Ye Liu
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ye Liu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2025 · Moon le Panda as
- 2024 · Tiger Wolf Rabbit as Zhao Zishan
- 2024 · 抗战中的文艺 as
- 2023 · 我是大美人 as 刘烨
- 2023 · Manifesto as
- 2022 · Steel Will as Zhao Tiechi
- 2022 · The EOD Squad as Lu Yang
- 2021 · Island Keeper as Wang Jicai
- 2020 · 2020湖南卫视拼多多双十二超拼夜 as
- 2020 · 一键倾心 as
- 2020 · The Great Wall as
- 2019 · China in the Story as 许云峰
- 2019 · On the Road as Yao Yuan
- 2019 · National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey as Ren Hong Yi
- 2018 · Air Strike as Xue Gangtou
- 2018 · Old Boy as Wu Zheng
- 2017 · The Founding of an Army as Mao Zedong
- 2016 · 我们的挑战 as Self
- 2016 · Bite Me! as himself
- 2016 · Cock and Bull as Song Lao'er
- 2016 · My War as Sun Bei Chuan
- 2016 · Night Peacock as Ma Jianmin
- 2015 · Saving Mr. Wu as Xing Feng
- 2015 · Love & Sword as
- 2015 · Beijing, New York as Lenny
- 2014 · The Boundary as
- 2014 · All Quiet in Peking as 方孟敖
- 2014 · Flower Grandpa as
- 2014 · Red Channel as
- 2013 · Police Story: Lockdown as Wu Jiang
- 2013 · Where Are We Going, Dad? as
- 2013 · Troubled Times Three Brothers as
- 2013 · Redemption as Xiao Likun
- 2013 · The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel as The Chef
- 2012 · Happy Hotel as
- 2012 · The Last Supper as Liu Bang
- 2012 · The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven as 托塔李天王
- 2011 · Beginning of the Great Revival as Mao Zedong
- 2011 · A Beautiful Life as Fang Zhen Dong
- 2011 · Underdog Knight 2 as Lao San / Wang Tao
- 2010 · Color Me Love as
- 2010 · China's Got Talent as
- 2010 · Driverless as Zhi Xiong
- 2009 · We'll Meet in Heaven as
- 2009 · The Founding of a Republic as Old Red Army soldiers
- 2009 · Iron Men as 刘思成
- 2009 · City of Life and Death as Lu Jianxiong
- 2009 · 一个女人的史诗 as
- 2008 · The Underdog Knight as Lao San/Wang Tao
- 2008 · Connected as Senior Inspector Fok
- 2008 · 我们生活的年代 as 袁浩东
- 2008 · Dark Matter as Liu Xing
- 2007 · Mini as Kang
- 2007 · Blood Brothers as Gang
- 2006 · Curse of the Golden Flower as Crown Prince Wan
- 2006 · 一针见血 as
- 2006 · 向天真女生投降 as 披头
- 2005 · The Promise as Snow Wolf
- 2005 · Mob Sister as Pilot
- 2005 · Sudden Lover as
- 2005 · The Ghost Inside as Fang Cheng
- 2004 · 荆轲传奇 as
- 2004 · Romantic Life as 钟跃民
- 2004 · Jasmine Women as Xia Du
- 2004 · 天和局 as 闵华堂
- 2003 · A Soul Haunted by Painting as 田守信
- 2003 · The Floating Landscape as Lit
- 2003 · Purple Butterfly as Szeto
- 2003 · The Foliage as
- 2002 · Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress as Ma Jianling
- 2002 · How can I rescue my Love as 龙小羽
- 2002 · Sky Lovers as Jiakuan
- 2001 · Flowers as
- 2001 · Lan Yu as Lan Yu
- 2000 · Female Coach & Male Player as
- 1999 · Postmen in the Mountains as Son
- 1998 · A Century's Dream as
- 1962 · Golden Horse Awards as Self