Liu Ye (actor)

Liu Ye
Chinese name	劉燁 (traditional)
Chinese name	刘烨 (simplified)
Pinyin	Líu Yè (Mandarin)
Born	March 23, 1978 Changchun, Jilin, China
Other name(s)	火华社社长
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Anais Martane (2009–present)
Children	Nina, Nuoyi
Awards Golden Horse Awards Best Actor 2001 Lan Yu Golden Rooster Awards Best Actor 2003 The Foliage

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 熊 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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References

1. IMDB Bio, Retrieved 28 Sep 2011
2. 16 June 2011, China turns all its attention to 'Beginning of the Great Revival', The Independent
3. Actor Liu Ye Sets Wedding Date, 16 June 2009
4. Actor Liu Ye Becomes a Father, 13 Oct 2010
5. Clifford Coonan (February 8, 2015). "Berlin: France Setting the Pace On China Co-Productions". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
6. Julie Makinen (June 29, 2015). "Mel Gibson, other Hollywood directors look to China market". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
7. Liu Ye at hkmdb.com
8. Liu Ye at chinesemov.com

External links

• Liu Ye at the Internet Movie Database