Yeun Sang-Yeop, known professionally as
Steven Yeun, is an American actor. Yeun initially rose to prominence for playing Glenn Rhee in the television series
The Walking Dead (2010â2016). He earned critical acclaim for starring in the thriller
Burning (2018) and drama
Minari (2020). The latter earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Asian American actor to do so.
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.