Steven Yeun
Steven Yeun
Steven Yeun /ˈjʌn/is a Korean-born American actor. He is best known for playing Glenn Rhee on AMC's horror drama television series The Walking Dead. Yeun has also appeared in short and feature films, and has done video game and cartoon voiceovers...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth21 December 1983
honesty real people
I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out. Granted it can be swayed by how people tell that story, but overall, I like it because it is true.
college years parent
I felt like I've needed to ask my parents up until about four years ago about everything. They have helped me tremendously, I came out of college with no debt. Everything they made, they just poured into my education.
college fans detroit
I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.
parent generations four
I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five.
character guy scary
Yeah, it's scary. During filming, it wasn't just jitters from being the newer guy there or the greenest guy there. It was also fear of not messing up such an important character.
running yelling boxing
I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.
christian emotional helping
I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.
college nerd chicago
What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.
fun gnarly stuff
Yeah, it's been pretty gnarly. It's fun. It can only be fun, unless you're really squirmy about that. Honestly, during that guts episode, they didn't tell Andrew and I anything. They just put trenchcoats on us and said, "All right, just stand right here and we're going to put this stuff on you."
the-end-of-the-day lines matter
At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.
humility acting firsts
Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.
keeping-secrets people serious
I'm good at keeping secrets, but if it's not something super serious I usually tell people not to tell me because I'll tell someone else.
drama teaching care
There's no drama. There's nothing. Everyone is there to work, everyone is really kind and everyone is very helpful, especially to me. I went in there, hoping to learn. I could have easily been put on some project with somebody who really doesn't care about teaching or sharing. But, while I was there, all of the cast were very helpful. I would constantly ask questions.
stuff horror-fans watches
I'm not much of a horror fan. When it comes to ghost stuff and demon stuff, I can't watch that.