Yu had his first experience in front of the camera in 2006, and he was chosen to act as a lead role in
My Kung Fu Girlfriend, a comedy television series starring Wang Yang and
Ma Su. In 2007, Yu made his film debut in
Crazy in Love, playing Brother Xi. That same year, he co-starred with
Yao Chen and
Zhang Jiayi in the historical television series
Past Events. In 2008, he appeared in the
Game of Life and Death, ''I'm the Sun
and Sailfish Qi yu''. In 2009, Yu portrayed , a writer and critic, in the war television series
Fighting in Peking. Yu portrayed
Mao Anying, son of
Mao Zedong, in the 2010 biographical drama
Mao Anying. That same year, he had key supporting role in
Mother, which starred
Siqin Gaowa and
Song Chunli. In 2011, two films and one television series he headlined,
Wu Yunduo,
Beginning of the Great Revival and
A Cheng. He played
Wu Yunduo, a Chinese ordnance expert during the
Second Sino-Japanese War, in the biographical drama
Wu Yunduo. He portrayed
Liu Shaoqi in
China Film Group and
DMG Entertainment's production of
Huang Jianxin and
Han Sanping's
Beginning of the Great Revival, alongside
Liu Ye,
Chen Kun,
Li Qin, Huang Jue, and
Liao Fan. Yu starred in the romantic comedy television series
The Happy Time of the Spicy and Hot Girlfriend, playing the boyfriend of
Choo Ja-hyun's character. In 2014, Yu portrayed Deng Zhifang, son of
Deng Xiaoping, in ''
Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads, created by CCTV and directed by Wu Ziniu. The drama received positive reviews and high ratings. That same year, he starred as Man Cang, reuniting him with co-star Che Xiao, who played his girlfriend Jing Mei, in the romantic television series City and Country Life''. The series was one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that month. Yu starred opposite
Yu Rongguang, Choo Ja-hyun and Zhu Xiaoyu in 2015 television series
Namchow Mechanic Heroes. In 2017, Yu guest-starred on
Billy Chung's
Eternal Wave, an action film starring
Aaron Kwok,
Zanilia Zhao,
Zoe Zhang, Zhang Han, and
Simon Yam. That same year, he was cast in
Hero, playing the son of Siqin Gaowa's and Gao Ming's characters. ==Personal life==