Ye Liu

Ye Liu

Birthdate
March 23, 1978 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Jilin, China
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 23, 1978 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Jilin, China
Known For
Acting

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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Ye Liu's LGBTQ+ Titles

Lan Yu
Lan Yu
Lan Yu

Acting (78)

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Moon le Panda
2024
Tiger Wolf Rabbit as Zhao Zishan
2024
抗战中的文艺
2023
我是大美人 as 刘烨 (10 episodes)
2023
Manifesto
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
2020
一键倾心 (10 episodes)
2020
The Great Wall (13 episodes)
2019
China in the Story as 许云峰 (1 episode)
2019
On the Road as Yao Yuan (54 episodes)
2019
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey as Ren Hong Yi (42 episodes)
2018
Air Strike as Xue Gangtou
2018
Old Boy as Wu Zheng (47 episodes)
2017
The Founding of an Army as Mao Zedong
2016
我们的挑战 as Self (11 episodes)
2016
Bite Me! as himself (1 episode)
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 (32 episodes)
2015
Beijing, New York as Lenny
2014
The Boundary
2014
All Quiet in Peking as 方孟敖 (53 episodes)
2014
Flower Grandpa (12 episodes)
2014
Red Channel (40 episodes)
2013
Police Story: Lockdown as Wu Jiang
2013
Where Are We Going, Dad? (16 episodes)
2013
Troubled Times Three Brothers (40 episodes)
2013
Redemption as Xiao Likun
2013
The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel as The Chef
2012
Happy Hotel
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
2010
China's Got Talent (10 episodes)
2010
Driverless as Zhi Xiong
2009
We'll Meet in Heaven
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 (34 episodes)
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 (29 episodes)
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 (24 episodes)
2006
向天真女生投降 as 披头 (3 episodes)
2005
The Promise as Snow Wolf
2005
Mob Sister as Pilot
2005
Sudden Lover
2005
The Ghost Inside as Fang Cheng
2004
荆轲传奇 (32 episodes)
2004
Romantic Life as 钟跃民 (32 episodes)
2004
Jasmine Women as Xia Du
2004
天和局 as 闵华堂 (1 episode)
2003
A Soul Haunted by Painting as 田守信 (30 episodes)
2003
The Floating Landscape as Lit
2003
Purple Butterfly as Szeto
2003
The Foliage
2002
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress as Ma Jianling
2002
How can I rescue my Love as 龙小羽 (23 episodes)
2002
Sky Lovers as Jiakuan
2001
Flowers
2001
Lan Yu as Lan Yu
2000
Female Coach & Male Player
1999
Postmen in the Mountains as Son
1998
A Century's Dream
1962
Golden Horse Awards as Self (1 episode)