Bowen Yang
Acting
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.
TV Shows(43)
Las Culturistas Culture Awards
Self - Host
2025
Overcompensating
Davis
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Ed (voice)
2024
Fantasmas
Dodo
2024
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
(voice)
2024
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
TV Gossip #2 (voice)
2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Celestial Administrator (voice)
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Martin Li / Mr. Negative
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
The Kardashians
Self
2022
Monsters at Work
Carter (voice)
2021
Ziwe
Self
2021
Girls5eva
Zander
2021
Duncanville
Garrett (voice)
2020
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Edmund
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self - Guest
2019
The Other Two
Bowen Yang
2019
2 Dope Queens
Self
2018
High Maintenance
Brian
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Broad City
Sales associate
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2012
The Outs
Jason
2012
The Voice
Self - Guest
2011
Archer
(voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Simpsons
Richard (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Movies(34)
The Cat in the Hat
(voice)
2026
Waking Up From a Nap on a Long Day of Doing Nothing
Jean-Marie Menga (voice)
2026
Lorne
Self
2026
The Moment
Bowen Yang (uncredited)
2026
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Self
2025
Wicked: For Good
Pfannee
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
2025
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Self
2025
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
Self
2025
The Wedding Banquet
Chris
2025
Planning New York
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member 2018 - Present
2025
Making Wicked
Self
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self
2024
Wicked
Pfannee
2024
Will & Harper
Self (uncredited)
2024
The Garfield Movie
Nolan (voice)
2024
The Tiger's Apprentice
Sidney (voice)
2024
Good Burger 2
Bowen Yang
2023
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Deetch Nordwind
2023
Dicks: The Musical
God
2023
The Monkey King
Dragon King (voice)
2023
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Ronnie (voice)
2022
Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?
Self
2022
Bros
Lawrence Grape
2022
Fire Island
Howie
2022
The Lost City
Ray the Moderator
2022
Cicada
Hudson
2021
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Kim Jong-un
2020
Isn't It Romantic
Donny's Guy
2019
Dry Me Crazy
Laundromat Attendant
2014
Tangles
Untitled Bowen Yang/Matt Rogers project