Bernie Yao
Biography
Bernie Yao is a Taiwanese-born Canadian actor, director, and film producer based in British Columbia. He is best known for his on-screen roles in television series such as Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), Lucky Hank (2023), and Creepshow (2019).
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as Head Trainer
A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save a world at war — and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Daryl (segment "Something Burrowed, Something Blue")
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as EMT #1
Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Lewis
Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as Thomas Armento
Homicide detective Tess Avery is forced to quit the job she loves after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. Reluctant to accept help, Tess uses an assistance app and connects with Sunny Patel, a professional seeing-eye guide and agoraphobe living 3,000 miles away. Haunted by the unsolved cases she left behind, Tess uses a hidden camera and earpiece, while Sunny remotely steers Tess through life's obstacles -- and crimes -- as the two challenge preconceptions about ability, trust and where to draw the line.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Gordon
American astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission. A series about hope, humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Car Rental Clerk
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Perry
Celebrity stylist Kayli must team up with hotel security chief Mills to track down an iconic piece of fashion history after it goes missing on her watch before the Chicago Costume Gala.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An intimate, observational portrait unfolds as an actor prepares to perform a new work, while interrogating the process of shaping one’s persona and truly embodying a character.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Charlie
When Carly, secretly a princess, plans Snowden Peak’s Snow Ball with Jesse, their attraction is undeniable. In planning the event, the two make the gala a fundraiser to help infuse much needed resources into the resort. But without a celebrity draw, investors aren’t interested, and Snowden Peak is put up for sale. Will Carly allow her royal identity to be exposed to save the resort?
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Operation Controller
Chen works for the secret police in communist China. His girlfriend Yun, not so much. A medical doctor by profession, she has uncovered a gruesome crime linking the communist party to the widely popular human bodies exhibits, and is determined to do something about it. Chen vowed to protect her at all costs, but as Yun gets more involved in the resistance, he must decide if she is an enemy of the state or the love of his life.