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Kelvin Yu (born 28 July 1978; age 45) 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 the Netflix sitcom Master of None.

Yu previously worked for Star Trek director/producer J.J. Abrams on an episode of Abrams' first television series, Felicity, in 2000. More recently, Yu was seen in the Abrams-produced 2008 monster movie Cloverfield, along 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 (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.

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