On 12 June 1970, Liu was born Liu Min into an intellectual family near the Xi'an Film Studio (now Xiying Group) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, his parents were geologists.[5] In his youth, his father took him to study Sichuan opera under actor Qu Guoqiang.[5]
In 1991, he was assigned to Xi'an Film Studio after graduating from Beijing Film Academy.[5] In 1994, he resigned from Xi'an Film Studio and joined Ningbo Television as a director.[5] During this period, his work Walking in the Human World won the second prize of the Star Award.[5] In 1998, he resigned from Ningbo Television and went to Beijing alone.[5]
In 2014, director Kong Sheng invited Liu to star as Xie Yu, the Marquis of Ningguo, in Nirvana in Fire.[5] He had a supporting role as Wang Tianfeng in The Disguiser, for which he was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festival.[5]
In 2017, His classmate Zhang Jiayi introduced him to portray police officer Lian Zhong in Undercover.[5] In the same year, he co-starred with Jin Dong and Bai Baihe in "Surgeons".[5] Liu has also appeared in major roles in time travel loop series Reset (2022) [6] and period fantasy series Guardians of the Dafeng (2024).[7]
Personal life
Liu has a son named Liu Yitong [zh], who is also an actor.[5]
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