Terence Yin Chi-wai (, born 19 May 1975) is a

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film actor, singer, producer, and media relations specialist. Yin has starred in over 30 movies, released one solo album and resides in Hong Kong.

Early life

May 19, 1975, Yin was born in

. Yin's mother was Jenny Hu, a 1960s–70s

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shang ...

s actress. Yin's father was Kang Wei (1940–2013), a film director. Yin has one older brother, Christopher Yin. In 1983, at 7 years old, Yin and his brother Christopher came to

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, California. In 1993, Yin graduated from Mark Keppel High School in

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Education

In 1997, Yin earned a Philosophy (Rhetorics) degree from

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Career

Yin made his film debut in Yonfan's 1998 '' Bishonen'' opposite

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, one of his close friends and frequent collaborators. Yin released a solo album in

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in 1999 titled ''Undecided'', which met with limited success. In 2003, Yin with fellow Hong Kong actor

Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He is best known for his performances in films such as '' PTU'' (2003), ''Election'' (2005), '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'' (2005), ''Triangle'' (2007), '' Sparrow'' (2008), ' ...

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

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. 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 ''

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'', which had a diverse cast of Hollywood, Hong Kong and Chinese actors. He also appeared in the 2012 Hong Kong film ''

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'' and voiced the character Dirty Ming in the video game '' Sleeping Dogs''. Yin is a partner in the online social network Alivenotdead.com with his Alive bandmates and the founders of the movie website

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. The site, created to support the movie ''The Heavenly Kings'' and Alive, was relaunched in April 2007 as an online community supporting artists worldwide.

Filmography

Terence Yin at imdb.com
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References

External links

Terence Yin's official blog
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Terence Yin and Raquel Xu Make Up and Are Now Engaged
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