Chow Chiu Lun graduated from the HK Academy for Performing Arts in 1992, and obtained his Advanced Diploma in Acting with distinction. He then studied acting with the French dramatist Philippe Gaulier in England for six months. After returning to HK, Chow spent two years in the advertising and production field and was a program host for the Cable TV Children's Channel respectively.

He then worked as freelance playwright, director and actor with Spring-time Stage, Exploration Theatre, Prospects Theatre, Actor's Family and Joint School Music Society. He is the founder of Home Theatre Home.

Chow joined the HKRep as a full time actor in 1995, and played in over 40 productions, including Miss To Sup-neung, Shall We Love, The Imaginary Invalid, Forever and Ever, Peer Gynt, Crossings, Oedipus the King, Let Me Love Once, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Crucible , A Night In The Kitchen, A Dream Like A Dream, The Importance Of Being Earnest and Whose Life Is It Anyway? In 2005, he was the playwright for (Rep 2 Series) Boxer.

Chow was appointed an ex officio coordinator of Outreach and Education Program in 2002 and produced three touring productions of different genre, Up Into The Sky, Beneath The Boundary Tree and No Charcoaling. All were well received by the schools, and the boundaries of the out-reaching activities were successfully broadened.

His playwriting and directing credits includes Post-modern Xiang Xin (Actor's Family), Fate of the Earth and The Earth Is My Birthday Present (Exploration Theatre's touring productions). He was a member of the creative team of We are One Family, playwright of Up Into The Sky, text writer of A Matter of 4x6, playwright and director of First Night (Ching Fai Theatre), playwright and director of Men Murders Nature Murders Men and None Of Your Family Business (Home Theatre Home).

Chow was awarded Outstanding Actor for his work in Enemy of the People(Academy production). In 1996 he won the First Prize of a Short Plays Competition with Teacher Mr. Jim and His Three Sex Partners. His production of Men Murders Nature Murders Men was awarded Outstanding Director as well as Outstanding Performance at the Drama Festival 2001.