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Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang

Known for: Acting

Born 06/11/1990
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bowen Yang (born November 6, 1990) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer. Yang was hired to join the writing staff of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in September 2018, ahead of its 44th season, and a year later was promoted to on-air cast status for SNL's 45th season. He made history becoming the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021. He was promoted to repertory status before the 47th season. Yang has appeared in the television series Girls5Eva, Ziwe, and The Other Two and is a cast member on Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens. He is also known for his appearances in the LGBTQ romantic comedies Fire Island and Bros, both released in 2022. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, Las Culturistas, with Matt Rogers. In January 2019, he was named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bowen Yang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Simpsons Series ★ 8,0

The Simpsons

Richard (voice)

1989

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Series ★ 5,0

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

2009

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Series ★ 5,8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

2014

The Daily Show Series ★ 6,4

The Daily Show

Self - Guest

1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series ★ 6,1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show Series ★ 6,4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self - Guest

2019

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters

1975

The Jennifer Hudson Show Series ★ 5,6

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self - Guest

2022

The View Series ★ 4,4

The View

Self - Guest

1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark Series ★ 5,6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

1988

Hot Ones Series ★ 7,1

Hot Ones

Self

2015

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

2003

The Voice Series ★ 5,9

The Voice

Self - Guest

2011

Archer Series ★ 7,9

Archer

(voice)

2009

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Series ★ 4,5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self

2014

Wicked Film ★ 6,9

Wicked

Pfannee

2024

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Series ★ 7,3

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Self - Guest Judge

2012

The Oscars Series ★ 7,0

The Oscars

Self - Presenter

1953

Broad City Series ★ 7,1

Broad City

Sales associate

2014

Monsters at Work Series ★ 7,2

Monsters at Work

Carter (voice)

2021

Girls5eva Series ★ 5,9

Girls5eva

Zander

2021

Girls5eva Series ★ 5,9

Girls5eva

Zander (uncredited)

2021

The Kardashians Series ★ 8,5

The Kardashians

Self

2022

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Series ★ 7,5

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Martin Li / Mr. Negative

2023

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Series ★ 8,0

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

TV Gossip #2 (voice)

2023

The Garfield Movie Film ★ 7,0

The Garfield Movie

Nolan (voice)

2024

The Other Two Series ★ 7,0

The Other Two

Bowen Yang

2019

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle Series ★ 3,3

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

Self - Guest

2019

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Series ★ 8,4

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Celestial Administrator (voice)

2023

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Series ★ 8,4

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Celestial Administrator / Sailor #1 (voice)

2023

Wicked: For Good Film ★ 6,6

Wicked: For Good

Pfannee

2025

Hot Ones Versus Series ★ 8,8

Hot Ones Versus

Self

2024

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED Series ★ 5,5

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

Self - Guest Judge

2012

Overcompensating Series ★ 7,3

Overcompensating

Davis

2025

The Lost City Film ★ 6,5

The Lost City

Ray the Moderator

2022

Duncanville Series ★ 7,8

Duncanville

Garrett (voice)

2020

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Series ★ 6,9

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

Edmund

2020

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld Series ★ 8,2

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

Ed (voice)

2024

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter Series ★ 2,9

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

Self

2023

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night Series ★ 8,0

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Self

2025

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Series ★ 6,8

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

(voice)

2024

High Maintenance Series ★ 6,9

High Maintenance

Brian

2016

The Moment Film ★ 6,4

The Moment

Bowen Yang (uncredited)

2026

Ziwe Series ★ 6,2

Ziwe

Self

2021

Fantasmas Series ★ 6,4

Fantasmas

Dodo

2024

The Emmy Awards Series ★ 7,9

The Emmy Awards

Self

1949

Series ★ 5,5

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

Self

2025

The Monkey King Film ★ 6,5

The Monkey King

Dragon King (voice)

2023

The Cat in the Hat Film

The Cat in the Hat

(voice)

2026

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again Film ★ 6,4

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Ronnie (voice)

2022

Bros Film ★ 6,6

Bros

Lawrence Grape

2022

The Tiger's Apprentice Film ★ 7,3

The Tiger's Apprentice

Sidney (voice)

2024

Lorne Film ★ 7,2

Lorne

Self

2026

2 Dope Queens Series ★ 5,5

2 Dope Queens

Self

2018

The Outs Series ★ 6,4

The Outs

Jason

2012

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Film ★ 6,8

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Self

2025

Isn't It Romantic Film ★ 6,2

Isn't It Romantic

Donny's Guy

2019

The Wedding Banquet Film ★ 6,8

The Wedding Banquet

Chris

2025

Good Burger 2 Film ★ 6,3

Good Burger 2

Bowen Yang

2023

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Film ★ 6,1

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

Deetch Nordwind

2023

Fire Island Film ★ 6,9

Fire Island

Howie

2022

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend Film ★ 6,4

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

Kim Jong-un

2020

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Film ★ 7,8

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member 2018 - Present

2025

Wicked: One Wonderful Night Film ★ 8,2

Wicked: One Wonderful Night

Self

2025

Will & Harper Film ★ 7,4

Will & Harper

Self (uncredited)

2024

Tangles Film

Tangles

(voice)

2026

Dicks: The Musical Film ★ 4,4

Dicks: The Musical

God

2023

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked Film ★ 7,5

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

Self

2024

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas Film

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

Self

2026

Cicada Film ★ 5,8

Cicada

Hudson

2021

Making Wicked Film ★ 8,0

Making Wicked

Self

2024

Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe Film

Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe

Self

2025

Las Culturistas Culture Awards Series

Las Culturistas Culture Awards

Self - Host

2025

Planning New York Film

Planning New York

2025

Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? Film ★ 6,4

Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?

Self

2022

Film

Dry Me Crazy

Laundromat Attendant

2014

Waking Up From a Nap on a Long Day of Doing Nothing Film

Waking Up From a Nap on a Long Day of Doing Nothing

Jean-Marie Menga (voice)

2026

The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Film ★ 9,0

The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Self

2025

Film

Untitled Bowen Yang/Matt Rogers project