{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Short description|Singaporean actor (born 1968)}} {{Other people}} {{family name hatnote|Yu|lang=Chinese}}
{{infobox person | name = Peter Yu | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|4|3}} | birth_place = Singapore | alma mater = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Quan Yi Fong|1998|2009|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Brenda Leow|2011}} }} | children = 3, including Eleanor Lee | occupation = Actor | other_names = Yu Hongrong | years_active = {{ubl|1990–2000;|2004-2005;|2016−present}} | module = {{Infobox Chinese |child= yes|hide= no |headercolor=lightblue | name1 = Stage name | t = 宏榮 | s = 宏荣 | p = Hóng Róng | altname = Birth name | s2 = 俞宏荣 | t2 = 俞宏榮 | p2 = Yú Hóngróng }} }}
''' 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 Medical Files'' series.<ref>{{cite web |title=《豆腐街》演员来团聚了！ |url=https://entlife.8world.com/movies-shows/the-reunion-episode-1-tofu-street-2018191 |website=8world Entertainment Lifestyle |access-date=6 April 2023 |language=zh-SG |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406191413/https://entlife.8world.com/movies-shows/the-reunion-episode-1-tofu-street-2018191 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, he played a supporting role in the drama series ''Hero'', in which the character was reportedly partly based on his own life experiences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quan Yifeng's ex-husband Peter Yu in TV comeback after 19 years |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/quan-yifengs-ex-husband-peter-yu-tv-comeback-after-19-years |website=AsiaOne |access-date=6 April 2023 |language=en |date=1 May 2016 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406184357/https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/quan-yifengs-ex-husband-peter-yu-tv-comeback-after-19-years |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Yu came to renewed attention with ''A Land Imagined'', a critically well received Singaporean film which won the top prize at the Swiss Locarno International Film Festival. Since then, Yu has gone on to appear in a number of films and multiple Mediacorp productions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Yu: Channel 8 actor, gambler, now cab driver {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/peter-yu-channel-8-actor-gambler-now-cab-driver |website=www.straitstimes.com |access-date=6 April 2023 |language=en |date=30 November 2014 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406184407/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/peter-yu-channel-8-actor-gambler-now-cab-driver |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Personal life == Yu married follow MediaCorp actress Quan Yi Fong in 1998 after meeting while filming the television series ''Happy Travel Agency''.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 October 2010 |title=Top Celeb Divorces: Hollywood vs Local |url=http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/features/asia/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=4410583&page=10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025124529/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/features/asia/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=4410583&page=10 |archive-date=25 October 2010 |publisher=xin.msn.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref> They have a daughter, Eleanor Lee, born on 12 October 1999. Yu and Quan divorced on 3 January 2009 and share custody of their daughter.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 December 2009 |title=Humans are more terrifying than cockroaches: Quan Yi Feng |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/1024630/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217041349/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/1024630/1/.html |archive-date=17 December 2009 |publisher=Channel News Asia |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 February 2015 |title=Quan Yifeng's daughter is the new face of Apple in China |url=http://mypaper.sg/top-stories/quan-yifengs-daughter-new-face-apple-china-20150204 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204042621/http://mypaper.sg/top-stories/quan-yifengs-daughter-new-face-apple-china-20150204 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |access-date=2015-02-04 |website=my Paper}}</ref> Quan shared she has forgiven Yu and they no longer have any animosity between them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-20 |title=No regrets not having a father: Eleanor Lee has almost no memories of Peter Yu |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/no-regrets-not-having-father-eleanor-lee-has-almost-no-memories-peter-yu |access-date=2021-03-24 |website=AsiaOne |language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Television series === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! English title ! Mandarin title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1991 || ''Changing Fortunes'' || 天赐奇才 || || |- | rowspan="2" | 1993 || ''The Wilful Siblings'' ||斗气姐妹 || || |- | ''The Great Conspiracy'' ||莲花争霸 ||Kong Xiaowu || |- | rowspan="4" | 1994 || ''Challenge of Truth'' || 铁证柔情 || Ah Sheng|| |- | ''Love At Last'' || 真心男儿 || Liang Zheng Li (Ah Li) || |- | ''Against All Odds'' ||共闯荆途 || || |- | ''Scorned Angel'' || 冷太阳 || || |- | rowspan="2" | 1996|| ''My Destiny With You'' || 缘来是你 ||Lan Tian || |- | ''Tofu Street'' || 豆腐街|| Song Yizhe / Ah Ming || |- | rowspan="3" | 1997|| ''The Silver Lining'' || 骤雨骄阳 || || |- | ''My Wife, Your Wife, Their Wives'' || 101老婆 || || Episode 6 |- | ''From The Medical Files''|| 医生档案 || || |- | rowspan="3" | 1998 || ''Office Affairs'' || 哈比旅行社 || || |- | ''Men At Crossroads'' || 四个好色的男人 || || |- | ''Around People’s Park'' || 珍珠街坊 || Liu Jin Long || |- | rowspan="2" | 1999|| ''My Teacher, My Friend'' || 小岛醒了 || Huang Dao Sheng|| |- | ''From The Medical Files II'' || 医生档案 II || || |- | 2000|| ''Knotty Liaison'' || 爱情百科 || || |- | 2005|| ''Yummy Yummy'' ||{{n/a}} || || |- | 2016|| ''Hero''||大英雄 || Luo Bei|| |- | 2017|| ''Dream Coder''||梦想程式 || Ouyang Fan|| |- | rowspan="3" | 2019|| ''A World Of Difference'' || 都市狂想 || || Episodes 3-4 |- | ''Fried Rice Paradise''|| {{n/a}} || || |- | ''128 Circle'' || {{n/a}} || Ah Tian || |- | rowspan="4" | 2020|| ''My Guardian Angels'' || Xie Zhihong || Episode 1 || |- | ''How Are You? 2'' || 好世谋2 || Zhu Dachang || |- | ''Love, Enabled''|| {{n/a}} || Teck || Episode 3: "Stay with Me" |- | ''Brudderhood''|| {{n/a}} || || |- | rowspan="2" | 2021|| ''A Father's Love''|| {{n/a}} || || |- | ''Reunion''|| {{n/a}} || || |- | 2022|| ''After Dark'' || {{n/a}} || || Season 2 |- | rowspan="4" |2023|| ''Fix My Life''||整你的人生 || Liu Shirong || |- | ''Cash on Delivery''||送餐英雄 ||Qiu Tian || |- | ''All That Glitters''||金色大道 ||Stall owner || Special appearance |- | ''Deep End'' || 深网 ||Tan Shijie || |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes !Ref |- |1995 || ''Sea Eagle'' (海岸猎鹰土)|| || Telemovie | |- |1995 || ''Somewhere In Time'' (再世情缘)|| Zonghua || Telemovie | |- |1996 || ''The Web'' (网络杀人事件)|| || Telemovie | |- |2017 || ''Benjamin's Last Day at Katong Swimming Complex''|| Older Coach || Short film | |- | rowspan="3" |2018 || ''A Land Imagined'' (幻土)|| Lok || | |- | ''The Crematorium Man''|| Wen || Short film | |- | ''Run Chicken Run''|| Father || Short film | |- | rowspan="2" |2021 || ''Dreaming''|| || Short film | |- | ''Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays'' (依依)|| || Short film | |- | rowspan="8" |2023 || ''Circle Line'' (生死环线)||Bo Seng || | |- | ''Where Are You Going?'' (请问你要去哪里？)|| Fa|| Short film ||<ref>{{cite web |title=华流短片展：文学短片集 – 人生的过程 Chinese Shorts Showcase: Singapore Short Stories {{!}} Singapore Chinese Film Festival |url=https://www.scff.sg/project/2023-%E5%8D%8E%E6%B5%81%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%87%E5%B1%95%EF%BC%9A%E6%96%87%E5%AD%A6%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%87%E9%9B%86-%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%87%E7%A8%8B-chinese-shorts-showcase-singapore-short-stories/ |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507152203/https://www.scff.sg/project/2023-%E5%8D%8E%E6%B5%81%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%87%E5%B1%95%EF%BC%9A%E6%96%87%E5%AD%A6%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%87%E9%9B%86-%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%87%E7%A8%8B-chinese-shorts-showcase-singapore-short-stories/ |archive-date=7 May 2023 }}</ref> |- | ''Seven Days'' (七天)|| Father || | |- | ''Dreaming & Dying'' (好久不见)|| || ||<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Singapore's Momo Boards 'Andragogy,' 'A Useful Ghost,' 'Dreaming & Dying'; 'Don't Cry, Butterfly' Finds U.K. Funding – Busan ACFM (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/singapore-momo-andragogy-a-useful-ghost-dreaming-dying-dont-cry-butterfly-busan-1235396828/ |website=Variety |access-date=5 July 2023 |date=8 October 2022}}</ref> |- | ''Snow in Midsummer'' (五月雪)|| Kooi|| |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Silvia |title=Malaysian riot drama 'Snow In Midsummer' wraps shoot ahead of Busan launch |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/malaysian-riot-drama-snow-in-midsummer-wraps-shoot-ahead-of-busan-launch/5173719.article |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=Screen |language=en |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823152052/https://www.screendaily.com/news/malaysian-riot-drama-snow-in-midsummer-wraps-shoot-ahead-of-busan-launch/5173719.article |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |''Last Shadow at First Light''|| Ami's father || |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frater |first1=Patrick |date=26 May 2022 |title=Nicole Midori Woodford Wraps 'Last Shadow' After Japan, Singapore Shoot |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/nicole-midori-woodford-last-shadow-at-first-light-1235277794/ |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406184357/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/nicole-midori-woodford-last-shadow-at-first-light-1235277794/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Wonderland'' (乐园)|| Tan || |<ref>{{cite web |title=李国煌、宏荣首度同台飙戏 一个得偿所愿、一个"没挑战" |url=https://entlife.8world.com/movies-shows/the-last-letters-mark-lee-peter-yu-chai-yee-wei-2074981 |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=8world Entertainment Lifestyle |language=zh-SG |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406191401/https://entlife.8world.com/movies-shows/the-last-letters-mark-lee-peter-yu-chai-yee-wei-2074981 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''A Year of No Significance'' (大风吹)|| Lim Cheng Soon|| || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title='A Year of No Significance' Chronicles a Fading Generation of Chinese-Educated Singaporeans – SGIFF |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/a-year-of-no-significance-singapore-film-festival-kelvin-tong-1235818557/ |website=Variety |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=2 December 2023}}</ref> |- |2026 |''A Singapore Dementia Story'' (''Another Go'') |Leon Lim | |<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Soh|first=Joanne|date=23 January 2026|title=‘Deep, profound chemistry between us’: Tan Kheng Hua on acting with daughter Lim Shi-An|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/deep-profound-chemistry-between-us-tan-kheng-hua-on-acting-with-daughter-lim-shi-an|access-date=28 January 2026|work=The Straits Times|language=en|issn=0585-3923}}</ref> |}
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2014|| ''Window in the Sky'' ||A Bartley Christian Church production |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated work !! Result !Ref |- |1995 || Star Awards ||Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes || {{n/a}} ||{{nom}} | |- |1996 || Star Awards ||Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes || {{n/a}} ||{{nom}} | |- |1997 || Star Awards ||Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes || {{n/a}} ||{{won}} | |- |1998 || Star Awards ||Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes || {{n/a}} ||{{nom}} | |- |2018|| Canberra Short Film Festival ||Best Actor <small>(international)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=宏荣主演《幻土》 新加坡国际电影节放映 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/movies-and-tv/story20181004-896427 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=6 April 2023 |language=zh-Hans |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406184359/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/movies-and-tv/story20181004-896427 |url-status=live }}</ref> || ''The Crematorium Man'' ||{{won}} | |- | rowspan="2" |2024 || Ho Chi Minh International Film Festival ||Best Supporting Actor || ''Wonderland''||{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Lee and Peter Yu win awards for Wonderland at Ho Chi Minh International Film Festival |url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/mark-lee-peter-yu-win-awards-hiff-388401 |website=CNA Lifestyle |publisher=Mediacorp |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- |Star Awards ||Best Supporting Actor || ''Cash on Delivery''||{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Awards 2024: All That Glitters up for the most awards, Andie Chen has double nominations |url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/star-awards-2024-nominees-best-actor-actress-drama-385261 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=CNA Lifestyle |language=en}}</ref> |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|1197566}} * {{Facebook|100063455260027}} * {{Instagram|peteryuhongrong}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Peter}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Singaporean male television actors Category:Singaporean male film actors Category:Singaporean male stage actors Category:20th-century Singaporean male actors Category:21st-century Singaporean male actors