Kelvin Yu (born 28 July 1978; age 46) is an actor who played a medical technician aboard the USS Kelvin in Star Trek. [1] A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Yu is best known for Brian Cheng on Netflix' Master of None.
Yu previously worked for Star Trek director/producer J.J. Abrams on an episode of Abrams' Felicity in 2000. Yu was later seen in Abrams' Cloverfield (2008, with fellow Star Trek actors Billy Brown, Tim Griffin, and Pasha Lychnikoff).
Yu began his television and film career with a recurring role as Freddy Gong on the WB series Popular. His TV credits since then have included guest spots on Frasier (starring Kelsey Grammer), ER (starring Eriq La Salle, with Megan Cole), Las Vegas (starring Nikki Cox), Without a Trace (starring Enrique Murciano), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (with Cyia Batten and Steven Weber), CSI: Miami (starring Robert Joy), and Bones (with Ellen Geer).
Yu's first film was The Utopian Society (2003). He later made an uncredited appearance in Elizabethtown (2005, starring Kirsten Dunst and Bruce McGill). The following year, Yu had a supporting role in Grandma's Boy. Yu also had a supporting role in Milk (2008).
In addition, Yu has starred in several short films, including 2006's My Prince, My Angel, co-starring and produced by Star Trek: Enterprise's Linda Park. Yu later appeared on Park's ABC series Women's Murder Club, in an episode also featuring Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo and the aforementioned Tim Griffin. Yu also had a lead role in the 2007 short film Fortune Hunters.
Other Trek connections[]
- Any Day Now (2002, with Holmes R. Osborne)
- Life with Bonnie pilot (2002, with Cristine Rose and Tom Virtue)
- Judging Amy (2003, with Maury Sterling and Steve Vinovich)
- Duck (2005 film, with Larry Cedar and Bill Cobbs)
- Area 57 (2007 TV pilot, with Bruce McGill)
- If I Had Know I Was A Genius (2007 film, with Nikita Ager and Whoopi Goldberg)
- The Closer (2007, with Raymond Cruz)
- Dirty Sexy Money (2007, with Michelle Krusiec and Zoe McLellan)