An index of Asian-American creators and/or performers. For the purposes of this index, we are using the United States Census Bureau's classifications
of Asian-American, which refers to American people of South Asian, Southeast Asian and East Asian descent.
Also see Asian-American Media.
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Actors, Actresses, and Performers
Screen and Stage Actors A-G
- Keiko Agena
- Ali Ahn
- Philip Ahn
- Leena Alam (Afghani immigrant)
- Ian Alexander
- Sophia Ali
- Daniella Alonso
- Utkarsh Ambudkar
- Naveen Andrews (British actor born to Indian immigrant parents. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2010)
- Michele Selene Ang (Chinese-American actor born in Indonesia and later moved to the US)
- Aziz Ansari
- Devon Aoki
- Fred Armisen
- Kelsey Asbille (born to a Chinese father and an American mother)
- Erick Avari
- Reiko Aylesworth
- Sunkrish Bala
- Ceci Balagot
- Kimee Balmilero
- Darren Barnet
- Dante Basco
- Jacob Batalon
- Dave Bautista (his wrestling career is also listed below as Batista)
- Chloe Bennet
- Paris Berelc
- Swayam Bhatia
- Anjali Bhimani
- Nicole Bilderback (born in South Korea and was adopted by American parents)
- Summer Bishil
- Moon Bloodgood (born to an American father and a Korean immigrant mother)
- Lilan Bowden
- Karan Brar
- Isa Briones
- Jon Jon Briones
- Teo Briones
- Kaylee Bryant
- Melody Butiu
- Ross Butler
- Dean Cain
- Tia Carrere
- Phoebe Cates
- Michael Paul Chan
- Christina Chang (born in Taiwan to a Filipino father and an American mother and moved to the US at age 17)
- Jennifer Chang
- Louis Ozawa Changchien
- Rosalind Chao
- Zoë Chao
- François Chau
- Hong Chau
- Parvesh Cheena
- Camille Chen (born in Taiwan and raised in the US)
- Christopher Chen
- Joan Chen
- Laura Kai Chen
- Lyman Chen
- Lynn Chen
- Jacky Cheung
- John Cho
- Irene Choi
- Jake Choi
- Kenneth Choi
- Marcus Choi (Canadian-American)
- Justin Chon
- Marcus Chong
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Susan Chuang
- Art Chudabala
- Dennis Chun
- Jamie Chung
- Sherry Cola (born in Shanghai and was later raised in the US)
- Lana Condor
- Michaela Conlin (born to a Chinese mother and a father of Irish descent)
- Eugene Cordero
- Auli'i Cravalho
- Darren Criss
- Piper Curda
- Saylor Curda
- Mark Dacascos
- Ian Anthony Dale (American actor born to a father of French/English descent and a Japanese mother who immigrated to the United States from Kobe, Japan)
- Nayah Damasen
- Merle Dandridge
- Charles Michael Davis
- Manish Dayal
- Meg DeLacy
- Joel de la Fuente
- Angel Desai
- Ma Dong-seok (Korean-American)
- Dennis Dun
- James Duval (part Vietnamese)
- Stan Egi
- Maya Erskine (Japanese-American on her mother's side)
- Tiffany Espensen
- Takayo Fischer
- Vince Foster
- Midori Francis (she is of European and Japanese descent)
- Karen Fukuhara
- Tati Gabrielle
- Josh Gad (Afghani-Jewish on his father's side)
- Nimo Gandhi
- Janina Gavankar (Indian-American)
- Lauren Gaw
- Kimiko Gelman
- Azita Ghanizada (Afghan-born American immigrant)
- Kimiko Glenn
- Griffin Gluck (Japanese descent on his father's side)
- Ginger Gonzaga
- Kanoa Goo
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar
- Andrew Grace
- Alice Greczyn
- Pam Grier (has Filipino and Chinese ancestry)
- Arjun Gupta
Screen and Stage Actors H-K
- Michael Hagiwara
- Jee Young Han
- Reina Hardesty
- Daniel Henney (Born to a Korean American mother and an Irish American father)
- Amy Hill (Born to a Finnish-American father and a Japanese-American Mother)
- April Hong
- James Hong
- Stephanie Hsu
- Kelly Hu
- Tina Huang
- Vanessa Hudgens
- Justin Huen
- Jesse Inocalla
- Diana Lee Inosanto
- Manu Intiraymi
- Brittany Ishibashi
- Erika Ishii
- Daniel K. Isaac (His parents are immigrants from Korea)
- Troy Iwata
- Sakina Jaffrey
- Poorna Jagannathan
- Ken Jeong
- Lanny Joon
- Mitra Jouhari
- Malese Jow
- Keahu Kahuanui
- Vanessa Kai
- Mindy Kaling
- Kaliko Kauahi
- Catherine Haena Kim
- Chase Kim
- Daniel Dae Kim
- Jacqueline Kim
- Nicole Kang
- Sung Kang
- Tim Kang
- Nida Khurshid
- Randall Duk Kim
- Kim Yunjin
- Archie Kao
- Donnie Keshawarz (Afghan-Canadian born American immigrant)
- Michelle Krusiec
- Highdee Kuan (also raised in the Netherlands)
- Emily Kuroda
- Clyde Kusatsu
- Nancy Kwan
Screen and Stage Actors L-O
- Vanessa Lachey
- Alex Landi (He is of Korean and Italian descent)
- Liza Lapira
- Christopher Larkin (born in South Korea and was adopted and raised in the US)
- Katrina Law
- Sharon Leal
- Alice Lee
- Bobby Lee
- Brandon Lee
- Bruce Lee
- C.S. Lee note
- Dana Lee (born in China and was raised in the US)
- Don Lee (naturalized American citizen)
- Greta Lee
- Hoon Lee
- Jason Scott Lee
- Jay Lee
- Joseph Lee
- Jun Hee Lee
- Justin Lee
- Lela Lee
- Mason Lee (Taiwanese-American)
- Megan Lee
- Nanrisa Lee
- Patricia Ja Lee
- Peyton Elizabeth Lee
- Raymond Lee
- Reggie Lee
- Rex Lee
- Robinne Lee
- Will Yun Lee
- Ken Leung
- Leah Lewis
- Olivia Liang
- Ashley Liao
- Abraham Lim
- David Lim
- Roger Lim
- Bai Ling (Chinese-American)
- Julia Ling
- Dyana Liu
- Eddie Liu
- Lucy Liu
- Chi Muoi Lo (born in Vietnam, raised in the US)
- John Lone
- Jodi Long
- Mallory Low
- Jessica Lu
- Tzi Ma
- Ally Maki
- Mako
- Sunita Mani
- Aarti Mann
- Byron Mann
- Alec Mapa
- Karen Maruyama
- Young Mazino
- Steven R. McQueen
- Charles Meltonnote
- Amber Midthunder
- Ruthie Ann Miles
- Justin H. Min
- Diane Mizota
- Mike Moh
- Kausar Mohammed
- Ivan Mok
- Paolo Montalban
- Pat Morita
- Matthew Moy
- Olivia Munn
- Ajay Naidu
- Kellye Nakahara
- Suzy Nakamura
- Leonardo Namnote
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Rob Narita
- Haing S. Ngor
- Dustin Nguyen
- Julia Nickson
- Nadine Nicole
- Sandra Ohnote
- Jonathan Ohye
- Masi Oka
- Lyrica Okano (Japanese-American)
- Amy Okuda
- Joy Osmanski
Screen and Stage Actors P-V
- Kumar Pallana (Indian-American)
- Maulik Pancholy (Indian-American)
- Ashley Park
- Grace Park (migrated and grew up in Canada)
- Linda Park (born in South Korea but raised in San Jose, California)
- Randall Park
- Steve Park
- Sydney Park
- Janel Parrish
- Ravi Patel
- Mizuo Peck
- Nia Peeples
- Kal Penn
- Brandon Perea
- Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Ryan Potter
- Danny Pudi
- Lindsay Price
- Maggie Q
- Ke Huy Quan
- Di Quon
- Shelby Rabara
- Sendhil Ramamurthy
- Chelle Ramos
- Sarah Ramos
- Navi Rawat
- Joseph D. Reitman (quarter Chinese)
- Ernie Reyes Jr.
- Simon Rhee
- Conrad Ricamora
- Vincent Rodriguez III
- Anthony Ruivivar
- James Saito
- Nichole Sakura
- George Salazar
- Nico Santos
- Inga Schlingmann
- Rob Schneider (quarter Filipino on his mother's side)
- Christopher Sean
- Keidrich Sellati
- Reshma Shetty
- Sab Shimono
- Eddie Shin
- Robin Shou
- Harry Shum Jr.
- Keong Sim (born in Vietnam and raised in the US)
- Aryan Simhadri
- Tiya Sircar
- Sonja Sohn (Korean on her mother's side)
- Brenda Song
- Karan Soni (Indian-American)
- Phillipa Soo
- Brandon Soo Hoo
- Shannyn Sossamon
- Eric Steinberg (born to Korean mother and mixed European father)
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Booboo Stewart
- Fivel Stewart
- Aya Sumika
- Elizabeth Sung
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Faran Tahir
- George Takei (Japanese-American)
- Kapil Talwalkar (Indian-American)
- Ellen Tamaki
- Sara Tanaka
- Brian Tee
- Gia Thanh
- Jennifer Tilly
- Meg Tilly
- Brianne Tju
- Tamlyn Tomita
- Kristina Tonteri-Young
- Karrueche Tran
- Kelly Marie Tran
- Thuy Trang
- Irene Tsu (Chinese-American)
- Daisuke Tsuji (born in Kuwait, moved to Japan at age 2, and then to the US at age 8)
- Miyoshi Umeki
- Jenna Ushkowitz (born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in the US)
- Dilshad Vadsaria
- Jessika Van
Screen and Stage Actors W-Z
- Garrett Wang
- Netta Walker
- Jessalyn Wanlim
- Ming-Na Wen
- Bernard White
- Zelda Williams
- Anna May Wong
- B.D. Wong
- Michael Wong
- Russell Wong
- Victor Wong
- Constance Wu (Taiwanese-American)
- Daniel Wu
- David Wu
- Ping Wu
- Robert Wu
- Harrison Xu (dual American-Canadian citizenship)
- Bowen Yang
- Brian Yang
- Jimmy O. Yang (born in Hong Kong but has lived in the US since he was thirteen)
- Rob Yang
- Patti Yasutake
- Steven Yeun
- Aaron Yoo
- Kelvin Yu
- Ryun Yu
- Ron Yuan
- Rick Yune
- Chelsea Zhang
Voice Actors
- Sally Amaki (Japanese descent; born in Los Angeles and works in both US and Japan-based productions)
- Eric Bauza (Filipino descent)
- Dawn M. Bennett (Filipino descent)
- Johnny Yong Bosch (Korean descent)
- Ashly Burch (Thai descent)
- Christine Marie Cabanos (Filipino descent)
- Y. Chang (Chinese descent)
- SungWon Cho (Korean descent)
- Greg Chun (Korean-American)
- Charlet Chung
- Noshir Dalal
- Romi Dames (part Japanese)
- Khoi Dao (Vietnamese descent)
- Michaela Dietz
- Andromeda Dunker
- Emily Fajardo
- Ricco Fajardo (Filipino descent)
- Zehra Fazal
- Stephen Fu
- Shawn Gann
- Kim Mai Guest (Vietnamese descent)
- Tania Gunadi (Indonesian descent)
- Todd Haberkorn (Vietnamese descent)
- Xanthe Huynh (Vietnamese descent)
- Samantha Inoue Harte
- Erika Ishii
- Janice Kawaye (Japanese descent)
- Anjali Kunapaneni
- Jennie Kwan
- Matthew Yang King (Chinese descent)
- Mick Lauer
- Aleks Le (Vietnamese descent)
- Courtney Lin (Chinese-Taiwanese descent)
- Emi Lo (Chinese-Taiwanese descent)
- Faye Mata (Filipino descent)
- Risa Mei (Chinese-Indonesian descent)
- Sumalee Montano (Filipino-Thai descent)
- Brent Mukai
- Paul Nakauchi
- Trina Nishimura (Japanese descent)
- Vyvan Pham
- Griffin Puatu (Filipino descent)
- Dionne Quan
- Ratana (Thai, Filipino, and Chinese descent)
- Monica Ray
- Michelle Rojas (Korean descent)
- Oscar Seung
- Stephanie Sheh (Chinese-Taiwanese descent)
- James Sie
- Micah Solusod (Japanese-Filipino descent)
- Kaiji Tang (Chinese descent)
- Haley Tju
- Lauren Tom (Chinese descent)
- Maya Aoki Tuttle (Japanese descent)
- Serena Varghese
- Howard Wang
- Anne Yatco (Filipino descent)
- Caleb Yen
- Gwendoline Yeo (Singaporean descent)
- Suzie Yeung (Chinese descent)
- Jenny Yokobori (Japanese descent)
- Keone Young
- Ramona Young
- Apphia Yu
- Michaela Zee
- Molly Zhang
Comedians
Comedians
Performers and Entertainers
Drag Queens
Artists
Artists
Animators
Authors and Writers
Authors
- Alafair Burke
- Soman Chainani
- Melissa De La Cruz
- Tess Gerritsen
- Larry Hama
- Helen Hoang
- Khaled Hosseini
- David Henry Hwang
- Julie Kagawa
- Rebecca F. Kuang
- Ken Liu
- Marjorie Liu
- Malinda Lo
- Marie Lu
- Greg Pak
- Laura Joh Rowland
- Jason Shiga
- S. P. Somtow
- Amy Tan
- Ocean Vuong
- Alyssa Wong
- Andrew Yang
- Gene Luen Yang
- Laurence Yep
Playwrights
Screenwriters
Filmmakers
Directors
Journalists
Journalists
Music
Musicians
- 2 Live Crew, Fresh Kid Ice was Chinese-American
- 2PM (KPop band, Former member and breakout star Jay Park is Korean-American and Nichkhun is Thai-American, Taecyeon is a South Korean immigrant.)
- Abnormality, vocalist Mallika Sundaramurthy is Indian-American
- Jhené Aiko, part-Japanese
- Alice in Chains, bassist Mike Inez is Filipino-American
- Amerie, part-Korean
- Arkaik, former drummer Keith Roylance is Filipino-American, originally from Angeles City
- The Association – Vocalist and guitarist Larry Ramos was a member for almost all of the time between 1967 and his death in 2014. His brother Del has been a member since 1999. Both are Filipino Americans.
- Awkwafina
- Bif Naked
- The Black Eyed Peas, Apl.de.ap is half-Filipino, originally from Angeles City
- Michelle Branch, part Indonesian
- Danny Brown, part-Filipino
- Caroline
- Crystal Kay
- Dälek (producer Alap Momin)
- Das Racist, Heems and Dapwell are Indian-American
- Death, founding vocalist Kam Lee is of partial Chinese and Filipino descent
- Death Angel, the entire original lineup (now just Mark Osegueda and Rob Cavestany) was Filipino-American, as is Ted Aguilar
- Deftones, vocalist Chino Moreno is part-Chinese, while late bassist Chi Cheng was Chinese-American
- Deltron 3030, producer Dan the Automator is Japanese-American
- Devourment, drummer Brad Fincher is part-Filipino
- Dream Theater, bassist John Myung is Korean-American
- Fanny, the Millington sisters are half-Filipina, originally from Manila
- Fort Minor, lead vocalist Mike Shinoda is Japanese-American
- f(x), KPop band, members Amber is Taiwanese-American and Krystal is Korean-American.
- Girls' Generation, members Tiffany Young and Sunny and former member Jessica Jung are Korean-American.
- HER
- Hoobastank, vocalist Doug Robb is half-Japanese
- iLoveMakonnen, part-Indian and Chinese
- Inferi, bassist Andrew Kim is Korean-American, while guitarist Sanjay Kumar is Indian-American
- Japanese Breakfast, headed by Korean-American Michelle Zauner.
- Job for a Cowboy, founding guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju is Indian-American
- Joji (Japanese-Australian expatriate)
- Hayley Kiyoko, half-Japanese
- Kehlani
- LCD Soundsystem, keyboardist/vocalist Nicole Whang
- Linkin Park, co-vocalist and keyboardist Mike Shinoda is Japanese-American while synthesizer and turntablist Joe Hahn is Korean-American
- Robert Lopez
- Bruno Mars, part-Filipino
- Neal McCoy
- Metallica, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett is part-Filipino
- Nicki Minaj
- Mitski
- Ne-Yo
- Olivia
- Yoko Ono
- SEVENTEEN, KPop band, members Vernon is half Korean-American and Joshua is Korean-American
- Shuggie Otis, who is Filipino-American through his mother.
- Pixies, lead guitarist Joey Santiago was born in Manila, in the Philippines
- Olivia Rodrigo, half-Filipina
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Smashing Pumpkins, guitarist James Iha is Japanese-American
- Steve Aoki, musician and DJ who is Japanese-American
- Soundgarden, guitarist Kim Thayil is Indian-American with parents who came from Kerala, while founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto is Japanese-American
- Tengger Cavalry - Founder Nature Ganganbaigal was an ethnic Mongol born and raised in Beijing. Several other members have also been Chinese or Mongolian.
- Thrice, guitarist Teppei Teranishi is Japanese-American
- Trivium, guitarist and vocalist Matt Heafy is half-Japanese
- Maya Aoki Tuttle, founding member and drummer of The Colourist.
- Eddie and Alex van Halen, half-Indonesian.
- Vienna Teng
- Hikaru Utada
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs (vocalist Karen O was born in South Korea)
- Tiffany Young
- Louie Zong
Politics
Politicians
Professional Wrestling
Wrestlers
- Aja Kong
- Shayna Baszler
- Batista, now a film actor using his real name, Dave Bautista
- Cameron
- Gail Kimnote
- The Great Khalinote
- Jimmy Wang Yang
- Lisa Marie Varon
- Mr. Fuji
- Mustafa Ali
- Richie Steamboat
- Ricky Steamboat
- Su Yung
Web Video Creators
Creators
