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Steven Yeun

South Korean-American actor

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Steven Yeun (born December 21, 1983) (Korean name Yeun Sang Yeop, in Hangul 연상엽) is a Korean-born American actor. Yeun is currently starring in the role as Glenn in AMC's original series, The Walking Dead since 2010. Other than The Walking Dead, Yeun guest starred in the critically acclaimed American sit-com The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon's former room mate Sebastian in 2010, an independent film, and a couple shorts. He has also completed voice work for the Crysis video game series. <a href="htt

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Born: Sang-yeop Yeun , ( 1983-12-21 ) December 21, 1983 (age 42) , Seoul , South Korea
Citizenship: South Korea United States
Alma mater: Kalamazoo College (BA)
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 2004–present
Spouse: Joana Pak ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 )
Awards: Full list
Hangul: 연상엽
Rr: Yeon Sangyeop
Mr: Yŏn Sangyŏp

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Sang-yeop Yeun (Korean: 연상엽; born December 21, 1983), known professionally as Steven Yeun (/jʌn/ YUHN), is an American actor. He rose to prominence for playing Glenn Rhee in the television series The Walking Dead (2010–2016). He earned critical acclaim for the films Burning (2018) and Minari (2020). For the latter, he became the first East Asian-American nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021. For the Netflix dark comedy series Beef (2023), which he produced and starred in, Yeun received Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actor.

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).