Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster based in New York City. He gained recognition as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL). Yang made history as SNL's first Chinese-American, first Australian-American, third openly gay male, and fourth cast member of Asian descent. He joined the writing staff in September 2018 and was promoted to on-air cast status in September 2019. Yang has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, becoming the first SNL featured player to receive this honor. In addition to SNL, he has appeared in popular TV shows like Girls5Eva, Ziwe, The Other Two, and Awkwafina is Nora from Queens. Yang co-hosts the comedy pop-culture podcast, Las Culturistas, with Matt Rogers.