Michael Tao Dai Yu is a Hong Kong television actor.
Tao entered the acting industry in the 1980s, affiliating with TVB. It was during this period that Tao earned the name "Housewife Killer" due to his overwhelming popularity amongst housewives (who arguably constitute a majority of television viewing audiences in Hong Kong), solidifying his position as a first tier television actor in TVB.
Tao later moved over to rival ATV in 1997 after problems over his contract with TVB. His ATV series Flaming Brothers defeated the TVB rival show at the time, a landmark for ATV. Apart from filming ATV series, Tao has also filmed in China and Singapore. He returned to TVB in 2004 and has starred in a number of television series since. Once again, problems with his contract resulted in Tao leaving TVB in 2009 and worked mostly in mainland China and occasionally in Hong Kong.
In 2021, Tao gained popularity after numerous videos of him singing Andy Lau's 1996 song "Reverse The Earth" in a unique voice and style resurfaced. Tao was known to have performed at various Chinese malls singing various Cantonese/Mandarin pop songs for commercial events since 2020, and was imitated across the internet by various netizens, including Douyin, YouTube and Poki Ng from the Hong Kong boyband ERROR. This has also led to creation of fan groups on Facebook humorously advocating for Tao to become a full-fledged singer. Tao has responded positively, saying he enjoys entertaining people and jokingly hopes being able to catch up after Louis Koo's spot as favourite male singer in Hong Kong's Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation. 陶大宇(1963년생, Hong Kong, China) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 男与女, 紅燈區, 哎吔女朋友가 있으며, 그 외에도 刑事偵緝檔案, 壹號皇庭, 大時代, 重案解密, 都市方程式, 의천도룡기 1986, 學警雄心, 대운하 1987, 義不容情, 太平天國, 녹정기 1984, 벽혈검 1985 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 重案解密에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 重案解密에서 Chow Wing-kuen 역을 맡았다. 2024년 무간형제: 의박운천에서 群哥 역을 맡았다. 2022년 女法醫JD에 출연했다.