Ge You

Acting

Ge You

Born

1957-04-19 (69)

Place of birth

Beijing, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Schemes in Antiques poster
6.4

Despite his family’s famed expertise on ancient relics, Xu Yuan makes a simple living as the owner of an electronics shop, eager to distinguish himself from a disgraced ancestor who was executed for treason after stealing a Chinese artifact for Japan. But when a descendant offers to return the relic to China, Xu Yuan uncovers a decades-old mystery and soon embarks on a journey that could finally restore his family’s reputation—and may also cost him his life.

Schemes in Antiques

2021

My People, My Homeland poster
6.2

In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.

My People, My Homeland

2020

You are the Best poster
6.6

A biographical drama covering roughly the first 18 years in the life of Lang Lang, the world-renowned Chinese classical pianist.

You are the Best

2025

The Hedgehog poster
6.4

How does a “mental patient” live in a normal world? Wang Zhantuan (Ge You) is a strange man in the world, occasionally crazy and eccentric, but uniquely sane. Zhou Zheng (Wang Junkai), a sensitive and silent teenager who is self-absorbed due to his stutter, but has a silent backbone. The two misfits make a big family headache and farce ...... This movie is adapted from the short story “Immortal Disease” written by Zheng Zhi.

The Hedgehog

2024

If You Are the One 3 poster
5.0

In 2031, Qin retires alone on a small island, as his wife Xiaoxiao is away all year long. Fan, Qin's friend, designs an android identical to Xiaoxiao to keep Qin company.

If You Are the One 3

2023

The Hutong Cowboy poster
5.8

Zhang Beijing loss his face at his son’s engagement party. After that he refunds the sense of purpose by helping Liu Angxi, a screenwriter of the Beidiao Neighbour's talk show. However, he was pushed into the limelight after being used as material by Liu Angxi, and their friendship broke down

The Hutong Cowboy

2024

Dreams Come True poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dreams Come True

2021

2010s · 10 titles

Let the Bullets Fly poster
7.8

When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.

Let the Bullets Fly

2010

Cook Up a Storm poster
7.5

An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected turn when they discover a common foe and combine their skills in a fusion of East and West.

Cook Up a Storm

2017

Gone with the Bullets poster
5.9

Set in 1920s Shanghai, Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian establish a notorious beauty pageant called the Flowers Competition. All of the city's elite attend the gala event, but when Wanyan Ying unexpectedly wins, it sets into motion a series of tragic events that change their destinies.

Gone with the Bullets

2014

Personal Tailor poster
4.9

A story centered on a company that grants wishes to people looking for a day away from their ordinary lives.

Personal Tailor

2013

My People, My Country poster
6.6

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.

My People, My Country

2019

Sacrifice poster
6.0

For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.

Sacrifice

2010

The Wasted Times poster
6.8

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

The Wasted Times

2016

If You Are the One 2 poster
5.9

The odd-couple courtship saga continues of wealthy, middle-aged retiree Qin Fen and serious-minded young air hostess Xiaoxiao. After an amusing prelude in which Qin presides over a lavish divorce ceremony for an amicably splitting married couple, he and Xiaoxiao decide to address their own relationship barriers - her youth and beauty, his cynical, childish sense of humor — by entering into a trial marriage while on a trip to the country's tropical southeast.

If You Are the One 2

2010

Two Tigers poster
5.1

The kidnapper is so inept that his businessman target takes over the operation and recruits him to run three operations for him.

Two Tigers

2019

The Morning After poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Morning After

2019

2000s · 12 titles

The Founding of a Republic poster
5.3

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

The Founding of a Republic

2009

If You Are the One poster
6.8

Qin Fen, a funny, honest, single inventor, met a girl called Smiley, who was in agony of her boyfriend's betrayal. They traveled to Hokkaido, tried to help Smiley cure her pain in heart, and both of them gradually found their true love and life redemption during the journey.

If You Are the One

2008

A World Without Thieves poster
7.3

A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.

A World Without Thieves

2004

The Banquet poster
6.1

Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.

The Banquet

2006

Big Shot's Funeral poster
6.6

Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo to arrange a grand, comedic funeral for him.

Big Shot's Funeral

2001

Cala, My Dog! poster
5.5

The humdrum existence of a Beijing factory worker and his family is disrupted when their beloved dog is confiscated by the police for being unlicensed. The worker has but 24 hours to raise the sizable sum required to pay the license fee.

Cala, My Dog!

2003

Cell Phone poster
6.1

Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.

Cell Phone

2003

Shanghai Red poster
9.0

A murder mystery set in contemporary Shanghai about a beautiful woman caught in a web of vengeance and deceit.

Shanghai Red

2007

Crossed Lines poster
5.9

Crossed Lines (Chinese: 命运呼叫转移; pinyin: Mìngyùn Hūjiào Zhuǎnyí) is a Chinese comedy anthology film.

Crossed Lines

2007

Desires of the Heart poster
4.5

Follows urban youngsters in their pursuit of true love and all the set backs and comedic mishaps along the way.

Desires of the Heart

2008

Suffocation poster
6.1

A man convinced he murdered his wife is haunted by her ghost. Marketed as Mainland China's first horror movie.

Suffocation

2005

Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster poster
8.0

China's top stars come together in a short film spoofing popular movies of the past year during the opening of the Chinese academy awards ceremony (aka Golden Rooster Awards).

Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster

2007

1990s · 26 titles

Farewell My Concubine poster
8.0

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Farewell My Concubine

1993

To Live poster
8.1

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

To Live

1994

Woman-Taxi-Woman poster
4.7

Qing Yao is a botanist. She bumps into Zhang Gaixiu, a taxi driver. First they hate each other and gradually they understand each other and later help each other.

Woman-Taxi-Woman

1991

Keep Cool poster
7.5

A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer.

Keep Cool

1997

Sorry Baby poster
6.5

The film tells of the attempts made by a Beijing van driver to obtain his wage arrears from travel agency boss even to the point of kidnapping the latter's Singaporean girlfriend (Jacklyn Wu).

Sorry Baby

1999

The Emperor's Shadow poster
7.4

Epic drama about China's first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China's greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits.

The Emperor's Shadow

1996

Li hun da zhan poster
6.8

Taxi driver Xian Feng asks her husband Da Ming for a divorce. A legal technicality forces them to remain together.

Li hun da zhan

1992

Conned Once poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Conned Once

1992

After the Final Battle poster
8.5

The life of senior Kuomintang generals inside the Gongdelin Prison in Beijing after losing the civil war.

After the Final Battle

1991

After Separation poster
6.8

Gu Yan and Lin Zhouyun become involved when their spouses are abroad.

After Separation

1992

Steel Meets Fire poster
7.7

Set during the 'War of Resistance Against Japan'. The squad leader of a platoon and his medic become separated from the rest of the team and find themselves behind enemy lines.

Steel Meets Fire

1991

The Vanished Woman poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Vanished Woman

1993

Eighteen Springs poster
7.3

In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.

Eighteen Springs

1997

The Dream Factory poster
7.1

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

The Dream Factory

1997

The Joys and Sorrows of Life poster
NR

Zhou Feng and Lin Shan are highly accomplished comedy masters. The comic sketches they perform together, including The Many Faces of Life, have won widespread popularity with audiences.

The Joys and Sorrows of Life

1991

Be There or Be Square poster
7.2

The story of two Chinese immigrants' struggles in America. Yuan Liu has lived in LA for years. He has no stable job, no family and lives in a wagon. He seems content with his life until the day he meets Qing Li, a woman with the big "American dream".

Be There or Be Square

1998

The Spring Festival poster
7.4

A story of a family's dilemma between different family member especially between 2 generations which erupted on “chu xi” (the day before the first day in Chinese lunar year).

The Spring Festival

1991

Comic Star poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Comic Star

1991

The Ozone Layer Vanishes poster
4.0

A couple (Zhang Jingsheng & Lu Liping) robbed the money train for money, causing a canister truck carrying highly toxic drugs to leak gas and eventually burn through the ozone layer. At the same time, the boy (Zhang Ning) who was resting at home due to his illness suddenly found that he could understand the language of his good friend, Big White Cat. The big white cat told him that this serious accident, if not stopped in time, the living things on the earth will eventually perish. However, adults are so busy running for money that they do not believe what boys and animals say.

The Ozone Layer Vanishes

1990

The Hero of Swallow poster
7.7

The 'flying Swallow', Li San (Yuen Biao) robs the rich to help the poor. He has come to Beijing to search for his lost love, Ching Li / Chinny (Athena Chu Yin), who has been sold as prostitute.

The Hero of Swallow

1996

新潮姑娘 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

新潮姑娘

1991

A Born Coward poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

A Born Coward

1995

父子婚事 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

父子婚事

1992

Someone Loves Just Me poster
NR

The debut film by Chinese director Ning Ying, starring Shi Puyuan, Fang Zheng, Ma Xiaoqing, and others. Tells the story of a pair of friends who went to the karaoke hall as musicians but were involved in smuggling.

Someone Loves Just Me

1990

马路骑士 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

马路骑士

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

龙虎群英

1993

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

Mao Xue Woof poster
8.8

Mao Xue Woof is a scene-based reality show variety show with the relationship of original friends as the starting point. The program takes friendship as the link, and takes "Mao Xue Woof's Home" as the main shooting scene, telling the real and interesting stories of Mao Bu, Li Xueqin and their friends who meet here every week, tearing apart the status quo of daily life in laughter, showing the rich youth life and spiritual world of young people and recording the real growth. The program is broadcast every week all the year round, bringing companionship and emotional health healing to the hard-working young people in the city.

Mao Xue Woof

2021

CCTV Spring Festival Gala: Crosstalk and Sketch poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

CCTV Spring Festival Gala: Crosstalk and Sketch

1983

I Love My Family poster
8.8

The first Mandarin-language sitcom.

I Love My Family

1993

Seahorse Dance Hall poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Seahorse Dance Hall

1993

Stories of an Editorial Board poster
8.3

Located somewhere in Beijing, the editorial department of "Guide to the Human World" brings together six intellectuals with distinct personalities. These colleagues encounter all kinds of people amid Reform and Opening-up, with many situations unfolding around them.

Stories of an Editorial Board

1992

寇老西儿 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

寇老西儿

1997

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes

2019

激荡·1978-2008 poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

激荡·1978-2008

2008

Fortress Besieged poster
7.2

Set in the 1930s, “Fortress Besieged” follows the misadventures of Fang Hung-chien, a bumbling everyman who wastes his time studying abroad, and secures a fake degree when learning he has run out of money and must return home to China. Fang was the son of a country gentleman. A marriage had been arranged for him while at university, but the intended wife died before he could see her.

Fortress Besieged

1990

Divorce poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Divorce

1999

North China Navy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

North China Navy

1992

上海人在东京 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

上海人在东京

1996

编辑部的故事之万事如意 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

编辑部的故事之万事如意

1997