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 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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External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm3081796
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552176
Facebook: https://facebook.com/stevenyeun
Instagram: https://instagram.com/steveyeun
Filmography (Movies)
The Rip
Character:
Release Date:15/01/2026
Crash Site
Character:Max
Release Date:17/07/2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2025
Mickey 17
Character:Timo
Release Date:28/02/2025
Love Me
Character:Iam / Liam
Release Date:31/01/2025
Bubble & Squeak
Character:Bkofl
Release Date:24/01/2025
The Walking Dead: The Return
Character:Glenn Rhee (archive footage)
Release Date:15/02/2024
Invincible: Atom Eve
Character:Mark Grayson
Release Date:22/07/2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/03/2023
Nope
Character:Ricky 'Jupe' Park
Release Date:20/07/2022
The Humans
Character:Richard
Release Date:24/11/2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Character:Steve (voice)
Release Date:21/07/2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Character:Warner Bros. Executive
Release Date:08/07/2021
Minari
Character:Jacob
Release Date:12/02/2021
Naysayer
Character:Ian
Release Date:20/05/2019
Sorry to Bother You
Character:Squeeze
Release Date:06/07/2018
Burning
Character:Ben
Release Date:17/05/2018
Who?
Character:Glenn Rhee (Tv Series Footage)
Release Date:12/02/2018
The Star
Character:Bo (voice)
Release Date:15/11/2017
Mayhem
Character:Derek Cho
Release Date:10/11/2017
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Character:Glenn Rhee / Glenn's Baby (voice)
Release Date:08/10/2017
Okja
Character:K
Release Date:28/06/2017
Like a French Film
Character:Steve
Release Date:14/01/2016
I Origins
Character:Kenny
Release Date:18/07/2014
The Making of The Walking Dead
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/2010
T-Shirt Hurt
Character:
Release Date:16/06/2010
Carpe Millennium
Character:Kevin
Release Date:08/04/2010
My Name Is Jerry
Character:Chaz
Release Date:01/01/2009
Television Appearances
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
Character:Self
BEEF
Character:Danny Cho
INVINCIBLE
Character:Mark Grayson / Invincible (voice)
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Character:Self
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Character:Steve Palchuk (voice)
Tuca & Bertie
Character:Speckle (voice)
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Character:Jacob
The Twilight Zone
Character:The Traveler
Weird City
Character:Barsley
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Character:Steve
Final Space
Character:Little Cato (voice)
Ugly Delicious
Character:Self
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
Character:Nathan Park (voice)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Character:Steve Palchuck (voice)
Ride with Norman Reedus
Character:Self
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Character:Keith (voice)
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
Character:Eric
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Character:Self
The Legend of Korra
Character:Wan (voice)
Talking Dead
Character:Self
Conan
Character:Self
The Walking Dead
Character:Glenn Rhee
Law & Order: LA
Character:Ken Hasui
Warehouse 13
Character:Gibson Rice
The Big Bang Theory
Character:Sebastian
American Dad!
Character:Charles (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
The Soup
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
American Masters
Character:Naim June Paik
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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