Steven Yeun

Biography

Yeun Sang-Yeop (Korean: 연상엽; born December 21, 1983), known professionally as Steven Yeun (/jʌn/ YUHN), is an American actor. Yeun initially became famous for playing Glenn Rhee in The Walking Dead (2010–2016). He earned critical acclaim for the films Burning (2018) and  Minari (2020). The latter earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the first Asian American actor to be nominated. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021. In 2023, he starred in the dark comedy series Beef (2023), for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Yeun has also appeared in the films Okja (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), The Humans (2021) and Nope (2022). He has also voiced main characters in animated television series such as Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016–2018), Tales of Arcadia (2016–2021), Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters (2017–2018), Final Space (2018–2021), Tuca & Bertie (2019–2022), and Invincible (2021–present).

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Selected Filmography

• Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• American Dad!(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Charles (voice)
• Conan(2010)TV Series · 8 epsas Self
• The Walking Dead(2010)TV Series · 84 epsas Glenn Rhee
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark(1988)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
• INVINCIBLE(2021)TV Series · 32 epsas Mark Grayson / Invincible (voice)
• The Big Bang Theory(2007)TV Series · 1 epas Sebastian
• The Legend of Korra(2012)TV Series · 3 epsas Wan (voice)
• Golden Globe Awards(1944)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Nominee
• Warehouse 13(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Gibson Rice
• BEEF(2023)TV Series · 10 epsas Danny Cho
• The Soup(2004)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors(2014)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• American Masters(1986)TV Series · 1 epas Naim June Paik
• Comedy Bang! Bang!(2012)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Oscars(1953)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Rip(2026)as Detective Mike Ro