Liu Ye (actor)

Liu Ye
刘烨
Liu in 2006
Born (1978-03-23) March 23, 1978 (age 45)
NationalityChinese
Alma materCentral Academy of Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
AgentSMI Corporation
Spouse
Anais Martane
(m. 2009)
Children2
AwardsGolden Horse AwardsBest Actor
2001 Lan Yu

Golden Rooster AwardsBest Actor
2003 The Foliage

Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese劉燁

Liu Ye (Chinese: 刘烨; pinyin: Líu Yè, born 23 March 1978) is a Chinese actor. He debuted in Postmen in the Mountains, and later on won recognition through critically acclaimed films such as Sky Lovers, which won him the Artistic Contribution Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Lan Yu, which earned him the Best Actor award at the Golden Horse Awards, and Purple Butterfly,

He was ranked 78th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 48th in 2014, and 89th in 2015.

Career

Liu began his acting career as a student majoring in performing arts at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. He made his debut in Postmen in the Mountains (1999) by Huo Jianqi, which won the Best Feature Film Award at China's Golden Rooster Awards and earned Liu a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Liu then played a young homosexual man in the film Lan Yu (2000) by Stanley Kwan, which earned him the Best Actor award at the Golden Horse Awards. Thereafter, Liu starred in many acclaimed films such as Sky Lovers (2002), which won him the Artistic Contribution Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival; Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002), as well as the avant-garde drama film Purple Butterfly (2003), which competed in the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Liu's first Hollywood film Dark Matter, based on the 1991 University of Iowa shooting, was filmed in 2006. Starring opposite Meryl Streep, Liu played the role of a Chinese physics postgraduate named Liu Xing. Dark Matter won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States in April 2008.

Regarded by many as one of mainland's top actors, Liu has appeared on screen in versatile roles, such as a cocky young man in Stanley Kwan's The Foliage (2003), which won him the Best Actor award at the Golden Rooster Awards;[citation needed] a menacing snow wolf in Chen Kaige's The Promise (2005) and a scheming prince in Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower (2006); his performance nabbed him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards. He shed off his melancholic and weak on-screen image to play tougher and more complex roles such as a gangster in John Woo's Blood Brothers (2007) and Ding Sheng's The Underdog Knight (2008), where he played a retired and mentally ill soldier. Liu also took on his first villainous role in Connected (2008), a remake of the American film Cellular.

But Liu’s brooding onscreen presence truly came into full view with the nearly simultaneous release of Lu Chuan’s tribute to the Nanjing massacre, City of Life and Death, and Yin Li’s Iron Man (both in 2009). The leading man in both films, Liu plays a brave soldier in Lu’s war epic and a bronzed oil worker in Yin’s film about those who struggled to develop China’s oil industry in the Taklamakan desert in West China; successfully shedding off his previous screen image.[citation needed]

In the 2011 patriotic tribute, The Founding of a Party, it was reported that Liu was required to gain 10 kg in order to play a 30-year-old Mao Zedong, a feat he achieved by eating 20 eggs a day. After filming Andrew Lau's romantic film A Beautiful Life the same year, Liu reunited with Lu Chuan in The Last Supper (2012), a US$15-million historical epic where he plays Liu Bang.

Liu received the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2013.[citation needed]

In 2014, Liu starred in war drama All Quiet in Peking by novelist Liu Heping. The series, based on the events of the War for Liberation in the late 1940s, earned widespread acclaim for its interesting story and historical accuracy; and was a massive success in China.

Liu won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor for his performance as a car mechanic who is unexpectedly involved in a murder case in the film Cock and Bull (2016), his first award in ten years.

Other activities

Liu was named ambassador of the French Riviera in 2016. He has been previously appointed tourism ambassador for Israel in 2014. On April 6, 2018, Liu become an honorary citizen of Nice.

Personal life

Liu married French (of Jewish descent) photographer Anais Martane in Beijing on July 5, 2009. Their first child, a son named Noé (Nuoyi in Chinese), was born on October 10, 2010, in France. Two years later, their daughter named Nina was born on January 22, 2012, in Beijing.

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Role Ref.
1998 A Century's Dream 世纪之梦 Zhao Xiling
1999 Postmen in the Mountains 那山、那人、那狗 Son
2000 Team Spirit 女帅男兵 Yan Kai
2001 Lan Yu 蓝宇 Lan Yu
2002 Flowers Bloom 花儿怒放 Ding Tian
Sky Lovers 天上的恋人 Wang Jiakuan
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 巴尔扎克与小裁缝 Ma Jianling
2003 The Floating Landscape 恋之风景 Lit
Purple Butterfly 紫蝴蝶 Szeto
Sudden Lover 青春爱人事件 Xiaoxie
The Foliage 美人草 Liu Simeng
2004 Jasmine Women 茉莉花开 Xiaodu
2005 The Ghost Inside 疑神疑鬼 Fang Cheng
The Promise 无极 Snow Wolf
Mini 米尼 Kang
Mob Sister 阿嫂传奇 Heung-tung
2006 Curse of the Golden Flower 满城尽带黄金甲 Crown Prince Wan
2007 Blood Brothers 天堂口 Kang
Dark Matter 暗物质 Liu Xing
2008 The Underdog Knight 硬汉 Laosan
Connected 保持通话 Fok Tak-nang
2009 City of Life and Death 南京!南京! Lu Jianxiong
Iron Men 铁人 Liu Sicheng
The Founding of a Republic 建国大业 Red Army old soldier
2010 Lan 我们天上见 Xiaoqiang
Driverless 无人驾驶 Zhixiong
Color Me Love 爱出色 Luan Yihong
2011 He-Man 硬汉2奉陪到底 Laosan
A Beautiful Life 不再让你孤单 Fang Zhendong
The Founding of a Party 建党伟业 Mao Zedong
2012 The Last Supper 王的盛宴 Liu Bang
2013 The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel 厨子戏子痞子 Chef
Redemption 杀戒 Xiao Ligun
Police Story 2013 警察故事2013 Wu Jiang
2014 The Boundary 全城通缉 Tang Yue
2015 Beijing, New York 北京,纽约 Lan Yi
Saving Mr. Wu 解救吾先生 Xing Feng
2016 Night Peacock 夜孔雀 Jian Min
Cock and Bull 追凶者也 Song Lao'er
My War 我的战争 Sun Beichuan
2017 The Founding of an Army 建军大业 Mao Zedong
2018 Air Strike 大轰炸 Xue Gangtou
2021 Island Keeper 守岛人 Wang Jicai

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Ref.
1998 十个女囚的自白 Sun Xi'an
2000 Happy Street 幸福街 Xu Xiaoyang
2002 Don't Rent a Room 有房别出租 Ding Yufei
Love & Sword 有情鸳鸯无情剑 Shao Da
2003 How Can I Rescue My Love 拿什么拯救你,我的爱人 Long Xiaoyu
Painted Soul 画魂 Tian Shouxin
2004 Summer's Taste 阳光下的阴影 Zhang Yi
Assassinator Jing Ke 荆轲传奇 Jing Ke
2005 Blood Color Romance 血色浪漫 Zhong Yuemin
2006 一针见血 Su Yan
Harmony 天和局 Min Huatang
Surrender to the Innocent Girl 向天真女生投降 Wang Qian / Wang Zhiyuan
2008 Our Life Time 我们生活的年代 Yuan Haodong
2009 The Epic of a Woman 一个女人的史诗 Ouyang Yu
2010 Invisible Target 男儿本色 Zhou Chuanxiong
The Sniper 神枪手 Peng Kehu
2013 Fire Line, Three Brothers 火線三兄弟 Tian Erlin
2014 Red Path 红色通道 Wu Quan
All Quiet in Peking 北平无战事 Fang Meng'ao
2018 Old Boy
老男孩 Wu Zheng
2019 National Treasure Legendary Journey 国宝奇旅 Ren Hongyi
On the Road 在远方 Yao Yuan

Variety show

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2013 China's Got Talent 中国达人秀 Judge
2014 Grandpa Over Flowers 花样爷爷 Cast member
2015 Where Are We Going, Dad? 爸爸去哪儿
2017 The Birth of Actors 演员的诞生 Mentor

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1999 Golden Rooster Awards Best Supporting Actor Postmen in the Mountains Nominated
2001 Golden Horse Awards Best Actor Lan Yu Won
2002 Hong Kong Film Awards Nominated
Golden Bauhinia Awards Nominated
2003 Top Ten China TV Arts How Can I Rescue My Love Won
2004 Chinese Film Media Awards Purple Butterfly Nominated
Most Popular Actor (Mainland China) Won
Golden Rooster Awards Best Actor The Foliage Won [citation needed]
2005 Chinese Film Media Awards Nominated
Changchun Film Festival Nominated
Golden Phoenix Awards Society Award Won
2006 Changchun Film Festival Best Actor Mini Nominated
2007 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Curse of the Golden Flower Nominated
Golden Bauhinia Awards Nominated
2013 Asian Film Awards Best Actor The Last Supper Nominated
2014 Chinese Film Media Awards Most Popular Actor The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel Nominated
2016 Macau International Movie Festival Best Actor My War Nominated
Shanghai Film Festival Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor Cock and Bull Won
2017 China Film Director's Guild Awards Best Actor Nominated
2019 Golden Bud - The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival Best Actor National Treasure Legendary Journey, On The Road Nominated
2021 Golden Rooster Awards Best Actor Island Keeper Nominated
Changchun Film Festival Won
2022 Hundred Flowers Awards Nominated
2023 Huabiao Awards Outstanding Actor Won

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