1. Yeun Sang-Yeop, known professionally as Steven Yeun, is an American actor.
23 Facts About Steven Yeun
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Steven Yeun earned critical acclaim for the films Burning and Minari.
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Steven Yeun has appeared in the films Okja, Sorry to Bother You, The Humans and Nope.
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Steven Yeun was born in Seoul on December 21,1983, to Je and June Steven Yeun.
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Steven Yeun's father was an architect in South Korea before moving his family in 1988 to Canada, where they lived in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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The family later moved to the US and settled in Taylor, Michigan, and then Troy, Michigan, where Steven Yeun lived until he graduated from Troy High School in 2001.
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Steven Yeun received a bachelor's degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience from Kalamazoo College in 2005.
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Steven Yeun revealed to his parents that he planned to pursue an improv career in Chicago instead of enrolling in law school or medical school.
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Steven Yeun's parents were unhappy with the decision, but supported him nonetheless and gave him two years to pursue acting.
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Steven Yeun moved to Chicago in 2005, living in the city's Lincoln Square with his brother.
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Steven Yeun joined The Second City in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in October 2009.
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Steven Yeun left the show in 2016 after the season 7 premiere.
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Steven Yeun co-starred in Boots Riley's dark comedy Sorry to Bother You, alongside Lakeith Stanfield, Armie Hammer and Tessa Thompson, which was released in theaters on July 6,2018.
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In late 2018, Steven Yeun played Ben in the South Korean mystery drama film Burning, directed by Lee Chang-dong.
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Steven Yeun won Best Supporting Actor at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2018, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2018, and 2018 National Society of Film Critics Awards.
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In late 2018, Steven Yeun landed a main role in an episode of Jordan Peele's revival of The Twilight Zone.
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In 2020, Steven Yeun starred in and served as an executive producer for Lee Isaac Chung's A24 immigrant drama Minari, which includes Youn Yuh-jung, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Will Patton and Scott Haze among the cast.
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The film is about a Korean immigrant family becoming farmers in Arkansas; Steven Yeun included his own immigrant experience in his acting.
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Steven Yeun received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for Minari.
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Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American actor to be nominated at the Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
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In 2023, Steven Yeun starred opposite Ali Wong in the Netflix dark comedy series Beef, for which he served as executive producer.
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Steven Yeun is the second person of Asian descent to win the Golden Globe Award in the category of best actor.
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Steven Yeun is a longtime fan of the Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings, and endorsed Andrew Yang for president in the 2020 US election.