In 1999, Liu Ye entered the film industry for starring as a boy from a mountain village in the movie "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", which won the Most Popular Feature Film Award at the Montreal International Film Festival

In 2001, Liu Ye won the Best Actor award at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for his performance in the film "Lan Yu"

In 2002, she starred in "Balzac and the Little Tailor" and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards for France

In 2003, he rose to fame for playing Long Xiaoyu in Haiyan's play "What Can I Save You, My Lover

In 2004, the starring film "Beauty Grass" won the Best Actor Award of the Golden Rooster Award

In 2008, he starred in the movie "Hard Guy" and played the role of "Third Brother", winning the Most Anticipated Actor Award at the 3rd College Student Film Festival

In 2011, he played Mao Zedong in the movie "The Founding of the Communist Party", which won the Five One Project Award

In 2013, he collaborated with Jackie Chan on the film "Police Story 2013", breaking the box office record for police and crime films in mainland China; In June, awarded the "Knight of the Order of Literature and Arts of France" by the French Ministry of Culture

In 2014, she starred as Fang Mengao in the TV drama "No War in Beiping"; In February, awarded the title of Israel Tourism Goodwill Ambassador by Israeli Tourism Minister Uzi Lando

In 2016, he played Song Lao'er in the suspense film "The Pursuit of the Killer", for which he won the Best Actor award at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival (also known as the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor)

In 2019, I served as a director for the first time and directed the movie 'My Mercenary Career'

In 2021, participated in the 2021 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; In the same year, he won the Best Actor award at the 16th China Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Awards for his performance in the movie "The Island Guardian"

In 2023, starred in the movie "Wangdao" as Chen Wangdao; Won the Outstanding Actor Award of the 19th Chinese Film ornamental column Award with the film "Island Keeper"

On April 19, 2024, the film "Literature and Art in the Anti Japanese War" in which he participated was released