Line #39 Creator/StevenYeun


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2	[[caption-width-right:295:"''[[Series/{{The Walking Dead\|2010}} Hey you, dumbass! Yeah, you in front of the screen. Cozy in there?]]''"]]
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4	Steven Yeun /ˈjʌn/ (Korean: 연상엽; born Yeun Sang-yeop, December 21, 1983 in UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}) is a Korean-American actor. He is [[StarMakingRole best known]] for his role as [[TheHeart Glenn Rhee]] on Creator/{{AMC}}'s horror drama television series ''Series/{{The Walking Dead\|2010}}''. Yeun has also appeared in many short and feature films, and has done video game and cartoon voiceovers. He is fluent in both English and Korean and starred in the Korean film ''Burning''. In 2021, he became the first Asian-American in history to be nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards, for his lead role in ''Film/{{Minari}}''.
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7	!!He appeared in:
8	!!!Film - Animation
9	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chew}}'' as Tony Chu
10	* ''WesternAnimation/TheStar'' as Bo
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12	!!!Film - Live-Action
13	* ''Film/{{Okja}}'' as K
14	* ''Film/{{Mayhem}}'' as Derek Cho
15	* ''Film/SorryToBotherYou'' as Squeeze
16	* ''Film/Burning2018'' as Ben
17	* ''Film/{{Minari}}'' as Jacob Yi
18	* ''Film/TheHumans'' as Richard
19	* ''Film/{{Nope}}'' as Ricky “Jupe” Park
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21	!!!Live-Action TV
22	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' as Sebastian
23	* ''Series/ComedyBangBang'' as Himself
24	* ''Series/{{Conan}}'' as Himself
25	* ''Series/DrunkHistory'' as Daniel Inouye
26	* ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' as Ken Hasui
27	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone2019'' in [[Recap/TheTwilightZone2019S1E4ATraveler "A Traveler"]] as the Traveler.
28	* ''Series/{{The Walking Dead\|2010}}'' as Glenn Rhee
29	* ''Series/Warehouse13'' as Gibson Rice
30	* ''Series/{{Beef}}'' as Danny Cho
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32	!!!Video Game
33	* ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' as Korean Soldier 2
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35	!!!Western Animation
36	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' as Charles
37	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' as Avatar Wan
38	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' as Glenn Rhee/Glenn's Baby
39	* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' as Nathan Park/Wingspan
40	* ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfArcadia'' as Steve Palchuk
41	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''
42	** ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow''
43	** ''[[WesternAnimation/Wizards2020 Wizards]]''
44	* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' as Keith
45	* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' as Little Cato
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' as Speckle
47	* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' as Mark Grayson/Invincible
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50	!!Tropes
51	* AdoredByTheNetwork: Several of his post-''Series/{{The Walking Dead\|2010}}'' works are all from Creator/{{Netflix}}.
52	* PromotedFanboy: He was a fan of ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' comics way before he was cast in the LiveActionAdaptation.
53	* StarMakingRole:
54	** He was part of the cast of the phenomenally popular TV show, ''Series/{{The Walking Dead\|2010}}'', and was one of its longest running cast members to boot.
55	** When it comes to voice acting, it's [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Avatar Wan]].
56	* StopBeingStereotypical: On a 2019 ''Wired Auto-Complete'' interview for ''Film/SorryToBotherYou'', he mentions that getting mistaken for playing most Asian roles on television is a problem for him when his search bar lists his perceived filmography roles, including a question about if he starred in the Indiana Jones films.[[note]]Though the user asked if Yeun starred in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', the correct film was ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''-- both of which he didn't. The question was whether or not he played Short Round, whose actor was actually Creator/KeHuyQuan.[[/note]]
57	* TomHanksSyndrome: Due to [[ZombieApocalypse the nature]] of [[Series/{{The Walking Dead\|2010}} his breakout role]], one would probably be surprised to learn that his main training is for comedy. That said, his character had his fair share of funny moments.
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