Bowen Yang is a five-time Emmy®-nominated comedian, actor and writer who has captivated audiences with his distinct wit and comedic style while breaking barriers across film, television and podcasting.

He currently co-hosts the critically acclaimed podcast, Las Culturistas, alongside Matt Rogers. Yang and Rogers recently brought their Las Culturistas Culture Awards to television for the first time, which aired on Bravo on August 5 and is now streaming on Peacock. They will bring the Las Culturistas Culture Awards back to Peacock and Bravo again in 2026. Las Culturistas was named Podcast of the Year at the iHeart Radio Podcast Awards in 2023 and 2025.

Yang and Rogers are currently developing an untitled feature film at Searchlight Pictures, inspired by the Search Engine podcast’s episode ‘Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain?’ The pair is set to star as well.

Yang starred in The Wedding BanquetAndrew Ahn’s remake of the 1993 comedy, opposite Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran and Han Gi-chan, which premiered at Sundance and debuted in theaters on April 18. Previously, Yang starred in Universal Pictures’ Academy® award-nominated film Wicked as “Pfannee” and reprised his role in Wicked: For Good. In 2026, Yang will lend his vocal talents as a voice in Warner Brothers’ animated film The Cat in the Hat.

Through seven seasons as part of the main cast of Saturday Night Live Yang created memorable moments and characters. Joining the show as a writer in 2018 and becoming an on-air cast member in 2019, he received four Emmy® Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, making him the most-nominated Asian male performer in Emmy® history. He also received an Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 2019, on behalf of SNL.

Yang was honored with the Vantage Award at the 2025 Academy Museum Gala.

Additional film and television credits include Searchlight Pictures' Fire Island; Universal Pictures' Bros starring opposite Billy Eichner and Luke MacFarlane; A24's Dicks: The Musical; and Comedy Central's Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, where he played Nora's cousin Edmund. Yang was also featured in TIME’s 2021 100 Artists list.

Yang currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.