Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Yao
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
Moderate attention
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Movies: 6Series: 0
TMDB ID: 3495960
IMDb ID: nm6856042
Known for: Acting
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2018 - 2025
Years active: 8
Average TMDB rating: 7.49
Also known as
Thomas Pang
Biography
Yao – whose real name is Thomas Pang – is a Malaysian actor of Chinese and Filipino descent. He is a 2015 graduate of the Lasalle College of the Arts who was prominent in Singapore’s theatre and film scene, earning three Best Actor nominations in The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards, and winning it in 2018 for his performance in Hand To God by Singapore Repertory Theatre. Yao remained in the United States after obtaining a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2023 from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University in Connecticut, not far from his current home in New York. He is best known for his role as Bo Chow in the 2025 movie Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Yao.
