Ge You

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Ge You
Born (1957-04-19) April 19, 1957 (age 66)
Beijing, China
Years active1985–present
Awards Cannes Film Festival
1994 Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival) – To Live

Golden Phoenix Awards
2009 Special Jury Award Golden Rooster Awards – Best Actor
1993 After Separation

Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actor
1998 The Dream Factory
2002 Big Shot's Funeral
2004 Cell Phone
Best Supporting Actor
1992 Spring Festival

Golden Eagle Awards – Best Actor
1992 Stories From The Editorial Board

Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 葛优
Traditional Chinese 葛優

Ge You (born April 19, 1957) is a Chinese actor. A native of Beijing, often with a bald shaven pate, he is considered by many to be one of the most recognizable acting personalities in China. He became the first Asian actor to win the Cannes Best Actor Award for his role in the Zhang Yimou movie To Live .

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Career

Ge You's father, Ge Cunzhuang, came from an older generation of film actors. Since the 1950s, he has played a large number of characters, largely villains. His iconic works include Little Soldier Zhang Ga, Red Flag Composition, Daqing Artillery Team and so on. He also had a great influence on the improvement of Ge You's performance. Ge You's mother Shi Wenxin was a script editor at the Beijing Film Studio, He Cong, his wife, is an art teacher at Fuwai No. 2 Primary School, and his younger sister Ge Jia is also an editor of the North Film Pictorial. Overall, a filmic family.

After graduating from middle school, Ge You went to the suburbs of Beijing to farm pigs. At the age of 25, he joined the Art Troupe of the National Federation of Trade Unions and became a drama actor. In 1984, Ge You played a small role in Sheng Xia and His Fiancee. In 1988, Ge You participated in the film The Troubleshooters adapted from Wang Shuo's novel The Troubleshooters, and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for this film. In 1992, he participated in the TV series comedy Stories From The Editorial Board launched by Beijing TV. In the 10 years since then, Ge You played more than 20 different figures. The most successful one of these is the film To Live directed by Zhang Yimou in 1993 and adapted from the novel To Live by Yu Hua. In the film, Ge You plays the "Fugui" from youth to old age, vividly showing a minor character who has tasted the enjoyment and suffering of the world to the audience, and also brought his acting skills to the fullest. Thus he was the first Chinese man to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 .

In addition, in Steel Meets Fire (director He Qun, 1991), he played the puppet army captain, full of human warmth and strength of character, jumping out of the traditional villain constraints. After that, he played the lustful and sanctimonious older brother-in-law in Huang Jianzhong's The Spring Festival and won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor.  In the 1993 film Farewell My Concubine directed by Chen Kaige, Ge You played the Peking Opera "Yuan Siye" who seemed to be insignificant but extremely wonderful.

Although Ge You's appearance is not outstanding, he can break through the traditional performance routines and explore the human side of the minor characters, making them closer to real life. Ge You has won the love of numerous audiences with his bald figure and tempered humorous style.

Since 1997, he has been cooperating with director Feng Xiaogang and has become his preferred actor. He has co-produced a number of New Year films and once became the biggest winner in the Chinese New Year film market.

On December 1, 2011, Ge You signed a five-year contract with 3 films in total with Emperor Entertainment. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearEnglish TitleChinese TitleRoleNotes
1985Sheng Xia He Ta De Wei Hun Fu盛夏和她的未婚夫Wei Xuejin
1985Mountain's Daughter山的女儿Zhu Guangjin
1985Army Nurse女儿楼Patient
1986Perfect Matches情投意合Ke Nian
1988The Troubleshooters顽主Yang Zhong
1988Elope私奔Gou Li
1989Ballad of the Yellow River黄河谣Hei Gutou
1989 Codename Cougar 代号美洲豹Zheng Xianping
1990 The Ozone Layer Vanishes大气层消失Toushi
1990Peking Duck Restaurant老店Master Ji
1990Street Knight马路骑士Boss
1990Someone Falls in Love with Me有人偏偏爱上我Hairstylist
1991Girl of the Times新潮姑娘
1991Comic Star喜剧明星Teacher Ge
1991Steel Meets Fire烈火金刚Xi Shiguan
1991 The Spring Festival 过年Ding Yuan15th Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Supporting Actor
3rd Golden Phoenix Awards for Society Award
1991Woman-Taxi-Woman女人·TAXI·女人Zhang Wenxiu's husband
1991The Tragedy of Comedian悲喜人生Director
1992After the Final Battle决战之后Wenqiang
1992Their Marriages父子婚事Da You
1992Conned Once上一当Liu Shan
1992Divorce Wars离婚大战Da Ming
1993The Vanished Woman消失的女人Shan Liren
1993After Separation大撒把Gu Yan13th Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actor
1993 Farewell My Concubine 霸王别姬Yuan Shiqing
1994Born Coward天生胆小Director Guan
1994 To Live 活着Xu Fugui47th Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor
1996 The Emperor's Shadow 秦颂Gao Jianli
1997 The Dream Factory 甲方乙方Yao Yuan21st Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor
5th Beijing College Student Film Festival for Most Popular Actor
1997 Keep Cool 有话好好说Policeman
1997 Eighteen Springs 半生緣Zhu Hongcai
1998 Be There or Be Square 不见不散Liu Yuan
1999 Sorry Baby 没完没了Han Dong
1999Butterfly Smile蝴蝶的微笑Kang Ping
2001 Big Shot's Funeral 大腕Yoyo25th Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor
9th Beijing College Student Film Festival for Most Popular Actor
2nd Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actor
2003 Cala, My Dog! 卡拉是条狗Lao Er10th Beijing College Student Film Festival for Most Popular Actor
4th Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actor
2003 Cell Phone 手机Yan Shouyi27th Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor
4th Chinese Film Media Awards for Most Popular Actor
2004 A World Without Thieves 天下无贼Hu Li
2005Suffocation窒息Chen Xiao
2006 The Banquet 夜宴Emperor Li
2007Shi Pin十品Kou Zhun
2007 Shanghai Red 紅美麗Mr. Feng
2007Na Qie纳妾Old Lee
2007 Crossed Lines 命运呼叫转移Lao San
2008 If You Are the One 非诚勿扰Qin Fen12th Golden Phoenix Awards for Jury Special Prize
2008 Desires of the Heart 桃花运Wang Mang
2009 Gasp 气喘吁吁Li Qiang
2009 The Founding of a Republic 建国大业Red Army Fourth Division leader Cameo
2010 Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞Tang (Ma Bangde)3rd China Film Director's Guild Awards for Best Actor
11th Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actor
2010 Sacrifice 赵氏孤儿Cheng Ying14th Huabiao Awards for Outstanding Actor
18th Beijing College Student Film Festival for Best Actor
2010 If You Are the One 2 非诚勿扰2Qin Fen
2013 Personal Tailor 私人订制Yang Zhong
2014 Gone with the Bullets 一步之遥Xiang Feitian
2016 The Wasted Times 罗曼蒂克消亡史Mr. Lu9th Macau International Movie Festival for Best Actor
2017 Cook Up a Storm 决战食神Hong Qi
2018Mad Ebriety断片之险途夺宝Uncle Ya
2019 My People, My Country 我和我的祖国 [2]
2019Two Tigers两只老虎 [3]
2020 My People, My Homeland 我和我的家乡 [4]
2021 Schemes in Antiques 古董局中局 [5]
2023 If You are the One 3 非诚勿扰3Qin Fen

Television series

YearEnglish TitleChinese TitleRoleNotes
1990Fortress Besieged围城Li Meiting
1992Stories From The Editorial Board编辑部的故事Li Dongbao10th China TV Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor
1992Beiyang Fleet北洋水师He Jing
1994I Love My Family我爱我家Ji Chunsheng
1995Story of Beijing Tanqiu北京深秋的故事
1996A Native of Shanghai in Tokyo上海人在东京Qiu Minghai
1997Kou Laoxi'er寇老西儿 Kou Zhun
1999Divorce离婚Old Lee

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  3. ↑ "杀回贺岁档！葛优喜剧《两只老虎》定档". Mtime (in Chinese). October 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ "《我和我的家乡》官宣主演阵容". Mtime (in Chinese). August 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ "马伯庸《古董局中局》电影版开机 雷佳音&李现搭档辛芷蕾 葛优提供解谜线索". Mtime (in Chinese). September 23, 2019.
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