Chow Yun-fat

Chow Yun-fat SBS, previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He has collaborated with filmmaker John Woo in five Hong Kong action films: A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Once a Thief (1991) and Hard Boiled (1992), and in the West is known for his roles as King Mongkut in Anna and the King (1999), Li Mu-bai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Sao Feng in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).

18 May 1955

Born on the same birth day (18 May): Bernard Zweers • Bill Everett • Bill Macy • Danny Mills • Jimmy Snuka • Kalju Pitksaar • Luis Terrero • Marko Tomasović (composer) • Marty McSorley • Michael Sandle • Thomas Midgley Jr.

Born in the same month (May 1955): Colm Tóibín • David Townsend (musician) • Debra Winger • Dennis Martínez • Eric Bischoff • Frank Baumgartl • Ian Tracey (organist) • Jack Morris • James Gosling • Ken Schrader • Laura Amy Schlitz • Luka Bloom • Mohamed Brahmi • Páidí Ó Sé • Rajesh Roshan • Rosanne Cash • Stephen D. M. Brown • Susie Essman • Willie Miller