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.

Filmography

• 2026Animals
• 2026Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender — Zuko (voice)
• 2026The Rip — Detective Mike Ro
• 2025Bubble & Squeak — Bkofl, Producer
• 2025Crash Site — Max
• 2025Love Me — Iam / Liam
• 2025Mickey 17 — Timo
• 2024The Walking Dead: The Return — Glenn Rhee (archive footage)
• BEEF — Danny Cho, Executive Producer
• 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV — Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2023Past Lives — Thanks
• 2022Nope — Ricky 'Jupe' Park
• INVINCIBLE — Mark Grayson / Invincible (voice)
• 2021Minari — Jacob, Executive Producer
• 2021Space Jam: A New Legacy — Warner Bros. Executive
• 2021The Humans — Richard
• 2021Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans — Steve (voice)
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia — Steve (voice)
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Jacob
• 2019Naysayer — Ian
• The Twilight Zone — The Traveler
• Tuca & Bertie — Speckle (voice)
• Weird City — Barsley
• 3Below: Tales of Arcadia — Steve
• 2018Burning — Ben
• Final Space — Little Cato (voice)
• 2018Sorry to Bother You — Squeeze
• 2018Who? — Glenn Rhee (Tv Series Footage)
• 2017Mayhem — Derek Cho
• 2017Okja — K
• Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters — Nathan Park (voice)
• 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking — Glenn Rhee / Glenn's Baby (voice)
• 2017The Star — Bo (voice)
• Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ — Eric
• 2016Like a French Film — Steve
• 2016The Day Will Come When You Won't Be — Glenn Rhee
• Voltron: Legendary Defender — Keith (voice)
• 2014I Origins — Kenny
• 2013Too Far Gone — Glenn Rhee
• The Legend of Korra — Wan (voice)
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Ricky Meeker
• 2010Carpe Millennium — Kevin
• Law & Order: LA — Ken Hasui
• 2010T-Shirt Hurt
• The Walking Dead — Glenn Rhee
• 2009My Name Is Jerry — Chaz
• Warehouse 13 — Gibson Rice
• The Big Bang Theory — Sebastian
• American Dad! — Charles (voice)
• American Masters — Naim June Paik
• Pagans — Gus, Executive Producer
• Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project

Appearances as themselves (18)

• 2025Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self
• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• Next Entertainment, Visionary — Self
• Ugly Delicious — Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Talking Dead — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010The Making of The Walking Dead — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The Soup — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee