Asian-American Creators

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 Born in South Korea and now lives in the US.
• 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 Melton^note Born to to a father with English ancestry and a mother who is a Korean emigrant
• 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 Oh^note Canadian actress born to South Korean immigrant parents. She became a U.S. (dual) citizen in 2018
• 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

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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

• Joel Kim Booster
• Cheech and Chong (Tommy Chong)
• Margaret Cho
• Hasan Minhaj
• Aparna Nancherla
• Rob Schneider
• Ali Wong
• Bowen Yang
• Charlyne Yi

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Performers and Entertainers

Drag Queens

• Jiggly Caliente
• Gia Gunn
• Yuhua Hamasaki
• Plastique Tiara

Artists

Artists

• Jim Lee
• Stan Sakai
• Jason Shiga
• Gene Luen Yang

Animators

• Matt Braly
• Peter Chung

Authors and Writers

Authors

• Soman Chainani
• Melissa De La Cruz
• Tess Gerritsen
• Larry Hama
• Helen Hoang
• David Henry Hwang
• Julie Kagawa
• Malinda Lo
• Marjorie Liu
• Marie Lu
• Greg Pak
• Laura Joh Rowland
• Jason Shiga
• S. P. Somtow
• Amy Tan
• Ocean Vuong
• Andrew Yang
• Gene Luen Yang
• Laurence Yep

Playwrights

• Qui Nguyen

Screenwriters

• Adele Lim

Filmmakers

Directors

• Andrew Ahn
• Jon M. Chu
• Destin Daniel Cretton
• Mark Dippe
• Cary Fukunaga
• Karyn Kusama
• Justin Lin
• Ang Lee
• Mira Nair
• M. Night Shyamalan
• Alice Wu
• Cathy Yan

Journalists

Journalists

• Juju Chang
• Connie Chung

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

• Andrew Yang
• Kamala Harris

Professional Wrestling

Wrestlers

• Aja Kong
• Shayna Baszler
• Batista, now a film actor using his real name, Dave Bautista
• Cameron
• Gail Kim^note Canadian professional wrestler born to South Korean immigrant parents. She became a U.S. (dual) citizen in 2017
• The Great Khali^note Indian professional wrestler who became a U.S. (dual) citizen in 2014
• Jimmy Wang Yang
• Lisa Marie Varon
• Mr. Fuji
• Mustafa Ali
• Richie Steamboat
• Ricky Steamboat
• Su Yung

Web Video Creators

Creators

• Anna Akana
• Chubbyemu
• Emirichu
• The Huang Twins
• Jaiden Animations
• Kev Jumba
• Liza Koshy

• Henry Liang
• Katawut Hongthong
• LilyPichu
• Markiplier
• Michael Reeves
• Monty Oum
• Nigahiga
• Rocket Jump
• Th3Birdman
• Wong Fu Productions