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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated character and shaper Steven Yeun has signed pinch CAA for representation.
Perhaps champion known for his domiciled of Glenn Rhee connected AMC’s The Walking Dead, Yeun was astir precocious seen successful Netflix action thriller The Rip, Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi actioner Mickey 17 and Sundance pic Love Me. He is presently an executive shaper connected Season 2 of A24/Netflix bid Beef. Through their ongoing first-look tv woody pinch Netflix, Yeun and his producing partner Christina Oh’s Celadon Pictures produced nan 2nd installment of Beef, which premiered connected nan streamer connected April 16.
Yeun, who starred pinch Ali Wong successful Season 1 of Beef, earned an Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice and SAG grant for his capacity arsenic Danny Cho. As a producer, he and nan bid besides won astatine each respective grant show, successful summation to nan Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series and nan David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of a Limited Series astatine nan Producers Guild Awards.
Yeun received an Academy Award information for Actor successful a Leading Role for his capacity successful Lee Isaac Chung’s Oscar-nominated Minari for A24, connected which he besides served arsenic an executive producer. For his portrayal of Jacob, Yeun was besides nominated for a Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice, and Independent Spirt Award.
Up next, he will prima in Animals for Netflix, alongside Kerry Washington and Ben Affleck, who besides directs. He besides voices Zuko successful Paramount’s highly anticipated animated characteristic The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, scheduled for merchandise October 9.
Yeun’s further movie credits see Jordan Peele’s Nope; Chang-Dong Lee’s Burning, for which he won nan National Society of Film Critics Award and Los Angeles Film Critics Circle for Best Supporting Actor; Stephen Karam’s A24 play The Humans; Boots Riley’s comedy Sorry To Bother You; Joe Lynch’s Mayhem; and Mike Cahill’s indie sci-fi drama I Origins.
He served arsenic an executive shaper for nan documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV, and has besides lent his sound to galore animated projects, including reprising his domiciled successful Amazon’s Invincible, Dreamwork’s The Star, Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie, Voltron, and Stretch Armstrong, Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters and nan spinoff 3 Below.
Yeun continues to beryllium repped by Hansen Jacobson Teller and Narrative PR.
