Bowen Yang (November 6, 1990) is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He joined as a writer for season 44 and was later promoted to featured cast in season 45. (Yang was actually voted "most likely to be a Saturday Night Live cast member" in high school.)
Yang's inclusion to SNL is somewhat historic, as he's the first Chinese-American cast member note , as well as the first gay man of color in the cast note . As of the 46th season, Bowen Yang became the first gay male cast member and second LGBTQ cast member overall (after Kate McKinnon) to stay on the show for more than a season. note Furthermore, he became the first featured cast member note to be nominated for an Emmy Award in 2021, and the first Chinese-American to be nominated for an Emmy in any category.
In addition to SNL, Yang is also known for co-hosting the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers since it began in 2016.
Filmography
- Broad City as Sale Associate (2016)
- High Maintenance as Brian (2018)
- Isn't It Romantic as Donny's Guy (2019)
- Saturday Night Live (2019 — present) as himself / various characters note
- Awkwafina is Nora from Queens as Edmund (2020 — present)
- Kimmy vs. The Reverend (2020) as Kim Jong-un
- Archer (2020) as Win Li (voice)
- Girls5eva as Zander (2021)
- Fire Island as Howie
- Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
- The Monkey King (2023) as the Dragon King
- Dicks: The Musical (2023) as God / The Narrator
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) as TV Gossip
- The Garfield Movie (2024) as Nolan
- Wicked: Part One (2024) as Pfanee
