Steven Yeun
Acting
- Born:
- 1983-12-21
- Place of birth:
- Seoul, South Korea
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Yeun, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Animals
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
The Rip
Crash Site
Netflix Tudum 2025
Mickey 17
Love Me
Bubble & Squeak
The Walking Dead: The Return
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
BEEF
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nope
The Humans
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Space Jam: A New Legacy
INVINCIBLE
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Minari
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Naysayer
Tuca & Bertie
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
The Twilight Zone
Weird City
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Sorry to Bother You
Burning
Final Space
Ugly Delicious
Who?
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
The Star
Mayhem
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Okja
Ride with Norman Reedus
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
Like a French Film
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
I Origins
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Comedy Bang! Bang!
The Legend of Korra
Talking Dead
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Conan
The Walking Dead
Law & Order: LA
The Making of The Walking Dead
T-Shirt Hurt
Carpe Millennium
Warehouse 13
My Name Is Jerry
The Big Bang Theory
American Dad!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Soup
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
American Masters
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project
Pagans