Raugi Yu

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Raugi Yu is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Kam Fong in "JPod". He is also a director and acting coach. Yu trained at the Dome Theatre in Montreal. He then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he earned his BFA through the acting program at the University of British Columbia.

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Television career

In the late 1990s, Yu began appearing on television. In 1998, he appeared in one episode of The Sentinel . In 2001, he was the voice of the Cook in several episodes of the PBS children's animated series, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat and also in an episode of Dark Angel . From 2002 – 2004, he appeared in three episodes of Da Vinci's Inquest . He was seen in one episode of Gather Up Little People episodes of Dead Like Me in 2003, two episodes of The Dead Zone in 2003 and 2004, as well as playing the Chinese son in the film Spook in 2003.

In 2005, he also supplied the voice of Wendy's Butler in an episode of the animated series The Cramp Twins . He is also friends with Selene Rose – a notable member of UBC Improv of Vancouver, British Columbia

In 2006, Yu appeared in the television shows Intelligence , and Masters Of Horror . In 2007, he played Dennis in When a Man Falls in the Forest and Wayne Kwan in an episode of Eureka . Most recently, Yu was seen as Kam Fong on the series JPod.

Yu was part of the recurring cast of Mr. Young as Dang the janitor.

In the 2017 film 8 Minutes Ahead, Yu plays one of the lead roles, Danny. [1]

Theatre

During his early acting years, Yu was seen in several theatre productions, which soon grew into his film and television work.

For several years, during the 90s and early 2000s, Yu was an actor at Bard On The Beach in Vancouver, where he now continues to be an acting coach.

In 2002, Yu portrayed The King Of Siam in Theatre Under The Star's theatre production of The King And I.

Yu played Dom in The Shoplifters, a play written and directed by Morris Panych, in 2019. [2] [3]

Directing

In the spring of 2008, Yu directed The Odd Couple for the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre company.

As of 2010–2011, Raugi teaches acting courses at New Image College of Fine Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also teaches the summer Young Shakespearian program which Bard puts on every year for youth ages eight to eighteen.

Filmography

Film

Television

Staff work

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References

  1. ↑ "8 Minutes Ahead (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ↑ "New Morris Panych play The Shoplifters sends small-time steak stealers into absurd and blackly comic territory". The Georgia Straight. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. ↑ Conner, Shawn (2019-02-05). "Panych's The Shoplifters looks at the five-fingered discount". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Canadian actors push for more diversity in television, film casting | Entertainment & Showbiz from CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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