Liu Ye
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1978-03-23 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Jilin, China
- Also known as
- 刘烨 · Liu Ye
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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self
China in the Story
2019
as 许云峰
All Quiet in Peking
2014
as 方孟敖
CMG Spring Festival Gala
1983
Where Are We Going, Dad?
2013
China's Got Talent
2010
as Self - Judge
Old Boy
2018
as Wu Zheng
Romantic Life
2004
as 钟跃民
A Soul Haunted by Painting
2003
as Tian Shouxin
The Time of Our Lives
2008
as 袁浩东
Troubled Times Three Brothers
2013
The Silent Rift
2026
as Zhu Helai
一针见血
2006
一个女人的史诗
2009
Harmony
2004
as 闵华堂
On the Road
2019
as Yao Yuan
我们的挑战
2016
as Self
Flower Grandpa
2014
男儿本色
2009
as Zhou Chuanxiong
神枪手
2010
as Peng Kehu
The Great Wall
2020
星星的密室
2014
as 明星关主
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey
2019
as Ren Hongyi
How Can I Rescue My Love
2002
as Long Xiaoyu
一键倾心
2020
荆轲传奇
2004
向天真女生投降
2006
as 披头
Queen
2023
as 刘烨
Love & Sword
2015
Red Channel
2014
The Lotus Secret
as Yang Linian
Bite Me!
2016
as himself
Movies (57)
Tiger Wolf Rabbit
2024
as Zhao Zishan
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
as Crown Prince Wan
The Founding of a Republic
2009
as Old Red Army Soldiers
Police Story: Lockdown
2013
as Wu Jiang
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
as Mao Zedong
Postmen in the Mountains
1999
as Son
The Promise
2005
as Snow Wolf
City of Life and Death
2009
as Lu Jianxiong
Lan Yu
2001
as Lan Yu
Air Strike
2018
as Xue Gangtou
The Founding of an Army
2017
as Mao Zedong
Moon the Panda
2025
as Fu Zhao
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
2012
as 托塔李天王
Night Peacock
2016
as Ma Jianmin
Saving Mr. Wu
2015
as Xing Feng
Connected
2008
as Senior Inspector Fok
A Beautiful Life
2011
as Fang Zhendong
The Last Supper
2012
as Liu Bang
Blood Brothers
2007
as Gang
Kang Zhan Zhong De Wen Yi
2024
Dark Matter
2008
as Liu Xing
The Underdog Knight
2008
as Lao San/Wang Tao
The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel
2013
as The Chef
2020湖南卫视拼多多双十二超拼夜
2020
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
2002
as Ma Jianling
Cock and Bull
2016
as Song Lao'er
Mob Sister
2005
as Pilot
The Floating Landscape
2003
as Lit
Color Me Love
2010
Purple Butterfly
2003
as Szeto
Redemption
2013
as Xiao Likun
Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster
2007
as Liu Ye
My War
2016
as Sun Beichuan
The EOD Squad
2022
as Lu Yang
Mini
2007
as Kang
Jasmine Women
2004
as Xia Du
Island Keeper
2021
as Wang Jicai
Underdog Knight 2
2011
as Lao San / Wang Tao
Beijing, New York
2015
as Lenny
Driverless
2010
as Zhi Xiong
The Boundary
2014
We'll Meet in Heaven
2009
Sudden Lover
2005
The Ghost Inside
2005
as Fang Cheng
Iron Men
2009
as 刘思成
Manifesto
2023
The Foliage
2004
Happy Hotel
2012
Steel Will
2022
as Zhao Tiechi
Flowers
2001
Sky Lovers
2002
as Jiakuan
Female Coach & Male Player
2000
A Century's Dream
1998
2024-2025湖南卫视芒果TV跨年晚会
2025
Crossing
2026
as Mao Zedong/毛泽东
2025-2026湖南卫视芒果TV跨年演唱会
2025
2026湖南卫视芒果TV春节联欢晚会
2026
About Liu Ye
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 A… With 89 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Liu Ye has appeared in 57 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Liu Ye Movies
- Tiger Wolf Rabbit (2024) — as Zhao Zishan
- Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) — as Crown Prince Wan
- The Founding of a Republic (2009) — as Old Red Army Soldiers
- Police Story: Lockdown (2013) — as Wu Jiang
- Beginning of the Great Revival (2011) — as Mao Zedong
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