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's '' To Live'' (1994). He is also known for TV sitcoms ''Stories From The Editorial Board'' (1992) and '' I Love My Family'' (1994); films ''After Separation'' (1993), '' Farewell, My Concubine'' (1993), '' The Emperor’s Shadow'' (1996), '' The Dream Factory'' (1997), '' Big Shot's Funeral'' (2001)'',

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'' (2003), '' A World Without Thieves'' (2004)'', The Banquet'' (2006), ''

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'' (2010), and the film series '' If You Are the One'' (2008–2023).

Career

Ge's father,

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, was an actor who appeared in ''Little Soldier Zhang Ga'', ''Red Flag Composition'', ''Daqing Artillery Team''. Ge's mother Shi Wenxin was a script editor at the Beijing Film Studio. Ge's younger sister Ge Jia, who studied philosophy and German literature, is a writer living in America. After graduating from middle school, Ge 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 stage actor. In 1984, Ge played a small role in ''Sheng Xia and His Fiancée''. Ge was propelled to fame when he starred in the film ''The Troubleshooters'' (1988)'','' adapted from

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's popular novel of the same name, for which Ge was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. In 1992, he starred in the TV sitcom ''Stories From The Editorial Board.'' He gained internation acclaim for his role in the film '' To Live'' (1994)'','' directed by

and adapted from the novel by Yu Hua. For the film, he became the first Chinese to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He followed with a series of critically acclaimed films such as ''Steel Meets Fire'' (1991), '' The Spring Festival'' (1991)'','' which won him the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor, and '' Farewell My Concubine'' (1993). Since 1997, he has established a successful collaboration with director

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Personal life

Ge met He Cong, then an art teacher, in 1985. They married in 1988.

Filmography

Film

Television series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ge, You 1957 births Male actors from Beijing Living people Chinese male film actors Chinese male television actors 20th-century Chinese male actors 21st-century Chinese male actors Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners