Liu Ye
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 23, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Jilin, China
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ye Liu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
二手球星
Movie
The Lotus Secret
TV · as Yang Linian · 1 ep
Crossing
Movie · as Mao Zedong
2026湖南卫视芒果TV春节联欢晚会
Movie
The Silent Rift
TV · as Zhu Helai · 16 eps
Moon the Panda
Movie · as Fu Zhao
2024-2025湖南卫视芒果TV跨年晚会
Movie
2025-2026湖南卫视芒果TV跨年演唱会
Movie
Tiger Wolf Rabbit
Movie · as Zhao Zishan
Kang Zhan Zhong De Wen Yi
Movie
Manifesto
Movie
Queen
TV · as 刘烨 · 12 eps
The EOD Squad
Movie · as Lu Yang
Steel Will
Movie · as Zhao Tiechi
Island Keeper
Movie · as Wang Jicai
2020湖南卫视拼多多双十二超拼夜
Movie
The Great Wall
TV · 13 eps
一键倾心
TV · 10 eps
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey
TV · as Ren Hongyi · 42 eps
On the Road
TV · as Yao Yuan · 54 eps
China in the Story
TV · as 许云峰 · 1 ep
Air Strike
Movie · as Xue Gangtou
Old Boy
TV · as Wu Zheng · 47 eps
The Founding of an Army
Movie · as Mao Zedong
Night Peacock
Movie · as Ma Jianmin
My War
Movie · as Sun Beichuan
Cock and Bull
Movie · as Song Lao'er
我们的挑战
TV · as Self · 11 eps
Bite Me!
TV · as himself · 1 ep
星球者联盟
TV · 8 eps
Saving Mr. Wu
Movie · as Xing Feng
Beijing, New York
Movie · as Lenny
Love & Sword
TV · 32 eps
The Boundary
Movie
Flower Grandpa
TV · 12 eps
Red Channel
TV · 40 eps
All Quiet in Peking
TV · as 方孟敖 · 53 eps
星星的密室
TV · as 明星关主 · 12 eps
Police Story: Lockdown
Movie · as Wu Jiang
The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel
Movie · as The Chef
Redemption
Movie · as Xiao Likun
Troubled Times Three Brothers
TV · 40 eps
Where Are We Going, Dad?
TV · 16 eps
The Last Supper
Movie · as Liu Bang
Happy Hotel
Movie
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
Movie · as 托塔李天王
Beginning of the Great Revival
Movie · as Mao Zedong
A Beautiful Life
Movie · as Fang Zhendong
Underdog Knight 2
Movie · as Lao San / Wang Tao
Driverless
Movie · as Zhi Xiong
Color Me Love
Movie
China's Got Talent
TV · as Self - Judge · 10 eps
神枪手
TV · as Peng Kehu · 28 eps
City of Life and Death
Movie · as Lu Jianxiong
We'll Meet in Heaven
Movie
The Founding of a Republic
Movie · as Old Red Army Soldiers
Iron Men
Movie · as 刘思成
一个女人的史诗
TV · 34 eps
男儿本色
TV · as Zhou Chuanxiong · 38 eps
The Underdog Knight
Movie · as Lao San/Wang Tao
Dark Matter
Movie · as Liu Xing
Connected
Movie · as Senior Inspector Fok
The Time of Our Lives
TV · as 袁浩东 · 30 eps
Blood Brothers
Movie · as Gang
Mini
Movie · as Kang
Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster
Movie · as Liu Ye
Curse of the Golden Flower
Movie · as Crown Prince Wan
一针见血
TV · 24 eps
向天真女生投降
TV · as 披头 · 6 eps
The Promise
Movie · as Snow Wolf
Mob Sister
Movie · as Pilot
The Ghost Inside
Movie · as Fang Cheng
Sudden Lover
Movie
Jasmine Women
Movie · as Xia Du
The Foliage
Movie
荆轲传奇
TV · 32 eps
Harmony
TV · as 闵华堂 · 32 eps
Romantic Life
TV · as 钟跃民 · 32 eps
夏天的味道
TV · as 张奕 · 20 eps
Purple Butterfly
Movie · as Szeto
The Floating Landscape
Movie · as Lit
A Soul Haunted by Painting
TV · as Tian Shouxin · 30 eps
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Movie · as Ma Jianling
Sky Lovers
Movie · as Jiakuan
How Can I Rescue My Love
TV · as Long Xiaoyu · 23 eps
Lan Yu
Movie · as Lan Yu
Flowers
Movie
Female Coach & Male Player
Movie
Postmen in the Mountains
Movie · as Son
A Century's Dream
Movie
CMG Spring Festival Gala
TV · 1 ep
Golden Horse Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep