Kelvin Yu

Acting · Production · Crew · Writing

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.

Filmography

• Dying for Sex — Noah
• American Born Chinese — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Clone High — Confucius (voice)
• 2023Maximum Truth — Kevin Soo
• 2023Somebody I Used to Know — Christian
• The Afterparty — Ned
• 2022The Bob's Burgers Movie — Executive Producer
• The Great North — Steven Huang (voice), Seaman Sammy (voice), Mayor Parsnips (voice)
• 2020Wonder Woman 1984 — Jake
• 2017Tilt — Andy
• Master of None — Brian Chang
• Common Law — David Paek
• Bob's Burgers — Writer, Story
• Traffic Light — Brian
• Hawaii Five-0 — Gabriel Delgado
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Jimmy Su
• 2009Star Trek — Medical Technician
• The Forgotten — Quon Wen
• 2009TiMER — Nelson
• 2008Cloverfield — Clark
• 2008Milk — Michael Wong
• 2007Area 57 — Private Simms
• Burn Notice — Nick Lam
• Dirty Sexy Money
• 2007Fortune Hunters — Arthur Yu
• 2007If I Had Known I Was a Genius — Cost Surplus Customer
• Women's Murder Club
• 2006Grandma's Boy — Kane
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• 2006The Utopian Society — Ken
• Torchwood — Nicolas Frumkin
• 2005Big Time — Cool Henchman
• Bones — Franklin Tung
• 2005Duck — Chinese Delivery Guy
• Ghost Whisperer — Joseph
• The Closer — Randy Chen
• CSI: NY — David Oka
• 2004Combustion — Kit
• Las Vegas — Larry
• NCIS — Mr. Spiffy
• Life with Bonnie — Man
• The Shield — Sam
• Without a Trace — Jin Kim
• Emeril
• Men, Women & Dogs — Earl
• The Division
• Gilmore Girls — Cousin David
• Judging Amy — Dr. Butler
• Popular — Freddy Gong
• Felicity — Keith Fannin
• ER — Rondo
• Frasier — Copy Guy
• Tony Awards — Additional Writing