1. KJ Apa was born on 17 June 1997 at Waitakere Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Tupa'i and Tessa KJ Apa.

1. KJ Apa was born on 17 June 1997 at Waitakere Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Tupa'i and Tessa KJ Apa.
KJ Apa's father is Samoan and a matai of his village in Samoa; his mother is a European New Zealander.
KJ Apa's father is known as Keneti Apa, with Keneti being a Samoan rendering of "Kennedy": both Apa and his father are named after the late United States President John F Kennedy.
KJ Apa attended high school at King's College in Auckland before beginning his acting career.
From 2013 to 2015, KJ Apa starred as Kane Jenkins in the New Zealand prime-time soap opera Shortland Street.
KJ Apa starred as Griffin in the Netflix film The Last Summer, which was released on 3 May 2019.
KJ Apa starred as singer Jeremy Camp in the biographical romantic drama film I Still Believe, which was released in March 2020.
KJ Apa starred in Adam Mason's critically panned 2020 thriller film Songbird, produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.
KJ Apa was involved in a minor car accident in Vancouver in September 2017, but was uninjured when the passenger side of his car hit a light pole.
In May 2021, KJ Apa announced that he and French model Clara Berry were expecting their first child, who was born in September 2021.
KJ Apa was raised in a Christian family and has stated that he is a Christian.