Biography
Ge You (also credited as You Ge) is a Chinese actor. Born in Beijing on 19 April 1957, he began his career in stage acting after joining a drama troupe and made his film debut in the mid-1980s.
He is known for his supporting role as Master Yuan Shiqing in Farewell My Concubine (1993). Ge You won the Best Actor award at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Xu Fugui in To Live (1994), becoming the first Chinese actor to receive the honour. He has appeared in numerous films including A World Without Thieves (2004), The Banquet (2006), If You Are the One (2008) and Let the Bullets Fly (2010), and has collaborated frequently with director Feng Xiaogang.
