Chow Yun-fat

Chow Yun-fat, SBS, known as "Fa Ge", is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In the 1970s, he participated in many TV series on TVB and later in movies. He won the Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards three times and the Best Actor at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards twice for "A Better Tomorrow", "The Legend of Dragon Tiger" and "A Lang's Story". In 1976, he signed an exclusive film contract with Xie Li Film Discovery, which was the third largest film company in Hong Kong after Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. In the 1980s, he collaborated with many actresses in TV series and movies. Among them, his on-screen couple scenes with Chiu Ya-chi, Cheng Yuling and Chung Chu-hong were impressive. His representative works include the TV series "Shanghai" and the movies "A Better Tomorrow" and "God of Gamblers". Among them, "The Bloody Heroes" with director John Woo attracted attention in the West. The movies he starred in in the early 1990s were all very well-known, and he was on par with Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow. The three of them were collectively known as the "Double Monarchs". In 1995, he became one of the first Hong Kong actors to develop in Hollywood, starring in "Anna and the King" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".