Liu Haoran, known as Turbo Liu, is a Chinese actor.
19 Facts About Liu Haoran
Liu Haoran was born in 1997 in Pingdingshan, Henan, and moved to Beijing at the age of 12 to attend the Affiliated Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy.
In 2015, Liu Haoran enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama after receiving the highest yikao score in the University's acting department.
Liu Haoran made his acting debut in the 2014 romance film Beijing Love Story, and was nominated for Best New Actor at the 2015 Beijing College Student Film Festival.
In 2015, Liu Haoran starred in the comedy mystery film, Detective Chinatown, directed by Chen Sicheng, and won a Best New Actor Award at the Huading Awards for his performance.
That same year, Liu Haoran starred in his first small-screen project, campus drama With You, which was adapted from the youth novel under the same title.
The drama series earned positive reviews, and Liu Haoran won Most Popular New Actor at the 2016 iQiyi All-Star Carnival.
In 2017, Liu Haoran played Su Yu in the patriotic film, The Founding of an Army.
Liu Haoran featured in the historical mystery film Legend of the Demon Cat, which was directed by acclaimed director Chen Kaige.
The series was critically acclaimed, and Liu Haoran received recognition for his acting.
In 2018, Liu Haoran reprised his role in the film Detective Chinatown 2, which premiered on Chinese New Year.
Liu Haoran was nominated for Best Actor at the Hundred Flowers Awards for his role and became the youngest actor to be nominated in the lead actor category for this award.
In 2019, Liu Haoran filmed two movies with Chen Kaige, Flowers Bloom in the Ashes and My People My Country.
In 2020, Liu Haoran graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and successfully auditioned into the China Coal Mine Art Troupe where he received bianzhe.
Liu Haoran performed Xue Wo Zhong Hua with the Art Troupe at China's National Center for the Performing Arts.
Liu Haoran starred as Liu Renjing in the film 1921, directed by famed director Huang Jianxin.
That same year, Liu Haoran was invited as a representative to attend The 11th Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which occurs once every five years.
Liu Haoran earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 36th Hundred Flower Awards for his portrayal of Liu Haoran Renjing in the film 1921.
In 2023, The Breaking Ice, directed by Anthony Chen and starring Liu Haoran, is selected to premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.