Chow Yun-Fat is a Hong Kong--born actor who is best known for his role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He won his first Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in A Better Tomorrow. His other popular acting credits include Shanghai, Curse of the Golden Flower and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and also appeared in the TV series Siu mo Kong Wu and Shang Hai tan.