Steven Yeun
- Acting
- December 21, 1983 · 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 · Sam Allison
- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender · Zuko (Voice)
- The Rip · Detective Mike Ro
- Crash Site · Max
- Netflix Tudum 2025 · Self
- Mickey 17 · Timo
- Love Me · Iam / Liam
- Bubble & Squeak · Bkofl, Producer
- The Walking Dead: The Return · Glenn Rhee (archive footage)
- Dinner Time Live with David Chang · Self
- Past Lives · Thanks
- BEEF · Danny Cho, Executive producer
- Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV · Self, Executive producer
- Nope · Ricky 'Jupe' Park
- The Humans · Richard
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans · Steve (Voice)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy · Warner Bros. Executive
- INVINCIBLE · Mark Grayson / Invincible (Voice)
- Next Entertainment, Visionary · Self
- Minari · Jacob, Executive producer
- Wizards: Tales of Arcadia · Steve (Voice)
- Naysayer · Ian
- Tuca & Bertie · Speckle (Voice)
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson · Jacob
- The Twilight Zone · The Traveler
- Weird City · Barsley
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia · Steve
- Sorry to Bother You · Squeeze
- Burning · Ben
- Final Space · Little Cato (Voice)
- Ugly Delicious · Self
- Who? · Glenn Rhee (Tv Series Footage)
- Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters · Nathan Park (Voice)
- The Star · Bo (Voice)
- Mayhem · Derek Cho
- The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking · Glenn Rhee / Glenn's Baby (Voice)
- Okja · K
- The Day Will Come When You Won't Be · Glenn Rhee
- Ride with Norman Reedus · Self
- Voltron: Legendary Defender · Keith (Voice)
- Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ · Eric
- Like a French Film · Steve
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- I Origins · Kenny
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Too Far Gone · Glenn Rhee
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Self
- The Legend of Korra · Wan (Voice)
- Talking Dead · Self
- NTSF:SD:SUV:: · Ricky Meeker
- Conan · Self
- The Walking Dead · Glenn Rhee
- Law & Order: LA · Ken Hasui
- The Making of The Walking Dead · Self
- T-Shirt Hurt
- Carpe Millennium · Kevin
- Warehouse 13 · Gibson Rice
- My Name Is Jerry · Chaz
- The Big Bang Theory · Sebastian
- American Dad! · Charles (Voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson · Self
- The Soup · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- American Masters · Naim June Paik
- The Oscars · Self
- Golden Globe Awards · Self
- Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project
- Pagans · Gus, Executive producer