[4] In 2015, Liu enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama after receiving the highest yikao score in the university's acting department.
[10] The drama series earned positive reviews,[11] and Liu won Most Popular New Actor at the 2016 iQiyi All-Star Carnival.
The movie was a box office hit and grossed 3.4 billion RMB and is one of the top 10 highest-grossing film of all time in China (as of September 2022).
[18] For Liu's accomplishments, Forbes China honored him as one of their 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 list, which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields.
In 2020, Liu graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and successfully auditioned into the China Coal Mine Art Troupe where he also received bianzhe (编制).
[1] He also starred as Liu Renjing in the film 1921, directed by famed director Huang Jianxin (making it their fourth collaboration).
In 2023, The Breaking Ice, directed by Anthony Chen and starring Liu, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.