1980, Chow Yun Fat played the contradictory, hesitant and cold Xu Wenqiang in the 25 episodes of TV series "Shanghai Beach" broadcast by wireless TV station. This film has set a high audience rating.
198 1 year, the Chow Yun Fat film "The Story of Hu Yue" directed by Xu Anhua, director of Hong Kong New Wave, was nominated for the best film at the first Academy Awards and won the best screenplay award. Chow Yun Fat began to attract the attention of the film industry.
1984, Chow Yun Fat played the role of Ye Jianfei in Waiting for Dawn by academic director Po-Chih Leong, and won both the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and the Taiwan Golden Horse Award. With this role and 1985 starring "Women's Heart", he was nominated for the Best Actor Award twice.
1986, Chow Yun Fat won the Best Actor Award in the first Hong Kong Academy Awards for his film "The True Color of Heroes" produced by Hong Kong New Art City Film Company and Film Studio.
1987, Chow Yun Fat won the Golden Horse Award for Best Film in Taiwan Province and the Best Film Award in this year's Academy Awards for his film A Fairy Tale in Autumn, ranking fifth in the annual box office.
1989, released by gamblers. Chow Yun Fat plays the role of AG in the film, and together with A Lang in A-Lang's Story, he became the best actor in two works nominated by Chow Yun Fat 1990 Hong Kong Academy Awards, and won the third Academy Award.
In 2007, Chow Yun Fat accepted the lifetime achievement award presented to him by the American Asian Outstanding Achievement Award ceremony.