Kelvin Yu

Kelvin Yu

Place of Birth
Santa Ana, California, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Place of Birth
Santa Ana, California, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Kelvin Yu (born 1979) is an American actor and writer. Yu's first film was the 2003 comedy The Utopian Society. He later made an uncredited appearance in the 2005 film Elizabethtown. The following year, Yu had a supporting role in the comedy Grandma's Boy. Yu played a role in the Ghost Whisperer episode "Double Exposure" (3x6) as Joseph. Yu had a supporting role in the 2008 Academy Award-winning biographical political drama Milk.

Yu has starred in several short films, including 2006's My Prince, My Angel. Yu later appeared with Linda Park on the ABC series Women's Murder Club, and a lead role in the 2007 short film Fortune Hunters. In 2020, he played a role in Wonder Woman 1984.

Yu had a recurring role in the Netflix original series Master of None as the character of Brian Chang, the on-screen analogue of the show's creator Alan Yang, described as a "hottie" by Vulture magazine. He provides the voice of a minor character on The Great North. In 2022 Yu appeared in the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty.

Kelvin Yu's LGBTQ+ Titles

Milk
Milk
Michael Wong

Acting (45)

Fortune Hunters as Arthur Yu
2023
Maximum Truth as Kevin Soo
2023
Clone High as Confucius (voice) (20 episodes)
2023
Somebody I Used to Know as Christian
2022
The Afterparty as Ned (8 episodes)
2021
The Great North as Mayor Parsnips (voice) (1 episode)
2021
The Great North as Seaman Sammy (voice) (1 episode)
2021
The Great North as Steven Huang (voice) (7 episodes)
2020
Wonder Woman 1984 as Jake
2017
Tilt as Andy
2015
Master of None as Brian Chang (6 episodes)
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Gabriel Delgado (1 episode)
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles (1 episode)
2009
The Forgotten (1 episode)
2009
TiMER as Nelson
2009
Star Trek as Medical Technician
2008
Milk as Michael Wong
2008
Cloverfield as Clark
2007
Women's Murder Club (1 episode)
2007
Dirty Sexy Money (1 episode)
2007
Burn Notice (1 episode)
2007
Burn Notice as Nick Lam (1 episode)
2007
Area 57 as Private Simms
2006
Torchwood as Nicolas Frumkin (1 episode)
2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2 episodes)
2006
The Utopian Society as Ken
2006
Grandma's Boy as Kane
2005
Ghost Whisperer as Joseph (1 episode)
2005
Bones as Franklin Tung (1 episode)
2005
Big Time as Cool Henchman
2005
The Closer as Randy Chen (1 episode)
2004
Combustion as Kit
2004
CSI: NY as David Oka (1 episode)
2003
NCIS as Mr. Spiffy (1 episode)
2003
Las Vegas (1 episode)
2002
Without a Trace as Jin Kim (1 episode)
2002
Life with Bonnie as Man (1 episode)
2002
The Shield as Sam (1 episode)
2001
Emeril (1 episode)
2000
Gilmore Girls as Cousin David (1 episode)
1999
Popular (6 episodes)
1999
Judging Amy as Dr. Butler (1 episode)
1998
Felicity as Keith Fannin (1 episode)
1994
ER as Rondo (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Copy Guy (1 episode)

Production (2)

2023
American Born Chinese • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Creator (1)

2023
American Born Chinese • Creator
• Creator

Writing (2)

2023
American Born Chinese • Writer (2 episodes)
• Writer (2 episodes)
2011
Bob's Burgers • Writer (13 episodes)
• Writer (13 episodes)

Crew (1)

1956
Tony Awards • Additional Writing (1 episode)
• Additional Writing (1 episode)