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Coolest and best actor.
Igor Boiar from North Vancouver, Canada on October 21, 2005
Chow made his first movie in 1976—a Category III flick titled Massage Girls—but his film career got off to a shaky start as it was difficult to find roles which suited him. His first critical success was probably with The Story of Woo Viet (1981), directed by Ann Hui. The critically-acclaimed drama gave Chow a chance to show off his acting, and he demonstrated an effective ability to convey powerful emotion and sentiment. A few years followed where Chow's career seemed lost again; it was during this time that he suffered a short, failed marriage to Candice Yu On-On, another TV star.
In 1985, Chow received Best Actor awards at the Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards and the Asian Pacific Film Festival for director Leung Po-Chi's Hong Kong 1941. Chow seemed suited to these types of dramatic roles, a talent that director John Woo recognized when casting the 1986 heroic bloodshed film A Better Tomorrow. The film was Chow's breakthrough movie, spawned an entire genre of copycat films, and made bankable stars out of both Chow and Woo. Chow's character Mark Gor was an action role, but Chow managed through his "acting" to infuse each action and gesture with raw emotion. He went on to become arguably the biggest star in Hong Kong, and was awarded with Best Actor nods at the Hong Kong Film Awards for A Better Tomorrow (1986), City on Fire (1987), and All About Ah Long (1990). He went on to a star in a plethora of Hong Kong films which encompassed action, drama and comedy; some of his most notable works include Ringo Lam's Prison on Fire (1987), Wong Jing's God of Gamblers (1989) and John Woo's The Killer (1989).
In 1992 Chow starred in John Woo's Hard Boiled, which marked their last major collaboration and Chow's calling card to Hollywood. Chow felt he had accomplished every thing he could in Hong Kong cinema, and that his roles were becoming limited to those in which he played the suited cop/killer. After filming Peace Hotel (1995), Chow took a two-year break from films to learn English, whereupon he moved to America to try his hand at American film stardom.
In 2000, Chow returned to Asia to appear in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was received internationally with both critical and commercial success.
Anna and the King.
Margo from Newtownabbey. Northern Ireland. on September 8, 2005
Sometimes it is hard to believe that film critics
live in the same world as we humble mortals.I can only say that having watched Anna and the King I was touched by the PASSION AND EMOTION SHOWN BY YUN FAT.Anyone who could not say this film is an epic is not worthy of the title "critic".
I have watched several movies starring yun fat and Holywood needs great actors like him.Yun Fat gets my vote every time.
A Hardworking Actor.
Anonymous on April 7, 2005
He really a hordworking actor. He come from a small island n' now he can step in hollywood become a super star. He also step the Oscar Award's red carpet. He doesn't stop learning when he was popular in Hong Kong at 80s,he learns English Language n'now he can speak very well.
Best Actor!
Anonymous on January 11, 2005
Chow Yun-Fat was the best Actor in the world, he was acting called "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" as Li Wu-Bai with Michelle Yeoh & Ziyi Zhang, that movie was great. He was acting the TVB series called "Police Cadet" with Tony Leung and "The Bund" as Hui Man-Keung who's in love with Ching Ching (Angie Chiu Nga-Ji), I used to watch when I was quite young, and it good.
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