Terence Yin

Terence Yin Chi-wai (Chinese: 尹子維; pinyin: Yǐn Zǐwéi; Cantonese Yale: Wan Jiwai), born May 19, 1975, is a Hong Kong film actor, singer, producer, and media relations specialist. Yin has starred in over 30 movies, released one solo album and resides in Hong Kong.

Terence Yin
Chinese: 尹子維
Born
Yin chi-wai

(1975-05-19) May 19, 1975
Hong Kong
OccupationActor, singer
Years active1998–present
Parents

Early life

May 19, 1975, Yin was born in Hong Kong. Yin's mother was Jenny Hu, a 1960s–70s Shaw Brothers Studios actress. Yin's father was Kang Wei (1940-2013), a film director. Yin has one older brother, Christopher Yin.[1]

In 1983, at 7 years old, Yin and his brother Christopher came to Los Angeles, California.[2] In 1993, Yin graduated from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, California.

Education

In 1997, Yin earned a Philosophy (Rhetorics) degree from UC Berkeley.[1]

Career

Yin made his film debut in Yonfan's 1998 Bishonen opposite Daniel Wu, one of his close friends and frequent collaborators.[1]

Yin released a solo album in Taiwan in 1999 titled Undecided, which met with limited success.

In 2003 Yin with fellow Hong Kong actor Simon Yam made their Hollywood debut in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life as the villains Chen Lo and Xien Lo, brothers who are in a fictional Chinese syndicate called the Shay Ling who are opposite of the lead character Lara Croft portrayed by Angelina Jolie. [1]

In 2005, Yin, with Daniel Wu, Conroy Chan, and Andrew Lin formed a boyband experiment named Alive.

In 2012, Yin, made his second Hollywood appearance in the film The Man with the Iron Fists, which had a diverse cast of Hollywood, Hong Kong and Chinese actors. He also appeared in the 2012 Hong Kong film Cold War and voiced the character Dirty Ming in the video game Sleeping Dogs.[1]

Yin is a partner in the online social network Alivenotdead.com[3] with his Alive bandmates and the founders of the movie website Rotten Tomatoes. The site, created to support the movie The Heavenly Kings and Alive, was relaunched in April 2007 as an online community supporting artists worldwide.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Alternate Role Notes
1981Daughter and Father天真有牙
1998Hot War幻影特攻Alien
Bishonen美少年之戀K.S
1999Metade Fumaca半支煙Brother Chai
Rave Fever周末狂熱Stephen
Gen-X Cops特警新人類Tooth
2000Dial D for Demons炭燒凶咒PJ
Skyline Cruisers神偷次世代Ah Lung
Lavender薰衣草Angel playing violin
Home Sweet Home千年等一天Du Quaing
2001Bullets of Love不死情謎Night/Wong Po
Gold Fingers二五傳說
Martial Angels絕色神偷Bone
Mist in Judge疊影殺機
Final Romance – Tenyakuyûjô 3願望樹Mon Yeung
2002Black Mask 2: City of Masks黑俠 IIDr David
Color of Pain野狼Dino
Dead or Alive: FinalFong
2003Colour of the Truth黑白森林Cyclops
Boxing Hero龍虎英雄Tiger
The Trouble-Makers一屋兩火Szeto Ginyi
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of LifeXien[5]
2004New Police Story新警察故事Fire
2005Kung Fu Majong 2雀聖2自摸天后Johnnie
PTU File – Death TrapPTU女警之偶然陷阱Yu Fei
Drink-Drank-Drunk千杯不醉Wanderer
Police Love Affairs左輪右妳Fai
2006The Heavenly Kings四大天王　Terence Yinartist; producer
McDull, the Alumni春田花花同學會hostage-taker
Rob-B-Hood寶貝計劃Max Hung
2007The Valiant Ones New新忠烈圖
Fear Factors恐懼元素Tin King
2008Legend of the Fist: Chen Zhen精武陳真
2009Look for a Star遊龍戲鳳Joseph
Fog雾Wai
Vengeance復仇ChuEnglish dub for the original character portrayed by Lam Ka-Tung
2011Don't Go Breaking My Heart單身男女
Life Without Principle奪命金宋先生
2012Strangers 6
Sleeping Dogs热血无赖 (non-official)"Dirty" Ming/Additional voicesVideo game
Cold War寒戰Man To
The Man with the Iron Fists鐵拳 (non-official)Governor
2013Lost for Words欲言又止 (non-official)Victor
Special ID特殊身份Terry
Firestorm風暴Goofy
2014Zombie Fight Club尸城Bro Fung
2015Second Life第二人生TV series
Love in Time還來得及再愛你TV series
Wild City謎城
2016Chinese Wine國酒Cheng Yufeng
Cold War 2寒戰2Man To
S StormS風暴Tang Siu-hung
2017Love Contractually
Chasing the Dragon
2018The Adjudicator

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References
  1. "Terence Yin 尹子維". chinesemov.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. "KANG Wei". hkfilmdirectors.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. "AliveNotDead : About Us". alivenotdead.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  4. alivenotdead.com 1 year retrospective
  5. "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life". rottentomatoes.com. July 21, 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  6. Terence Yin at imdb.com
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