Biography
Liu Ye (Chinese: 刘烨; pinyin: Líu Yè, born March 23, 1978 in Jilin, China) is a Chinese film and television actor.
Beginning his acting career when he was a 20 year old student majoring in performing arts at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, Liu Ye's talent in acting was apparent very early on. Liu was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a young postman in his first movie, Postmen in the Mountains, at China's Golden Rooster Awards in 1999. Shortly after his graduation, Liu Ye won Best Actor at Taiwan’s 38th Golden Horse Awards for his performance as a young gay man in the movie Lan Yu . Three years later, he clinched Best Actor with his role in the movie The Foliage at the 24th Golden Rooster Awards. In addition, several of Liu Ye’s movies have also featured in many international film festivals, for example Lan Yu, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Purple Butterfly and The Floating Landscape.
Instead of making use of his good physical appearance to become a teen idol, Liu Ye has chosen the path of continuously challenging himself by taking on difficult roles. From simple, honest, and down-to-earth "peasant-like" roles, introvert and melancholic personas, to manly and Casanova roles, Liu Ye has not only convinced the audience, but also well-established international directors, of his remarkable acting skills. He has been openly praised and roped in by famous directors, such as Stanley Kwan (Lan Yu), Chen Kaige (The Promise), Zhang Yimou (Curse of the Golden Flower) and John Woo (Blood Brothers), to take part in their major movie productions.
Liu Ye's first Hollywood movie Dark Matter, inspired by a true story in the early 1990s, was screened at major international film festivals in 2007. Starring with actress Meryl Streep, Liu Ye stars as the brilliant physics postgraduate "Liu Xing" from China. This movie won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and has been released in America in April 2008. Ye's first villainous role was in 2008 film Connected (where he appears a lot older than he is now), a remake of the American film Cellular.
Liu Ye plays the lead character in City of Life and Death, a movie paying tribute to the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. Directed by 6th Generation Mainland Director Lu Chuan, City of Life and Death, filmed in Tianjin and in other Chinese cities such as Changchun, was released in 2009.
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Filmography
All 73
Movies 51
TV Shows 22
Self 5

Manifesto (2023)

Steel Will (2022)

The EOD Squad (2022)

Island Keeper (2021)

2020湖南卫视拼多多双十二超拼夜 (2020)

The Great Wall (2020)

China in the Story (2019)

On the Road (2019)

National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey (2019)

Air Strike (2018)

Old Boy (2018)

The Founding of an Army (2017)

我们的挑战 (2016)

Bite Me! (2016)

Cock and Bull (2016)

My War (2016)

Night Peacock (2016)

Saving Mr. Wu (2015)

有情鸳鸯无情剑 (2015)

Beijing, New York (2015)

The Boundary (2014)

All Quiet in Peking (2014)

花样爷爷 (2014)

Red Channel (2014)

Police Story: Lockdown (2013)

Where Are We Going, Dad? (2013)

Troubled Times Three Brothers (2013)

Redemption (2013)

The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel (2013)

Happy Hotel (2012)

The Last Supper (2012)

The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven (2012)

Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

A Beautiful Life (2011)

Underdog Knight 2 (2011)

Color Me Love (2010)

China's Got Talent (2010)

Driverless (2010)

We'll Meet in Heaven (2009)

The Founding of a Republic (2009)

Iron Men (2009)

City of Life and Death (2009)

一个女人的史诗 (2009)

The Underdog Knight (2008)

Connected (2008)

我们生活的年代 (2008)

Dark Matter (2008)

Mini (2007)

Blood Brothers (2007)

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

一针见血 (2006)

向天真女生投降 (2006)

The Promise (2005)

Mob Sister (2005)

Sudden Lover (2005)

The Ghost Inside (2005)

荆轲传奇 (2004)

Romantic Life (2004)

Jasmine Women (2004)

The Floating Landscape (2003)

Purple Butterfly (2003)

The Foliage (2003)

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

How can I rescue my Love (2002)

Sky Lovers (2002)

Flowers (2001)

Lan Yu (2001)

女帅男兵 (2000)

Postmen in the Mountains (1999)

A Century's Dream (1998)

Golden Horse Awards (1962)

Bu Zai Rang Ni Gu Dan

地狱之旅:一个电影人的长征
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1978-03-23 (45 years old)
Place of birthJilin City, China
ChildrenNoé
CitizenshipsChina
Also known as刘烨, Ye Liu
AwardsGolden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
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