
Steven Yeun
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).
Filmography
Animals2026 · Ben Affleck
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender2026 · Lauren Montgomery
The Rip2026 · Joe Carnahan
Mickey 172025 · Bong Joon Ho
Love Me2025 · Andrew Zuchero- The Walking Dead: The Return2024 · Jes Thorud
Nope2022 · Jordan Peele
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans2021 · Francisco Ruiz Velasco- The Humans2021 · Stephen Karam
Minari2020 · Lee Isaac Chung
Burning2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Sorry to Bother You2018 · Boots Riley
Okja2017 · Bong Joon Ho
The Star2017 · Timothy Reckart
Mayhem2017 · Joe Lynch
I Origins2014 · Mike Cahill


