Chow Yun-Fat had his movie debut in the John Woo film, A Better Tomorrow. He has appeared in over 80 movies, mostly playing dramatic roles. His roles include the evil Captain Sao Feng of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, King Mongkut of Anna and the King, martial arts warrior Li Mu-bai of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and many more.

• 3 Best Actor Awards from the Hong Kong Academy Awards
• 1 Best Actor Award from the Asia Pacific Film Festival
• 1 Best Actor Award from Taiwan Golden HorseTemple of Chow: Chow Yun Fat Facts

"As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors. But I must do my job perfectly, and I love what I do."

"It would be a lot of fun, sunglasses, toothpicks, guns - I could be 008 from Shanghai."

"Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me."

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• May 18, 1955: Born

• 1980: The Bund

• 1986: Better Tomorrow

• 1989: The Killer

• 1992: Hard Boiled

• 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

• 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

• 2007: Stranglehold

• 2008: The Children of Huang Shi

• 2009: Dragonball Evolution

• 2009: Shanghai

• 2009: The Red Circle