
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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Known For
Acting History
2026
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender as Zuko (voice)
2026The Rip
2025Crash Site as Max
2025Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
2025Mickey 17 as Timo
2025Love Me as Iam / Liam
2025Bubble & Squeak as Bkofl
2024The Walking Dead: The Return as Glenn Rhee (archive footage)
2024Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
2023BEEF as Danny Cho
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022Nope as Ricky 'Jupe' Park
2021The Humans as Richard
2021Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Steve (voice)
2021Space Jam: A New Legacy as Warner Bros. Executive
2021INVINCIBLE as Mark Grayson / Invincible (voice)
2021Minari as Jacob
2021Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
2020Wizards: Tales of Arcadia as Steve Palchuk (voice)
2019Naysayer as Ian
2019Tuca & Bertie as Speckle (voice)
2019I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson as Jacob
2019The Twilight Zone as The Traveler
2019Weird City as Barsley
20183Below: Tales of Arcadia as Steve
2018Sorry to Bother You as Squeeze
2018Burning as Ben
2018Final Space as Little Cato (voice)
2018Ugly Delicious as Self
2018Who? as Glenn Rhee (Tv Series Footage)
2017Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters as Nathan Park (voice)
2017The Star as Bo (voice)
2017Mayhem as Derek Cho
2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Glenn Rhee / Glenn's Baby (voice)
2017Okja as K
2016Ride with Norman Reedus as Self
2016Voltron: Legendary Defender as Keith (voice)
2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ as Eric
2016Like a French Film as Steve
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014I Origins as Kenny
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012The Legend of Korra as Wan (voice)
2011Talking Dead as Self
2010Conan as Self
2010The Walking Dead as Glenn Rhee
2010Law & Order: LA as Ken Hasui
2010The Making of The Walking Dead as Self
2010T-Shirt Hurt
2010Carpe Millennium as Kevin
2009Warehouse 13 as Gibson Rice
2009My Name Is Jerry as Chaz
2007The Big Bang Theory as Sebastian
2005American Dad! as Charles (voice)
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004The Soup as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1986American Masters as Naim June Paik
1953The Oscars as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
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