Kelvin Yu

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Actor • Writer

Birth Place: Santa Ana, California

Best-known for his roles in high school drama "Popular" (The WB, 1999-2001), award-winning biopic "Milk" (2008) and Aziz Ansari vehicle "Master of None" (Netflix, 2015-), Taiwanese-American actor Kelvin Yu also served as staff writer and producer of animated hit "Bob's Burgers" (Fox, 2011-). Born in Los Angeles in 1979, Yu studied Film, Theater and Television at the University of California and made his on-screen debut with the recurring role of student Freddy Gong in Ryan Murphy's first TV venture, "Popular" (The WB, 1999-2001). One-off appearances in "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004), "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009), "Gilmore Girls" (The WB, 2005-07) and "The Shield" (FX, 2002-08) then followed before Yu landed his first film role, playing one of six students from different backgrounds forced to work together in "The Utopian Society" (2003).

After playing video gamer Kane in stoner comedy "Grandma's Boy" (2006), Yu enjoyed a two-episode stint as Jordan's assistant Kevin in Aaron Sorkin's comedy-drama "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC, 2006-07), appeared as partygoer Clark in sci-fi disaster "Cloverfield" (2008) and added "The Closer" (TNT, 2005-2012), "Burn Notice" (USA Network, 2007-2013) and "The Ghost Whisperer" (CBS, 2005-2010) to his list of guest spots. Yu then portrayed Harvey Milk's campaign staffer Michael Wong in the acclaimed biopic of the politician and gay rights activist, "Milk" (2008), played a medical technician in the "Star Trek" (2009) reboot and landed one-off roles in "Hawaii Five-O" (CBS, 2010-), "Torchwood" (BBC1, 2006-2011) and "Dallas" (TNT, 2012-2014) before joining the writing and production team of "Bob's Burgers" (Fox, 2011-). Yu contributed to dozens of episodes of the animated sitcom while still pursuing his acting career, most notably starring as Dev's friend Brian in Aziz Ansari's semi-autobiographical comedy "Master of None" (Netflix, 2015-).

Credits

The New Face of Hollywood -- A Soul of a Nation Presentation

Self
Show
2023

American Born ChineseStream

Creator
Series
2023
94%

American Born ChineseStream

Executive Producer
Series
2023
94%

Clone HighStream

Voice
Confucius
Series
2023
100%

Maximum Truth

Actor
Kevin Soo
Movie
2023

The Bob's Burgers MovieStream

Executive Producer
Movie
2022
87%

Cinema Toast

Voice
Show
2021

The Great NorthStream

Guest Voice
Steven Huang
Series
2021

Central ParkStream

Executive Producer
Series
2020
97%

Wonder Woman 1984Stream

Actor
Jake
Movie
2020
57%

Tilt

Actor
Andy
Movie
2017

All of You

Actor
Dino
Movie
2017

Master of NoneStream

Actor
Brian
Series
2015
94%

SatisfactionStream

Guest Star
Series
2014

Common Law

Guest Star
Series
2012
48%

What Isn't There

Actor
Mac Yu
Movie
2012

Torchwood: Miracle Day

Guest Star
Nicolas Frumkin
Show
2011

Traffic Light

Guest Star
Show
2011

Hawaii Five-0Stream

Guest Star
Series
2010

The Forgotten

Guest Star
Show
2009

NCIS: Los AngelesStream

Guest Star
Series
2009

MilkStream

Actor
Michael Wong
Movie
2008
93%

Women's Murder Club

Guest Star
Show
2007

Dirty Sexy MoneyStream

Guest Star
Sam
Series
2007
68%

Fortune Hunters

Actor
Arthur Yu
Movie
2007

Studio 60 on the Sunset StripStream

Guest Star
Kevin Yu
Series
2006
74%

Ghost WhispererStream

Guest Star
Series
2005

BonesStream

Guest Star
Franklin Tung
Series
2005
90%

The CloserStream

Guest Star
Randy Chen
Series
2005
83%

CSI: NYStream

Guest Star
David Oka
Series
2004

NCISStream

Guest Star
Mr. Spiffy
Series
2003

The Utopian Society

Actor
Ken
Movie
2003

Without a TraceStream

Guest Star
Series
2002

Life With Bonnie

Guest Star
Series
2002

The Tick

Guest Star
Tom
Show
2001

Danny

Guest Star
Show
2001

Gilmore GirlsStream

Guest Star
Cousin David
Series
2000

Judging Amy

Guest Star
Series
1999

FrasierStream

Guest Star
Copy Guy
Series
1993
95%

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