.net/movie/details/22489-%E8%B3%AD%E5%9F%8E%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2|work=Yahoo.net|title=From Vegas to Macau}}</ref> For the part, he lost 13&nbsp;kg within 10 months.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ent.takungpao.com.hk/star/q/2014/0125/2241708.html | title = 周潤發公開減肥秘訣 10個月激減13公斤 I | last = 張 I | first = 潔 | work = 信息時報 | date = 2014-01-25 | access-date = 2014-01-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202143814/http://ent.takungpao.com.hk/star/q/2014/0125/2241708.html | archive-date = 2014-02-02 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2018, he co-starred with [[Aaron Kwok]] in ''[[Project Gutenberg (film)|Project Gutenberg]],'' which earned him another [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] nomination at the [[38th Hong Kong Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=新浪娱乐|date=2019-02-13|title=周润发谈获影帝提名:《无双》剧本让我产生触电感{{!}}无双{{!}}周润发{{!}}金像奖_新浪娱乐_新浪网|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2019-02-13/doc-ihqfskcp4696934.shtml|access-date=2021-12-29|website=ent.sina.com.cn}}</ref>

In 2023, he became the second Hong Kong actor, after [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai|Tony Leung]], to be named Asian Filmmaker of the Year at the 28th [[Busan International Film Festival|Busan International Film Awards]].<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Chow married twice. In 1983, he married [[Candice Yu]], an actress with [[Asia Television]]; the marriage only lasted nine months. In 1986, Chow married [[Singaporean]] Jasmine Tan. After having a stillborn daughter in 1991, they decided not to have children. Chow has a goddaughter, Celine Ng, a former child model.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Despite being famous for using martial arts moves on the screen, Chow, in a conversation with ''[[Metro Broadcast Corporation|Metro]]'', revealed that he relied heavily on stunt coordinators and was not all as ‘athletic’ as it seemed, mentioning, “I am not like [[Bruce Lee]] or [[Jackie Chan]]”.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=Chow Yun-fat: 10 interesting facts about Hong Kong's megastar |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/entertainment/chow-yun-fat-10-facts-about-hong-kong-cinemas-greatest-icon/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong |language=en-HK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title='I felt like crying': Zhang Ziyi on filming Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3152297/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-what-michelle-yeoh-zhang-ziyi |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, Chow’s wife Jasmine Tan disclosed that Chow’s net worth was HK$ 5.6b, which was not verified by any third party. Chow said he would donate 99% of his wealth to charity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=56億全捐！發哥霸氣一句話韓網跪了 |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/56%E5%84%84%E5%85%A8%E6%8D%90-%E7%99%BC%E5%93%A5%E9%9C%B8%E6%B0%A3-%E5%8F%A5%E8%A9%B1%E9%9F%93%E7%B6%B2%E8%B7%AA%E4%BA%86-085004942.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=tw.news.yahoo.com |date=20 December 2018 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>  

Chow maintains a modest public image by frequenting food stalls and public transportation in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chow Yun-fat lives on just $100 a month, will leave entire $714 million fortune to charity |url=https://shanghai.ist/2018/10/15/chow-yun-fat-lives-on-just-100-a-month-will-leave-entire-714-million-fortune-to-charity/ |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=shanghaiist |date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114080222/http://shanghai.ist/2018/10/15/chow-yun-fat-lives-on-just-100-a-month-will-leave-entire-714-million-fortune-to-charity/ |archive-date=14 November 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chow ran a half marathon in less than 2 hours 30 minutes in November 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chow Yun-fat steals show as 8,000 run 'perfect' inaugural Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Half Marathon|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3242073/chow-yun-fat-steals-show-8000-run-perfect-inaugural-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge-half-marathon|work=South China Morning Post}}</ref>

In October 2014, Chow voiced support for students in the [[Umbrella Movement]], a civil rights movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|title=周润发无奈被卷入封杀传闻 并未支持占中--人民网娱乐频道--人民网|url=http://ent.people.com.cn/n/2014/1027/c1012-25916975.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=ent.people.com.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=狄雨霏|date=2014-10-30|title=宁愿"少赚点"，周润发亦挺"占中"|url=https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20141030/c30chow/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=纽约时报中文网|language=zh-cmn-hans}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chow Yun-Fat Speaks Out in Support of Hong Kong Democracy Protestors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chow-yun-fat-speaks-support-737529 |access-date=3 February 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{Main|Chow Yun-fat filmography}}
Chow has appeared in over 95 films and over 25 television series.

== Bibliography ==
On 26 June 2008, Chow released his first photo collection, which includes pictures taken on the sets of his films. Proceeds from the book's sales were donated to [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|Sichuan earthquake]] victims. It is published by [[Louis Vuitton]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gmanews.tv/story/103489/Crouching-Tiger-actor-launches-book-for-benefit-of-Chinese-earthquake-victims |title= Crouching Tiger actor launches book for benefit of Chinese earthquake victims |work= Gmanews.tv |access-date= 2010-09-23 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110522060958/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/103489/Crouching-Tiger-actor-launches-book-for-benefit-of-Chinese-earthquake-victims |archive-date= 2011-05-22 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-star-r664705.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203050645/http://www.pr-inside.com/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-star-r664705.htm|url-status=dead|title=PR-inside.com &#124; 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' star Chow Yun-fat publishes photo collection|archive-date=2011-12-03}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
''[[Hong Kong Film Awards]]''
* [[4th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Hong Kong 1941'']]
* [[5th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Women'']]
* [[6th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Supporting Actor Nomination for ''Love Unto Waste'']]
* '''[[6th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor for ''A Better Tomorrow'']]'''
* [[7th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Prison on Fire'']]
* [[7th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''An Autumn's Tale'']]
* '''[[7th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor for ''City on Fire'']]'''
* [[8th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Original Film Song Nomination for ''The Diary of a Big Man'']]
* [[9th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Original Film Song Nomination for ''Triads: The Inside Story'']]
* [[9th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''God of Gamblers'']]
* '''[[9th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor for ''All About Ah-Long'']]'''
* [[11th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Once a Thief'']]
* [[14th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Treasure Hunt'']]
* [[15th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Peace Hotel'']]
* [[20th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'']]
* [[26th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Curse of the Golden Flower'']]
* [[27th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Supporting Actor Nomination for ''The Postmodern Life of My Aunt'']]
* [[38th Hong Kong Film Awards|Best Actor Nomination for ''Project Gutenberg'']]

(14 Best Actor nominations, two Best Supporting Actor nominations, two Best Original Film Song nominations)

''[[Chinese American Film Festival]]''
* Golden Angel for Best Actor in a Leading Role for ''[[Project Gutenberg (film)|Project Gutenberg]]'' (2019)

* [[28th Busan International Film Festival]]
** The Asian Filmmaker of the Year (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/117/0003777011 |title= [MD포토] 아시아 영화인상 수상한 주윤발 (부산국제영화제) |trans-title= [MD Photo] Chow Yun-Fat, winner of the Asian Film Actor Award (Busan International Film Festival) |author= Song Il-seop |work= My Daily |publisher=Naver |date=October 5, 2023|access-date=October 5, 2023|language=ko}}</ref>

== University honorary awards ==
*[[Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts]] – Honorary Fellow (1999)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hkapa.edu/honorary-awardees/chow-yun-fat |title=HKAPA |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808114339/https://www.hkapa.edu/honorary-awardees/chow-yun-fat |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[City University of Hong Kong]] – Honorary Doctor of Letters (2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityu.edu.hk/about/honorary-award-holders|title=Honorary Award Holders|website=City University of Hong Kong}}</ref>
*[[Hong Kong Baptist University]] – Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/press_release/detail/HKBU-confers-honorary-doctoral-degree-upon-Dr-Chow-Yun-fat/|title=Press Release &#124; CPRO - HKBU|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808114339/https://cpro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/press_release/detail/HKBU-confers-honorary-doctoral-degree-upon-Dr-Chow-Yun-fat/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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