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Kelvin Yu (游朝敏)

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Kelvin Yu (游朝敏)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Kelvin Yu
  • Chinese: 游朝敏
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: Los Angeles, CA
  • Core roles: Taiwanese American (TAH Who’s Who)
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Education

  • UCLA — Film, Theatre, and Television
  • Goldsmiths University of London
  • Carter Thor Studio

Employment

  • Screen writer and actor

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Sources

From the record

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09260400-1, 2026-09-26）：本 slice 四篇 TJJ 文章（吳澧培回憶錄前言 9a39a754、唐培禮訃聞兩存檔 74f89ee8／5d471dbe、游朝凱中央社專訪 9c697378）均為前波已吸收文章之重複存檔；本頁 subject 連結經正文再驗證為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），含各檔 wikilink 的日期事實條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09250800-6, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 與 TJJ-A09230400-5／TJJ-A09171100-8 重疊，涵蓋同一組文章；正文再驗證——主體連結為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09231000-1, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 4 篇 TJJ 文章（唐培禮訃聞 74f89ee8、游朝凱中央社專訪 9c697378、懷念彭昕醫師兩存檔 6763e8f4／80e2a87a）subject link 對照正文再驗證——游朝敏獲艾美獎最佳動畫之記述——游朝敏 連結為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09230400-5, 2026-09-24）：slice 文章 040657477c37c6cf 正文再驗證——其兄游朝凱獲獎報導對游朝敏之提及為真實，對應條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09171100-1, 2026-09-24）：subject link 對照 slice 文章 9c6973783db0011a 正文再驗證——游朝敏（Kelvin Yu）獲艾美獎最佳動畫獎之記述確認見於正文，連結為真；2024-07-06 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 2021-02-11 — TaiwaneseAmerican.org announces the inaugural Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes, co-founded by brother Charles Yu to honor the family’s community service (TACL LID Youth Camp in SoCal, co-founding the South Bay Taiwanese-American School, NATEA-SC, support for FAPA/NATWA/TAA); the announcement record names the family service legacy behind the prize Kelvin’s own career-path story references (TJJ, 2021-02-14).

  • 2024-07-06 — Father 游銘泉 recalls in a TJJ/CNA interview that his first-ever interview was prompted by Kelvin winning the Emmy for best animation; both brothers chose creative careers against immigrant-parent expectations (CNA, 2024-07-06).

  • 2020-11-19 — TJJ 報導其兄游朝凱（Charles Yu）獲美國國家圖書獎最佳小說獎，文中記錄游朝敏為演員兼電視劇作家、所製作的《開心漢堡店》獲美國電視艾美獎最佳動畫節目獎項（TJJ, 2020-11-19）。

Role in the Community

  • Long-documented figure in Taiwanese American community media. Ho Chie Tsai’s 2008 interview records his UCLA Film/Theatre/TV, Goldsmiths (London) and Carter Thor Studio training and early credits — Popular, The Shield, Without a Trace, ER, Studio 60, Grandma’s Boy, Elizabethtown, Milk (A Chat with Actor Kelvin Yu, 2008-11-19)).
  • 2016 community interview at his Bento Box studio: played Taiwanese American Brian Cheng on Netflix’s Master of None (character shaped by TA producer Alan Yang); writer/producer on FOX’s Bob’s Burgers (《開心漢堡店》), which won the 2014 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program; in 2016 won an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production with co-writer Steven Davis (Meet Jack of All Trades: Actor, Writer, Producer Kelvin Yu, 2016-02-18)).
  • Further corpus records: studio interview recording (30. In the Studio with Actor Kelvin Yu, 2016-01-08)); Hollywood-diversity feature (1. Kelvin Yu On Diversity, Hollywood, and How ‘Master of None’ Gets It Right, 2015-11-20)); Emmy honor record ( 2017, 2017-09-22)); TAH encyclopedia #121 (121. Kelvin Yu 游朝敏, 2014-12-01)).
  • The 2020-11-19 TJJ note’s 《開心漢堡店》 Emmy claim matches the corpus’s 2014 Bob’s Burgers Emmy win — reconciled, no conflict.
  • Produced the Disney+ adaptation of American Born Chinese (per corpus feature, 2023-05-24): recorded as a Taiwanese American producer on the show and former TAF camper (Taiwanese American Foundation) — tying his media career back to the community pipeline; the first episode was co-written by Alan Yang, Kelvin Yu, and his brother Charles Yu, and dedicated in memory of their grandmother Betty Yu — The Roots of Disney’s “American Born Chinese”, 2023-05-24.
  • Community-education note from the same record: the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prize (established 2021 by Charles Yu) honors Betty Lin Yu and Jin-Chyuan Yu’s service to the TA community — TACL LID Youth Camp (SoCal), co-founding the South Bay Taiwanese-American School (recorded as the first U.S. school specifically for Taiwanese-language instruction), NATEA-SC, and support for FAPA/NATWA/TAA.
  • 複核 2026-09-24 (DEEPEN-X slice 09230400-2): fresh ZH+EN corpus re-grep (content/works content/articles) hit set identical to prior check; all hits already linked on this page; no new memoir or club material absorbable. verified-saturated.

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