Raugi Yu

Raugi Yu

Born: December 31, 1963
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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 – 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 for Mr. Young.

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.

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.

Movies for Raugi Yu...

Magic in Mistletoe
Title: Magic in Mistletoe
Character: Lance Lightening
Released: December 8, 2023
Type: Movie
Successful yet recluse author Harrington returns to his hometown for an annual Christmas festival, where he must face his publicist there for damage control.
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A Little Daytime Drama
Title: A Little Daytime Drama
Character: Mickey
Released: August 21, 2021
Type: Movie
In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie must convince Darin, fan favorite actor and her real-life ex-boyfriend, to return to the show.
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Title: Kung Fu
Character: Professor Chau
Released: April 7, 2021
Type: TV
A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.
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Title: Big Sky
Character: Polygrapher
Released: November 17, 2020
Type: TV
Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the perpetrator before another woman is taken.
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The Tailor
Title: The Tailor
Character: Tailor's Son (voice)
Released: May 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A gender non-conforming person struggling to assert their identity unexpectedly finds courage in an aging master tailor.
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8 Minutes Ahead
Title: 8 Minutes Ahead
Released: November 30, 2017
Type: Movie
The son of a wealthy Vancouver businessman discovers his previously-unknown half-brother in Hong Kong will inherit half of his father's company, much to his wife's consternation.
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Falling for Vermont
Title: Falling for Vermont
Character: Boston Book Expo Host
Released: September 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Bestselling author Angela Young needs to get away from the media circus surrounding her book, but her boyfriend/manager Brad is too busy making deals to listen. Determined to take a break, Angela pulls a disappearing act and drives off to see the fall foliage.
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Date with Love
Title: Date with Love
Character: Howard Lee
Released: May 21, 2016
Type: Movie
When a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet falls for the boy’s small-town teacher.
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A Job
Title: A Job
Character: The Man
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
A Job is a short crime drama that follows a day in the life of a low level hit man as he carries out one hit. While he is quiet and unassuming, the people that he meets throughout the day are colorful and the encounters range from humorous to disturbing. 'A Job' simultaneously covers familiar ground and subverts expectations while heading towards a climax that is both unexpected and haunting. A Job .... Everyone has one.
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Title: Spooksville
Character: Phil Chloro
Released: October 26, 2013
Type: TV
Searching for a new start after the mysterious disappearance of his mother, Adam Freeman and his dad move to the small town of Springville. Actually, the town is better known as "Spooksville" because, well, weird things seem to have been happening there for centuries. At first Adam doesn't believe in the tales of supernatural occurrences but soon begins to learn firsthand why the nickname was attached to his adopted hometown. Along with new friends Sally and Watch, Adam intends to save the town from surreal forces and solve the mystery of the supposed age-old curse. "Spooksville" is based on the acclaimed book series by author Christopher Pike.
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Title: Arrow
Character: Asian Driver
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: TV
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
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Title: Mr. Young
Released: March 1, 2011
Type: TV
Mr. Young is a Canadian comedy series that premiered on March 1, 2011 on YTV. The series is shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer, and stars Brendan Meyer, Matreya Fedor and Gig Morton as attendants of Finnegan High School. Further main cast includes Kurt Ostlund, Emily Tennant, and Milo Shandel.
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Triple Dog
Title: Triple Dog
Character: Mr. Wang
Released: September 21, 2010
Type: Movie
On the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.
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Marmaduke
Title: Marmaduke
Character: Drama Trainer
Released: June 3, 2010
Type: Movie
When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Character: Vice Principal Roy
Released: March 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!
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Title: jPod
Character: Kam Fong
Released: January 8, 2008
Type: TV
jPod is a comedic television series based on Douglas Coupland’s novel of the same name. It premiered on CBC Television on January 8, 2008. Starting with the fifth episode, the show began airing Fridays at 9:00. On April 4, 2008, it was announced that the CBC had cancelled the show because of low ratings. However, all but one of the remaining episodes aired. The cancellation of jPod sparked a fan-led protest. The show's opening title theme is Flutter by Bonobo. Produced by I’m Feeling Lucky Productions for the CBC, jPod was created by Douglas Coupland and Michael MacLennan. Coupland also co-wrote many of season one’s episodes.
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Title: Eureka
Character: Wayne Kwan
Released: July 18, 2006
Type: TV
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.
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Title: Supernatural
Character: Crew Member #2
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Title: The Dead Zone
Character: Mitchell Nazawa
Released: June 16, 2002
Type: TV
Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
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Title: Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat
Released: September 3, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Dark Angel
Character: Ticket Taker
Released: October 3, 2000
Type: TV
Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.
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Title: The Sentinel
Character: Monk #2
Released: March 20, 1996
Type: TV
The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.