An index of Asian-American creators and/or performers.
Asian-American, as defined by the United States Census, refers to American people of South, Southeast, 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
- Philip Ahn
- 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)
- Aziz Ansari
- Kelsey Asbille (born to a Chinese father and an American mother)
- Erick Avari
- Reiko Aylesworth
- Sunkrish Bala
- Kimee Balmilero
- Dante Basco
- Jacob Batalon
- Dave Bautista (his wrestling career is also listed below as Batista)
- Chloe Bennet
- Paris Berelc
- 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
- Melody Butiu
- Ross Butler
- Dean Cain
- Tia Carrere
- 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
- Rosalind Chao
- François Chau
- Parvesh Cheena
- Camille Chen (born in Taiwan and raised in the US)
- Joan Chen
- Laura Kai Chen
- Lynn Chen
- John Cho
- Irene Choi
- Jake Choi
- Kenneth Choi
- Justin Chon
- Marcus Chong
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Susan Chuang
- Art Chudabala
- Dennis Chun
- Jamie Chung
- Sherry Cola (born in Shangai 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
- 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)
- Merle Dandridge
- Charles Michael Davis
- Manish Dayal
- Meg DeLacy
- Joel de la Fuente
- Dennis Dun
- Tiffany Espensen
- Takayo Fischer
- Midori Francis (she is of European and Japanese descent)
- Karen Fukuhara
- Tati Gabrielle
- Janina Gavankar (Indian-American)
- Kimiko Gelman
- Kimiko Glenn
- Griffin Gluck (he is of Japanese descent on his father's side)
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar
- Andrew Grace
- Arjun Gupta
Screen and Stage Actors H-K
- Michael Hagiwara
- 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
- Diana Lee Inosanto
- Manu Intiraymi
- Brittany Ishibashi
- Erika Ishii
- Daniel K. Isaac (His parents are immigrants from Korea)
- Sakina Jaffrey
- Poorna Jagannathan
- Ken Jeong
- Malese Jow
- Mindy Kaling
- Chase Kim
- Daniel Dae Kim
- Jacqueline Kim
- Nicole Kang
- Sung Kang
- Tim Kang
- Nida Khurshid
- Kim Yunjin
- Archie Kao
- Michelle Krusiec
- 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
- Bobby Lee
- Brandon Lee
- Bruce Lee
- CS Lee note
- Dana Lee (born in China and was raised in the US)
- Don Lee (naturalized American citizen)
- Hoon Lee
- Jason Scott Lee
- Nanrisa Lee
- Peyton Elizabeth Lee
- Raymond Lee
- Reggie Lee
- Rex Lee
- Robinne Lee
- Will Yun Lee
- Ken Leung
- Leah Lewis
- Olivia Liang
- David Lim
- Lucy Liu
- John Lone
- Jodi Long
- Jessica Lu
- Tzi Ma
- Ally Maki
- Mako
- Aarti Mann
- Byron Mann
- Alec Mapa
- Karen Maruyama
- Steven R. McQueen
- Charles Meltonnote
- Amber Midthunder
- Ruthie Ann Miles
- Diane Mizota
- Mike Moh
- Paolo Montalban
- Pat Morita
- Kausar Mohammed
- Olivia Munn
- Ajay Naidu
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Haing S. Ngor
- Dustin Nguyen
- Julia Nickson
- Sandra Ohnote
- Jonathan Ohye
- Masi Oka
- Amy Okuda
- Joy Osmanski
Screen and Stage Actors P-V
- Kumar Pallana (Indian-American)
- Maulik Pancholy
- 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
- Mizuo Peck
- Nia Peeples
- Kal Penn
- Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Ryan Potter
- Danny Pudi
- Lindsay Price
- Maggie Q
- Jonathan Ke Quan
- Sendhil Ramamurthy
- Chelle Ramos
- Sarah Ramos
- Navi Rawat
- Joseph D. Reitman (quarter Chinese)
- Ernie Reyes Jr
- Conrad Ricamora
- Anthony Ruivivar
- James Saito
- Nichole Sakura
- Christopher Sean
- Reshma Shetty
- Sab Shimono
- Robin Shou
- Harry Shum Jr.
- Tiya Sircar
- Brenda Song
- Karan Soni (Indian-American)
- Phillipa Soo
- Shannyn Sossamon
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Booboo Stewart
- Aya Sumika
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Faran Tahir
- George Takei
- Sara Tanaka
- Brian Tee
- Gia Thanh
- Jennifer Tilly
- Meg Tilly
- Tamlyn Tomita
- Karrueche Tran
- Kelly Marie Tran
- Thuy Trang
- Daisuke Tsuji (born in Kuwait, moved to Japan at age 2, and then to the US at age 8)
- Miyoshi Umeki
- Dilshad Vadsaria
Screen and Stage Actors W-Z
- Garrett Wang
- Jessalyn Wanlim
- Ming-Na Wen
- Bernard White
- Zelda Williams
- Anna May Wong
- B.D. Wong
- Michael Wong
- Russell Wong
- Victor Wong
- Constance Wu
- 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
- Ryun Yu
- Ron Yuan
- Rick Yune
- Chelsea Zhang
Voice Actors
- Eric Bauza
- Dawn M. Bennett
- Johnny Yong Bosch
- Ashly Burch
- Christine Marie Cabanos
- Greg Chun
- Charlet Chung
- Romi Dames
- Khoi Dao
- Michaela Dietz
- Emily Fajardo
- Ricco Fajardo
- Zehra Fazal
- Stephen Fu
- Shawn Gann
- Kim Mai Guest
- Tania Gunadi
- Todd Haberkorn
- Xanthe Huynh
- Samantha Inoue Harte
- Erika Ishii
- Janice Kawaye
- Matthew Yang King
- Aleks Le
- Emi Lo
- Faye Mata
- Sumalee Montano
- Paul Nakauchi
- Trina Nishimura
- Vyvan Pham
- ProZD
- Griffin Puatu
- Dionne Quan
- Monica Ray
- Oscar Seung
- Stephanie Sheh
- James Sie
- Micah Solusod
- Kaiji Tang
- Haley Tju
- Lauren Tom
- Cristina Valenzuela
- Serena Varghese
- Anne Yatco
- Gwendoline Yeo
- Suzie Yeung
- Jenny Yokobori
- Keone Young
- Ramona Young
- Apphia Yu
- Michaela Zee
Comedians
Comedians
Performers and Entertainers
Drag Queens
Artists
Artists
Animators
Authors and Writers
Authors
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
- Awkwafina
- Bif Naked
- The Black Eyed Peas, Apl.de.ap is half-Filipino, originally from Angeles City
- Danny Brown, part-Filipino
- Bruno Mars, part-Filipino
- Caroline
- Crystal Kay
- Dälek (producer Alap Momin)
- Das Racist, Heems and Dapwell are Indian-American
- 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
- Enrique Iglesias, part-Filipino
- 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.
- H.E.R.
- iLoveMakonnen, part-Indian and Chinese
- Inferi, bassist Andrew Kim is Korean-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
- 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.
- The Pixies, lead guitarist Joey Santiago is Filipino-American, born in Manila
- Olivia Rodrigo, half-Filipina
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Smashing Pumpkins, guitarist James Iha is Japanese-American
- Soundgarden, guitarist Kim Thayil is Indian-American with parents who came from Kerala, while founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto is Japanese-American
- Thrice, guitarist Teppei Teranishi is Japanese-American
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs (vocalist Karen O is a South Korean-born American)
- Tiffany Young
- Trivium, guitarist and vocalist Matt Heafy is half-Japanese
- Hikaru Utada
- Eddie and Alex van Halen, half-Indonesian.
- Vienna Teng
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