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Peter Yu (born 3 April 1968) is a Singaporean actor. He was one of the finalists from the 1990 Star Search competition, organised by Mediacorp. Yu is known for his starring roles in many Channel 8 series in the 1990s, notably The Great Conspiracy (1993), Love At Last (1994), Tofu Street (1996), The Silver Lining (1997) and From The ...
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Today, Yu is best known as the lead in local indie flick A Land Imagined, which was the first Singaporean film to win the top prize at the Locarno Film Festival last year. Yu himself clinched a nomination in the festival’s Best Actor category. The film has also been selected as Singapore’s entry for the Oscars. Since then, the seasoned actor, who w...
Yu was in his mid-40s when he had to start all over. He became a taxi driver, an idea hard to swallow for a former celebrity, but one Yu gradually came to enjoy once he got over his self-consciousness. During this period, Yu said he was also aware of his spiritual infancy, and spent most of his spare time watching sermons, reading the Bible and “ha...
Yu knew Christianity was the answer to his brokenness the day he stepped back into church, a place he left in his teens and had only sporadically returned to until then. “I cried and cried,” he described. “The Holy Spirit came to heal me.” Thereafter, his knowledge of the faith grew, as did his confidence that God, though invisible, was ever presen...
Feb 16, 2023 · Peter Yu's past may not be pretty to look at, but he's changed for the better and hopes others can take a page out of his life story. In a recent interview with AsiaOne for the new Mediacorp...
Dec 10, 2023 · Peter Yu, 55, talks about his role as a biased father in a new local movie set in the '70s. He also shares how he treats his two sons fairly and why he doesn't practice favouritism.
Oct 26, 2023 · SINGAPORE – Veteran local actor Peter Yu is having a good year. “It’s crazy. Five films in one year,” says the 55-year-old as he shakes his head.
Mar 14, 2023 · SINGAPORE – When local actor Peter Yu read the script for his latest movie, The Last Letters, in late 2022, the source material hit home and he even thought it was based on his own life.
Peter Yu (Yu Hongrong) is a veteran Singaporean actor who was awarded the prestigious Star Award for broadcast TV. Having played in many award-winning television series since the early nineties, Peter has amassed an impressive body of work, ranging all genres, and is well-loved by his fans who have grown up watching him over the years.
