Biography
Ge You is a Chinese actor born on 19 April 1957 in Beijing. He began his career in stage plays and propaganda operas with China's National Drama Troupe after the Cultural Revolution, moving into film work in the late 1980s.
He gained prominence with supporting roles in films including Farewell My Concubine (1993), in which he played Master Yuan Shiqing, and To Live (1994), for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese actor to receive the honour. He has appeared in numerous other films such as A World Without Thieves (2004), The Banquet (2006), If You Are the One (2008), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and My People, My Country (2019).
Ge You has frequently collaborated with director Feng Xiaogang and has received multiple awards in China, including Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers honours.
