Liu Ye (actor)

Liu Ye
Chinese name 劉燁 (traditional)
Chinese name 刘烨 (simplified)
Pinyin Líu Yè (Mandarin)
Born (1978-03-23) March 23, 1978
Changchun, Jilin, China
Other name(s) 火华社社长
Occupation Actor
Years active 1997present
Spouse(s) Anais Martane (2009present)
Children Nina, Nuoyi
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Ye (born March 23, 1978) is a Chinese actor.

Career

Liu began his acting career as a student majoring in performing arts at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, and his talent in acting was apparent very early on. Liu was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a young postman in one of his first films, Postmen in the Mountains, at the 1999 Golden Rooster Awards.[1] Shortly after his graduation, Liu won Best Actor at the 38th Golden Horse Awards for his performance as a young homosexual man in Lan Yu. Three years later, he clinched Best Actor with his role in The Foliage at the 24th Golden Rooster Awards. In addition, several of Liu's films 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 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 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 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 productions.

Liu's first Hollywood film Dark Matter, based on the 1991 University of Iowa shooting, was screened at major international film festivals in 2007. 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. Liu's first villainous role was in Connected (2008), a remake of the American film Cellular.

Liu starred in Lu Chuan's 2009 film City of Life and Death, which pays tribute to the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.

In the 2011 film 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.[2]

Personal life

Liu married French (of Jewish descent) photographer Anais Martane in Beijing on July 5, 2009.[3] Their first child, a son named Nuoyi, was born on October 10, 2010 in France.[4] A few years after, they had a daughter called Nina.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Shiji Zhi Meng
世纪之梦
Zhao Xiling
1999 Postmen in the Mountains
那山、那人、那狗
Son
1999 Xiong
Wo
2000 Team Spirit
女帅男兵
Yan Kai
2001 Lan Yu
蓝宇
Lan Yu 38th Golden horse Awards for Best actor
2001 Bi Zhi Xiangqian Zou
笔直向前走
Ding Tian
2002 Sky Lovers
天上的恋人
Wang Jiakuan
2002 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
2003 Purple Butterfly
紫蝴蝶
Szeto
2003 Sudden Lover
青春爱人事件
Xiaoxie
2003 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
2005 The Promise
无极
Snow Wolf
2005 Mini
米尼
Kang
2005 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
2007 Dark Matter
盐湖城校园事件
Liu Xing
2008 Underdog Knight
硬汉
Laosan
2008 Connected
保持通话
Fok Tak-nang
2009 City of Life and Death
南京!南京!
Lu Jianxiong
2009 Iron Men
铁人
Liu Sicheng
2009 The Founding of a Republic
建国大业
Red Army old soldier
2009 Lan
我们天上见
Xiaoqiang
2010 Driverless
无人驾驶
Zhixiong
2010 Color Me Love
爱出色
Luan Yihong
2011 The Founding of a Party
建党伟业
Mao Zedong
2011 A Beautiful Life
不再让你孤单
Fang Zhendong
2011 He-Man
硬汉2奉陪到底
Laosan
2012 The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven
2012 Matters of Life and Death
2012 The Last Supper
王的盛宴
Liu Bang
2013 The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel
2013 Redemption
2013 Police Story 2013 Wu Jiang, owner of Wu Bar (nightclub)
2014 The Boundary
2015 Beijing, New York
2015 Saving Mr. Wu
2016 Night Peacock [5]
2016 The Bombing Filming[6]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Shige Nüqiu De Zibai
十个女囚的自白
Sun Xi'an
2000 Happy Street
幸福街
Xu Xiaoyang
2002 Na Shenme Zhengjiu Ni, Wo De Airen
拿什么拯救你,我的爱人
Long Xiaoyu
2002 Zhenxiang Beihou
真相背后
Lin Maosheng
2002 Youqing Yuanyang Wuqing Jian
有情鸳鸯无情剑
Shao Da
2003 Assassinator Jing Ke
荆轲传奇
Jing Ke
2003 Painted Soul
画魂
Tian Shouxin
2003 Summer's Taste
阳光下的阴影
Zhang Yi
2004 Blood Color Romance
血色浪漫
Zhong Yuemin
2004 Harmony
天和局
Min Huatang
2005 Yi Zhen Jian Xue
一针见血
Su Yan
2005 Surrenders to the Naive Girl
向天真女生投降
Wang Qian / Wang Zhiyuan
2007 Our Life Time
我们生活的年代
Yuan Haodong
2008 A Woman's Epic Poem
一个女人的史诗
Ouyang Yu
2009 The Sniper
神枪手
Peng Kehu
2009 Invisible Target
男儿本色
Zhou Chuanxiong
2013 Fire Line, Three Brothers
火線三兄弟
田二林 Tian Erlin
2014 All Quiet in Peking
北平无战事
方孟敖 Fang Meng'ao

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