Bowen Yang (born November 6, 1990) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer. Yang was hired to join the writing staff of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in September 2018, ahead of its 44th season, and a year later was promoted to on-air cast status for SNL's 45th season. He made history becoming the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021. He was promoted to repertory status before the 47th season. Yang has appeared in the television series Girls5Eva, Ziwe, and The Other Two and is a cast member on Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens. He is also known for his appearances in the LGBTQ romantic comedies Fire Island and Bros, both released in 2022. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, Las Culturistas, with Matt Rogers. In January 2019, he was named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bowen Yang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Tangles — Dale (voice)
• 2026The 23rd Annual Unforgettable Awards
• 2026The Cat in the Hat — (voice)
• 2026The Moment — Bowen Yang (uncredited)
• 2026Waking Up From a Nap on a Long Day of Doing Nothing — Jean-Marie Menga (voice)
• Las Culturistas Culture Awards — Self - Host, Writer
• Overcompensating — Davis
• 2025Planning New York
• 2025The Wedding Banquet — Chris
• 2025Wicked: For Good — Pfannee
• Fantasmas — Dodo
• Jentry Chau vs the Underworld — Ed (voice)
• 2024The Garfield Movie — Nolan (voice)
• The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy — (voice)
• 2024The Tiger's Apprentice — Sidney (voice)
• 2024Wicked — Pfannee
• 2023Dicks: The Musical — God
• 2023Good Burger 2 — Bowen Yang
• Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai — Celestial Administrator (voice), Celestial Administrator / Sailor #1 (voice)
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Martin Li / Mr. Negative
• 2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain — Deetch Nordwind
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — TV Gossip #2 (voice)
• 2023The Monkey King — Dragon King (voice)
• 2022Bros — Lawrence Grape
• 2022Fire Island — Howie
• 2022Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again — Ronnie (voice)
• 2022The Lost City — Ray the Moderator
• 2021Cicada — Hudson
• Girls5eva — Zander, Zander (uncredited)
• Monsters at Work — Carter (voice)
• Schmigadoon! — Consulting Producer, Writer
• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens — Edmund
• Duncanville — Garrett (voice)
• 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend — Kim Jong-un
• 2019Isn't It Romantic — Donny's Guy
• The Other Two — Bowen Yang
• High Maintenance — Brian
• Broad City — Sales associate
• 2014Dry Me Crazy — Laundromat Attendant
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest, Frank
• The Outs — Jason
• Archer — (voice)
• The Simpsons — Richard (voice)
• The 23rd Annual Unforgettable Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show
• Untitled Bowen Yang/Matt Rogers project — Writer

Appearances as themselves (37)

• 2026Lorne — Self
• 2026The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas — Self
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member 2018 - Present
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2025The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — Self
• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
• 2025Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Self
• 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• 2024Making Wicked — Self
• 2024Will & Harper — Self (uncredited)
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2022Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• The Kardashians — Self
• Ziwe — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self - Guest
• 2 Dope Queens — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED — Self - Guest Judge
• The Voice — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Various Characters
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter
• The Emmy Awards — Self