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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.
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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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
American Dad!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Law & Order: LA
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Big Bang Theory
The Legend of Korra
Golden Globe Awards
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
The Twilight Zone
Talking Dead
Ride with Norman Reedus
Ugly Delicious
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Final Space
The Making of The Walking Dead
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Sorry to Bother You
Thunderbolts*
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
The Walking Dead
The Rip
The Walking Dead: The Return
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender
Nope
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Voltron: Legendary Defender
I Origins
Okja
Mickey 17
Tuca & Bertie
Love Me
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Minari
INVINCIBLE
BEEF
Mayhem
The Star
Production Credits
Minari
BEEF
Past Lives
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