Liu Ye
Acting • Born 1978-03-23
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.
Filmography
87 credits
Curse of the Golden Flower
Movie • 2006
Crown Prince Wan
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Movie • 2002
Ma Jianling
The Promise
Movie • 2005
Snow Wolf
City of Life and Death
Movie • 2009
Lu Jianxiong
Lan Yu
Movie • 2001
Lan Yu
The Underdog Knight
Movie • 2008
Lao San/Wang Tao
Purple Butterfly
Movie • 2003
Szeto
Manifesto
Movie • 2023
Driverless
Movie • 2010
Zhi Xiong
Jasmine Women
Movie • 2004
Xia Du
Blood Brothers
Movie • 2007
Gang
Dark Matter
Movie • 2008
Liu Xing
Mini
Movie • 2007
Kang
Beginning of the Great Revival
Movie • 2011
Mao Zedong
Connected
Movie • 2008
Senior Inspector Fok
Color Me Love
Movie • 2010
A Beautiful Life
Movie • 2011
Fang Zhendong
Underdog Knight 2
Movie • 2011
Lao San / Wang Tao
The Last Supper
Movie • 2012
Liu Bang
Postmen in the Mountains
Movie • 1999
Son
Mob Sister
Movie • 2005
Pilot
Happy Hotel
Movie • 2012
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
Movie • 2012
托塔李天王
Police Story: Lockdown
Movie • 2013
Wu Jiang
We'll Meet in Heaven
Movie • 2009
The Foliage
Movie • 2004
The Floating Landscape
Movie • 2003
Lit
The Founding of a Republic
Movie • 2009
Old Red Army Soldiers
The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel
Movie • 2013
The Chef
The EOD Squad
Movie • 2022
Lu Yang
Redemption
Movie • 2013
Xiao Likun
Steel Will
Movie • 2022
Zhao Tiechi
The Boundary
Movie • 2014
Moon the Panda
Movie • 2025
Fu Zhao
Female Coach & Male Player
Movie • 2000
A Century's Dream
Movie • 1998
Tiger Wolf Rabbit
Movie • 2024
Zhao Zishan
Kang Zhan Zhong De Wen Yi
Movie • 2024
Saving Mr. Wu
Movie • 2015
Xing Feng
Night Peacock
Movie • 2016
Ma Jianmin
My War
Movie • 2016
Sun Beichuan
Cock and Bull
Movie • 2016
Song Lao'er
The Ghost Inside
Movie • 2005
Fang Cheng
Sudden Lover
Movie • 2005
Sky Lovers
Movie • 2002
Jiakuan
The Founding of an Army
Movie • 2017
Mao Zedong
Flowers
Movie • 2001
Air Strike
Movie • 2018
Xue Gangtou
Beijing, New York
Movie • 2015
Lenny
2020湖南卫视拼多多双十二超拼夜
Movie • 2020
Iron Men
Movie • 2009
刘思成
Island Keeper
Movie • 2021
Wang Jicai
Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster
Movie • 2007
Liu Ye
2024-2025湖南卫视芒果TV跨年晚会
Movie • 2025
Crossing
Movie
Mao Zedong
2025-2026湖南卫视芒果TV跨年演唱会
Movie
Flower Grandpa
TV • 2014
我们的挑战
TV • 2016
Self
荆轲传奇
TV • 2004
Red Channel
TV • 2014
The Great Wall
TV • 2020
The Time of Our Lives
TV • 2008
袁浩东
China's Got Talent
TV • 2010
Self - Judge
Bite Me!
TV • 2016
himself
Love & Sword
TV • 2015
一个女人的史诗
TV • 2009
一针见血
TV • 2006
向天真女生投降
TV • 2006
披头
All Quiet in Peking
TV • 2014
方孟敖
Old Boy
TV • 2018
Wu Zheng
How Can I Rescue My Love
TV • 2002
Long Xiaoyu
Golden Horse Awards
TV • 1962
Self
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey
TV • 2019
Ren Hongyi
Harmony
TV • 2004
闵华堂
Queen
TV • 2023
刘烨
Troubled Times Three Brothers
TV • 2013
Romantic Life
TV • 2004
钟跃民
On the Road
TV • 2019
Yao Yuan
A Soul Haunted by Painting
TV • 2003
Tian Shouxin
China in the Story
TV • 2019
许云峰
Where Are We Going, Dad?
TV • 2013
一键倾心
TV • 2020
男儿本色
TV • 2009
Zhou Chuanxiong
神枪手
TV • 2010
Peng Kehu
Unpredictable
TV
Zhu Helai
The Lotus Secret
TV
Yang Linian
CCTV Spring Festival Gala
TV • 1983