---
name: "Yao Chin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yao-chin"
fi1m_id: "yao-chin"
imdb_id: "nm1544085"
tmdb_id: 1074678
wikidata_id: "Q8049026"
roles: []
born: "23 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T19:46:15.733325+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yao Chin

## Identity

Yao Chin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yao-chin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yao-chin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1544085
- **TMDB ID:** 1074678
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8049026
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8049026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1544085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1074678

Actor. Born 23 May 1979 in Dulwich, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 May 1979, Dulwich, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8049026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1544085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1074678

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Somewhere Boy*](https://film.one/tv/somewhere-boy.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Yao Chin is a British actor and journalist. Born on 23 May 1979 in Dulwich, London, he trained at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Dulwich College. While at university he began working at ITV News as an assistant news editor and Westminster producer.

As an actor, Chin has appeared in leading roles at the Royal National Theatre and in the West End, as well as in BBC dramas. His film credits include *Doom* (2005) as Mac and *SuperBob* (2015) as a news anchor. Television roles include the Doctor in *Somewhere Boy* (2022), a reporter in *The Swimmers* (2022) and a TV anchor in *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022).

Chin has also worked as a journalist and presenter, reporting for ITV News, Al Jazeera English and CGTN in Beijing, where he won a best reporter prize.

*Sources: imdb.com, xwhos.com, cinetown.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Somewhere Boy* (2022), Fi1m 85, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/tv/somewhere-boy.md)
- *The Swimmers* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Reporter at Rio Games — [page](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fifteen-Love* (2023), series, as Commentator
- *Somewhere Boy* (2022), series, as Doctor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/somewhere-boy.md)
- *The Swimmers* (2022), as Reporter at Rio Games — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md)
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022), series, as TV Anchor
- *SuperBob* (2015), as News Anchor
- *Doom* (2005), as Mac
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Diedrick Ford

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/yao-chin