Chinese actor
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Liu Ye (Chinese : 刘烨 ; pinyin : Líu Yè , born 23 March 1978) is a Chinese actor. He ranked 78th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013,[1] 48th in 2014,[2] and 89th in 2015.[3]
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.[4]
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 .[5] 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 ;,[6] Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002),[7] which helped Liu break into Hollywood.[citation needed ] as well as the avant-garde drama film Purple Butterfly (2003), which competed in the 2003 Cannes Film Festival .[8] [9]
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.[10] [11] Dark Matter won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States in April 2008.[12] [13]
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),[14] which won him the Best Actor award at the Golden Rooster Awards ;[15] 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);[16] [17] his performance nabbed him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards .[18] He shed off his melancholic and weak on-screen image[10] to play tougher and more complex roles such as a gangster in John Woo 's Blood Brothers (2007)[19] and Ding Sheng 's Underdog Knight (2008),[20] where he played a retired and mentally ill soldier.[21] Liu also took on his first villainous role in Connected (2008), a remake of the American film Cellular .[22]
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 ,[23] and Yin Li’s Iron Man (both in 2009).[24] 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.[25] [26] 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 .[16] [27]
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.[28]
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.[29]
Other activities [ ]
Liu was named ambassador of the French Riviera in 2016.[30] He has been previously appointed tourism ambassador for Israel in 2014.[31] On April 6, 2018, Liu become an honorary citizen of Nice .[32] [33]
Personal life [ ]
Liu married French (of Jewish descent) photographer Anais Martane in Beijing on July 5, 2009.[34] Their first child, a son named Noé (Nuoyi in Chinese), was born on October 10, 2010 in France.[35] A few years afterward, they had a daughter named Nina.
Filmography [ ]
Film [ ]
Television series [ ]
Notes
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
[56]
2002
Love & Sword
有情鸳鸯无情剑
Shao Da
[57]
2003
How Can I Rescue My Love
拿什么拯救你,我的爱人
Long Xiaoyu
[58]
2003
Painted Soul
画魂
Tian Shouxin
[citation needed ]
2004
Summer's Taste
阳光下的阴影
Zhang Yi
[59]
2004
Assassinator Jing Ke
荆轲传奇
Jing Ke
[60]
2005
Blood Color Romance
血色浪漫
Zhong Yuemin
[61]
[62]
2006
一针见血
Su Yan
[63]
2006
Harmony
天和局
Min Huatang
[64]
2006
Surrender to the Innocent Girl
向天真女生投降
Wang Qian / Wang Zhiyuan
[65]
2008
Our Life Time
我们生活的年代
Yuan Haodong
[66]
2009
The Epic of a Woman
一个女人的史诗
Ouyang Yu
[67]
2010
Invisible Target
男儿本色
Zhou Chuanxiong
[68]
2010
The Sniper
神枪手
Peng Kehu
[69]
2013
Fire Line, Three Brothers
火線三兄弟
Tian Erlin
[70]
2014
Red Path
红色通道
Wu Quan
[71]
2014
All Quiet in Peking
北平无战事
Fang Meng'ao
2018
Old Boy
老男孩
Wu Zheng
[72]
2019
National Treasure Legendary Journey
国宝奇旅
Ren Hongyi
[73]
On the Road
在远方
Yao Yuan
[74]
Variety show [ ]
Awards and nominations [ ]
References [ ]
^ "2013 Forbes China Celebrity 100 List: Fan Bingbing in Top Spot" . JayneStars . April 24, 2013.
^ "2014 Forbes China Celebrity List (Full List)" . Forbes . May 6, 2014.
^ "2015 Forbes China Celebrity List (Full List)" . Forbes . May 13, 2015.
^ "As a Chinese gem of subtle beauty, 'Postmen' delivers" . Chicago Tribune . December 31, 2004.
^ Jump up to: a b "Liu Ye's New Film Chosen in Venice Film Festival" . China.org.cn . July 29, 2003.
^ 刘烨董洁陶虹联手 《天上的恋人》揭幕东京电影节 . Sina (in Chinese). September 28, 2002.
^ 刘烨称《巴尔扎克与小裁缝》已入围本年戛纳电影节 . Sina (in Chinese). January 18, 2002.
^ "A Proverbial Tale of Political Revolution, Violence and Lost Love" . New York Times . November 26, 2004.
^ "Purple Butterfly" . Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 16 March 2017 .
^ Jump up to: a b "Cheerful drama break for brooding actor" . China Daily . July 19, 2006.
^ "Liu Ye Is Still Attached to "Dark Matter" " . China Radio International . April 19, 2006.
^ "Chinese Actor Leads "Dark Matter" to Int'l Festival" . China Radio International . January 22, 2007.
^ "" Dark Matter" Wins Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance" . Indiewire . January 28, 2007.
^ 《美人草》备受业内人士好评 刘烨有望再夺影帝 . Sina (in Chinese). February 25, 2004.
^ Jump up to: a b "2004 GOLDEN ROOSTER AWARDS" . awardsandwinners.com .
^ Jump up to: a b "Man of Many parts" . South China Morning Post . May 8, 2011.
^ "Liu Ye: With tender and melancholy image" . CCTV.com . September 10, 2007. p. 3.
^ Jump up to: a b "Hong Kong Film Awards 2006" . hkfaa.com .
^ 《天堂口》命运弄人 刘烨吴彦祖“反目成仇” . Mtime (in Chinese). June 30, 2007.
^ "" The Underdog Knight" welcomes its release" . CCTV.com .
^ "Liu Ye: With tender and melancholy image" . CCTV.com . September 10, 2007. p. 4.[permanent dead link ]
^ "Cellular Gets a Second Call in China" . China Radio International . September 4, 2008.
^ "Historical epic "Nanking, Nanking" " . CCTV.com . May 18, 2009.
^ "Film on model oil worker to be released" . CCTV.com . April 13, 2009.
^ 16 June 2011, China turns all its attention to 'Beginning of the Great Revival' , The Independent
^ "The reel Mao" . China Daily . June 3, 2011.
^ "Lu Chuan's new film on China's classic war" . China Daily . April 12, 2012.
^ "Chinese TV Drama Sets VOD Record With 400 Million Views" . The Hollywood Reporter . November 30, 2004.
^ Jump up to: a b "Actor Liu Ye wins big at Shanghai Int'l Film Festival" . China Daily . June 20, 2016.[permanent dead link ]
^ "French Riviera honors actor Liu Ye" . China Daily .
^ "Liu Ye: Tourism Ambassador for Israel" . China Radio International .
^ "Liu Ye attends ceremony appointing him as an honorary citizen of Nice" . dramapanda . 7 April 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019 .
^ 刘烨获法国“荣誉市民”了不起?汪涵、郭敬明、成龙等明星才叫牛 . sohu (in Chinese). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019 .
^ "Actor Liu Ye Sets Wedding Date" . China Radio International . 16 June 2009.
^ "Actor Liu Ye Becomes a Father" . China Radio International .
^ 刘烨首度尝试教师形象 上海宣传《花儿怒放》(组图) . Sina (in Chinese). September 10, 2002.
^ 《青春爱人事件》公映 刘烨称导演是我的偶像 . Sohu (in Chinese). May 9, 2005.
^ 《茉莉花开》热映 刘烨演技出众受影迷追捧(图) . Sina (in Chinese). April 28, 2006.
^ 香港鬼片导演进军内地 大S刘烨《疑神疑鬼》 . Netease (in Chinese). April 14, 2005.
^ 刘烨为“阿嫂”变酷:人会隐藏自己都有很多面 . Sina (in Chinese). August 17, 2005.
^ 蒋雯丽《我们天上见》:繁华落尽见真醇 . Sohu (in Chinese). April 22, 2010.
^ "' Driverless' Stars" . China Radio International . June 29, 2010.
^ "" Color Me. Love" Set for October Release" . China Radio International . August 17, 2010.
^ "The Underdog Knight returns" . China Daily . January 27, 2011.
^ "Shu Qi's new film to open during summer season" . China Daily . March 15, 2011.
^ "Triple header" . China Daily . March 29, 2013.
^ "Shooting begins for 'Sha Jie' " . China.org.cn . April 26, 2012.
^ "警察故事2013"新剧照 成龙景甜父女酒吧对峙 . Mtime (in Chinese). November 19, 2013.
^ "Post 90s Director's Thriller Movie"The Boundary" is Premiered" . China Radio International . November 6, 2014.
^ 《北京·纽约》曝光催泪预告片 刘烨林志玲上演虐心双城恋 . Mtime (in Chinese). February 27, 2015.
^ 《解救吾先生》曝刘烨特辑 "拼命三郎"刘烨获刘德华称赞 . Mtime (in Chinese). September 1, 2015.
^ Clifford Coonan (8 February 2015). "Berlin: France Setting the Pace On China Co-Productions" . The Hollywood Reporter .
^ "Chinese Writer Ba Jin's Novel to Land on Big Screen Tomorrow" . China Radio International .
^ "PLA drama hits big screen this summer" . China Daily .
^ "War Epic "The Bombing" " . Los Angeles Times .
^ 刘烨、谢娜情侣档出演《有房别出租》戏里不谈情 . Sina (in Chinese). June 26, 2002.
^ 袁泉、刘烨成“有情鸳鸯”? . People's Daily (in Chinese). November 10, 2003.
^ 刘烨领衔赵宝刚《拿什么拯救你,我的爱人》(图) . Sina (in Chinese). February 20, 2002.
^ 刘烨佟大为“现代双骄”嗅出《夏天的味道》 . Sohu (in Chinese). July 11, 2013.
^ 刘烨、何润东、瞿颖演绎《荆轲传奇》(图) . Sina (in Chinese). December 7, 2003.
^ 刘烨:钟跃民无畏精神吸引我 他是精神漂流者 . Sina (in Chinese). April 27, 2005.
^ "Liu Ye heats up new TV series" . China Daily . May 10, 2004.
^ 《一针见血》热播 刘烨坦言自己挺邪气(附图) . Sina (in Chinese). February 10, 2007.
^ 刘烨孙俪携手《天和局》 于荣光任导演号令众星 . Sina (in Chinese). December 3, 2004.
^ 刘烨《向天真的女生投降》演小流氓披头(图) . Sina (in Chinese). October 21, 2005.
^ 李光洁刘烨《我们生活的年代》为奋斗把酒言欢 . Sina (in Chinese). November 20, 2008.
^ 严歌苓改编《一个女人的史诗》 刘烨赵薇演夫妻 . Sina (in Chinese). June 30, 2008.
^ 刘烨罗嘉良演绎“男儿本色” 遗憾没有对手戏 . Sina (in Chinese). June 4, 2009.
^ 电视剧《神枪手》杀青 于越刘烨结下革命友谊 . Sina (in Chinese). April 10, 2009.
^ 三影帝《火线三兄弟》虐恋 刘烨惹桃花债 . Sina (in Chinese). June 21, 2013.
^ 《红色通道》刘烨出演超级特工生死惊情 . Sina (in Chinese). December 24, 2013.
^ 刘烨演机长!《老男孩》搭档林依晨挑战航空剧 . NetEase (in Chinese). May 10, 2017.
^ 《国宝奇旅》开机 袁姗姗携刘烨再现文物迁徙之谜 . Sina (in Chinese). December 29, 2017.
^ 电视剧《在远方》举行开机仪式 超强演员阵容获期待 . Yule (in Chinese). October 22, 2018.
^ "' Grandpas over Flowers' show younger side of the elderly" . Sina .
^ "Third Season of Reality TV Show "Where Are We Going, Dad?" Completes Shooting" . China Radio International .
^ "Reality TV Show Sends Chinese Stars Back to Acting School" . Sixth Tone . November 7, 2017.
^ 第三届电视双十佳揭晓 赵本山获全胜一人捧双奖 . Sina (in Chinese). November 26, 2003.
^ 第四届华语电影传媒大奖获奖名单 . Sina (in Chinese).
^ 第十届表演艺术学会奖金凤凰奖 - 学会奖 . 1985byxh.com (in Chinese).
^ "Mystery, Gangster head Asian Film Awards nominations" . Screen Daily . January 16, 2013.
^ 金骨朵网络影视盛典提名揭晓 王一博肖战杨紫等入围 . Ynet (in Chinese). November 25, 2019.
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