Yun-Fat Chow was born on 18 May 1955 in Lamma Island, Hong Kong. His birth name was Chow Yun Fat. His is also called Fat Tsai Fatt "Kor" (as in "Big Brother"). His height is 185cm.

Yun-Fat Chow appeared in the movie Anna and the King(1999), Bulletproof Monk(2003), Wo hu cang long(2000)。