Chow Yun Fat

Name: Chow Yun-Fat
Height: 6'
Sex: M
Nationality: Chinese
Birth Date: May 18, 1955
Birth Place: Lamma Island, Hong Kong, China
Profession: actor
Education: Boarding school in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Husband/Wife: Jasmine Chow (business manager; met in 1984; married in 1986), Candice Yu (married for six months in 1983)
Father: oil rigger (died in 1974)
Mother: housewife
Claim to fame: as the ultra-cool gangster Hui Man-Keung, in the TVB series Shanghai Beach (a.k.a. Shanghai Grand, a.k.a. The Bund)
   
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CHOW YUN-FAT NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Can't stand the American way of life and has no plans to pursue U.S. permanent resident status, saying, I can't stand talking English every day or the lifestyle there ... not to mention the food. (2004)
  • Has filed a defamation suit against a tabloid magazine that published a story saying he was injured, claiming that the article damaged his career as an action movie star. (March 1, 2004)
  • Quentin Tarantino acknowledged him in his script for RESERVOIR DOGS.
  • Chosen one of 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
  • Is often seen with a trademark toothpick in his mouth, particularly in his films with John Woo.
  • Was born of the Haka (aka Ha Ka) race, an ethnic group from China that has moved from one region to another without taking up permanent residence since the ancient times. The Haka dialect is now the second most popular dialect in Taiwan.
  • Seen in most of his movies with twin guns and dark shades during a gunfight.
  • Turned down the role of Morpheus in THE MATRIX (1999)
  • Writer Joss Wheadon wrote Christie's character in ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997) with Chow Yun-Fat in mind. Chow Yun-Fat's manager and producer Terence Chang turned down the role for him.
  • He did speak Mandarin (his first language was Cantonese) but native Mandarin speakers thought his accent strained and overdone in WO HU CANG LONG (2000).

Quotes
  • "An actor is only merchandise."

Awards
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Career Award (1999)
  • Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Actor, YOU JIAN A LANG (1990)
  • Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Actor, LONG HU FENG YUN (1988)
  • Golden Horse Film Festival: Golden Horse Award - Best Actor, CHOU TIN DIK TONG WAH (1987)
  • Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Actor, YING HUANG BOON SIK (1987)
  • Golden Horse Film Festival: Golden Horse Award - Best Actor, DANG DOI LAI MING (1984)
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