Bowen Yang is an American actor, comedian, 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, becoming its first Chinese-American, third openly gay male, and fourth-ever cast member of Asian descent. 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. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast,
Las Culturistas, with Matt Rogers.