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Birthday: Mar 23, 1978
Place of Birth: Jilin, China

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.

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