Steven Yeun Biography
Steven Yeun is a producer and actor from the United States. He is well-known for his roles in the television show The Walking Dead and the film Burning. His performances earned him critical acclaim and a number of awards, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has two Saturn Award nominations and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. At the SAG Awards, Yeun was the first Asian American actor to receive this honor.
How old is Steven Yeun? – Age
He is 39 years old as of December 2022. He was born Yeun Sang-Yeop in 1983 in Seoul, South Korea.
Steven Yeun Height
Steven stands at a height of 5’9″ (175 cm), tall.
Steven Yeun Family- Parents
Yeun was born to Je and Jun Yeun. His father worked as an architect in South Korea before relocating his family to Canada in 1988, where they settled in Regina, Saskatchewan. Brian, his younger brother, is his only sibling. Later, the family relocated to the United States, first to Taylor, Michigan, and then to Troy, Michigan, where Yeun lived until he graduated from Troy High School in 2001. Yeun’s family spoke Korean at home when she was a child. After meeting a doctor with the same name, his parents, who owned beauty supply stores in Detroit, began calling him “Steven.” He befriended comedian Jordan Klepper’s sister in Kalamazoo, and she took him to see Klepper’s improv show, which inspired him to take his first acting class and later follow Klepper to Chicago, where they joined The Second City.
Steven Yeun Wife
On December 3, 2016, Yeun married photographer Joana Pak. They live in Los Angeles and have two children. Yeun owns a stake in The Bun Shop, his younger brother Brian’s Korean-Mediterranean fusion restaurant in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood.
Steven Yeun The Walking Dead
He appeared as Glenn Rhee, a former pizza delivery boy who saved Rick’s life in the American post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. Glenn falls in love with Maggie Greene and later marries her. Glenn, who is known for his character and resourcefulness, becomes an integral member of the group over the course of the series.
Steven Yeun Career
During his first year of college, Steven Yeun became interested in acting. He moved to Chicago after graduating and joined the sketch comedy company ‘Stir Friday Night,’ followed by ‘The Second City,’ before relocating to Los Angeles in 2009. He appeared in the films ‘The Kari Files’ and ‘My Name Is Jerry’ the same year. The actor’s breakout part came the next year, when he was offered the series “The Walking Dead.” This drama received favorable reviews from television reviewers and went on to become the highest-rated TV series in cable television history. Yeun appeared in an episode of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ as well as two short films, ‘Carpe Millennium’ and ‘Blowout Sale’, both in the same year.
The actor participated in the TV series NTSF:SD:SUV:: and ‘Harder Than It Looks’ in 2012. A year later, he lent his voice to the role of Avatar Wan in the television series “The Legend of Korra.” Following this, Yeun worked on three television shows: ‘Drunk History,’ ‘American Dad,’ and ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ In 2016, the South Korean-American star was offered voice duties for ‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ and ‘Trollhunters’. These series are still ongoing. In 2017, he appeared in two films: ‘Mayhem’ and ‘Okja’. Note that Yeun has also done voice work for video games such as ‘Crysis’ and ‘Crysis Warhead’.
How rich is Steven Yeun? – Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million as of 2023.
Steven Yeun Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
♦ 2022 – Nope
♦ 2021 – Space Jam: A New Legacy
♦ 2021 – Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
♦ 2021 – The Humans
♦ 2020 – Minari
♦ 2018 – Sorry to Bother You
♦ 2018 – Burning
♦ 2017 – Okja
♦ 2017 – Mayhem
♦ 2017 – The Star
♦ 2015 – Like a French Film
TV Show:
♦ 2021–present – Invincible
♦ 2020 – Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
♦ 2019–present – Tuca & Bertie
♦ 2019 – Weird City
♦ 2019 – The Twilight Zone
♦ 2019 – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
♦ 2018–2021 – Final Space
♦ 2018 – 3Below: Tales of Arcadia
♦ 2017–2018 – Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
♦ 2017 – Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
♦ 2017 – Robot Chicken