Kevin Chu

Kevin Chu Kam-yin (; born 5 January 1989) is a Hong Kong actor and former swimmer. Chu made his onscreen debut with a minor role in To the Fore, then secured main roles as David in the ViuTV series (2016) and as Lok Wai in the web series Infernal Affairs (2016). He went on to star as Xu Xin-cheng in (2018), Shum Fei-fei in (2023), and Cheung Tin-ming in See Her Again (2024). He gained further recognition for playing Hong Yu in Back to the Past (2025), which is currently the fifth highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time.

Early life and education Chu was born on 5 January 1989 in Hong Kong. His father worked in film producing, and he has an elder sister. He studied at St. Louis School and Wah Yan College, Kowloon, Chu was a swimmer and started training competitively at the age of eight. He began representing Hong Kong in 2001 when he was 14. He broke the inter-school Grade B record for the 200 meters freestyle with a time of two minutes and 4.35 seconds in 2003, and he won the gold medal again in the same event in 2004, with a time of two minutes and 1.68 seconds.

Chu returned to Canada for university in 2007 and attended the University of British Columbia, majoring in human geography. He represented Hong Kong at the Asian Games and FISU World University Games, but did not qualify for the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He retired from swimming during his university years. after conducting interviews about his swimming career with magazines, which led to him being approached by a modeling agency. However, he only signed with Louis Koo's talent agency in 2016, as he believed contracts were "a commitment" and felt it was "not the right time" before then. and a supporting role as Makino, a bank staff member and major crime suspect, in the detective film . and appeared in the thriller films Bursting Point and The Goldfinger. He then portrayed police officer Cheung Tin-ming in the Netflix-Tencent series See Her Again, which is currently fifth highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes/ 2015 To the Fore He Shu-en (何樹恩) Dealer/Healer Yin (賢仔) 2018 Makino (牧野) 2019 P Storm Cheung Ming-chi (張明志) Young David Ki 2021 Ouyang Ke 2022 Anita Love interest of Anita Mui Only in director's cut Chilli Laugh Story Coba's ex-boss Sing Shun (成信) Warriors of Future Signaller Sincere Resell King (先達小炒王) 2023 Johnnie Bursting Point Suave (瀟灑) The Goldfinger Lam Sing (林誠) 2024 I Did It My Way Nam (阿南) Special appearance Crisis Negotiators For (阿科) 2025 Little Red Sweet Soar Orr (柯宇翔) Back to the Past Hong Yu 2026 Cold War 1994 Roy Ho (何國正)

Television Year Title Role Notes/2016 Young David (大衛) Main role Infernal Affairs Lok Wai (洛威) Main role 2018 Xu Xin-cheng (許星程) Main role Three-eight (三八) Main role 2020 Roger Recurring role 2022 To (杜師兄) Special appearance Nick Yan (甄誠) Recurring role 2023 "Papa" Ha Chun-yin (夏竣然) Main role Shum Fei-fei (沈飛飛) Main role 2024 See Her Again Cheung Tin-ming (張天明) Main role 2025 What If Danny Guest role 2026 Mark Kwong (鄺澤熙) Main role