AAPI Actors and Celebrities

1. BD Wong

Actor | Jurassic Park

BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the ...

2. Harry Shum Jr.

Actor | Crazy Rich Asians

Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is a Costa Rican-born Chinese American actor, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009-15) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016-19). He was nominated for ...

3. John Cho

Actor | Star Trek

John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child. His father was a Christian minister. Cho was educated at Herbert Hoover High School at Glendale, before moving on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied English literature. Upon ...

4. Eddie Liu

Actor | Kung Fu

Eddie Liu is an American actor who was born in Queens, New York to Chinese immigrant parents, by way of India. They started a small, family business after they arrived in New York City. They are Hakka Chinese.

Eddie grew up on Long Island where he was an active student in school; participating in ...

5. Alex Landi

Actor | Grey's Anatomy

Alex Landi is a half-Korean, half-Italian actor born in New York City. He is a main cast member on ABC's long-time hit show Grey's Anatomy playing the role of orthopedic surgeon Dr. Nico Kim. He likewise appears as Dr. Kim on crossover episodes with Grey's sister show Station 19. Notably, Landi is ...

6. Henry Golding

Actor | Crazy Rich Asians

British-Malaysian television host, actor and model Henry Ewan Golding was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. His father is English and his mother is Malaysian. His mother is from the Iban people, an Indigenous group in Sarawak, and Henry completed the bejalai, ...

7. Manny Jacinto

Actor | The Good Place

Manuel Luis Jacinto is a Canadian actor born in the Philippines. After several small roles on television, his breakout role came starring as Jason Mendoza on the NBC sitcom The Good Place (2016-2020). He has appeared as Waring 'Wade' Espiritu in the Neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale...

8. Lewis Tan

Actor | Mortal Kombat

Lewis Tan is a half Chinese half English, film, television and theatre actor. He played as the series regular Gaius Chau on season three of AMC's "Into The Badlands" ; Lu Xin Lee on Netflix's first Asian American original series "Wu Assassins" and many films including the record breaking Marvel ...

9. Chris Pang

Actor | Crazy Rich Asians

Chris Pang was born on December 29, 1984 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Palm Springs (2020) and Charlie's Angels (2019).

10. Kane Lieu

Actor | This Is Us

Kane Lieu is known for This Is Us (2016), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and The Young and the Restless (1973).

11. Ludi Lin

Actor | Power Rangers

Ludi Lin is a unique actor striding Hollywood and China and one of the most outspoken voices in Asian Representation in Hollywood. Being born in China, he received his education and enculturation in many different countries around the world. Rather than deciding to be an actor, he feels he simply ...

12. Steven Yeun

Actor | Minari

Steven Yeun was born in Seoul, South Korea, to June and Je Yeun. His family first immigrated to Canada and stayed there for one year, and then moved to the U.S. He has a brother named Brian. He began acting while at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI, where he studied Psychology as a major (BS in ...

13. Rahul Kohli

Actor | iZombie

Rahul Kohli was born on 13th November 1985 in London. Rahul began acting in school plays at an early age, but it wasn't until he was 17 that drama became his main focus. After leaving college having studied Film, Rahul applied for drama schools with the hope to begin his career as a performer. ...

14. Raymond Ablack

Actor | Ginny & Georgia

Raymond Ablack was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is most known for his work on Degrassi (2010), Narcos (2017) and most recently Ginny and Georgia (2021).

Raymond attended Ryerson University where he completed a 4-year B.A. in Radio and Television, Media Production, with an English minor. ...

15. Riz Ahmed

Actor | Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three...

16. Justin H. Min

Actor | After Yang

Justin Hong-Kee Min is an American actor. He began his acting career with roles in several Wong Fu productions. He plays Ben Hargreeves in the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy (2019-present). He is also known for playing the titular role in After Yang (2021). Min is a second-generation ...

17. Ross Butler

Actor | Shazam!

Ross Fleming Butler was born in Singapore & was raised in the Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. area. He attended Ohio State University studying biomolecular & chemical engineering but decided to drop out after 1 year after discovering he had no passion or interest in that field of study. He moved ...

18. Ritesh Rajan

Actor | Definition Please

Ritesh Rajan was born on October 23, 1988 in White Plains, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Definition Please (2020), Russian Doll (2019) and Barbie: Epic Road Trip (2022).

19. Godfrey Gao

Actor | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Godfrey Gao was born on September 22, 1984 in Taiwan. He was an actor, known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), The Jade Pendant (2017) and Toy Story 3 (2010). He died on November 27, 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

20. Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Actor | Fa yeung nin wah

Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Tales of a Eunuch (1983)...

21. Leslie Cheung

Actor | Ah fei jing juen

Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children. His father was tailor to the late William Holden. Leslie's parents divorced when he was young, and he claims this is one reason for his disinterest in marriage. Following graduation from secondary school, he studied at Leeds University in Great Britain...

22. Will Sharpe

Actor | Flowers

Will Sharpe was born on September 22, 1986 in Camden, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Flowers (2016), Landscapers (2021) and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021).

23. Kal Penn

Actor | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Kal Penn was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, to Asmita, a fragrance evaluator, and Suresh Modi, an engineer. His parents are Gujarati immigrants to America from India. He attended the Freehold Regional High School District's Performing Arts High School where he participated in the ...

24. Patti Harrison

Actress | Together Together

Patti Harrison was born on October 31, 1990 in Orient, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Together Together (2021), The Lost City (2022) and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019).

25. Aarif Lee

Actor | Sui yuet san tau

Aarif Lee was born in Hong Kong, the youngest of three siblings. His father is of Malay-Arab-Chinese ancestry, while his mom is a Hongkonger. His father owns a cleaning company, and they reside in Sai Kung. He grew up in Hong Kong and attended King George V School, of which he was the Head Boy from...

26. Chella Man

Actor | The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg Was Born the Same Year I Was

Chella Man is known for The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg Was Born the Same Year I Was (2023), Trans in Trumpland (2021) and Titans (2018).

27. Sabrina Wu

Actress | Joy Ride

Sabrina Wu was born on September 13, 1997 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Sabrina is a writer and actor, known for Joy Ride (2023), Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (2021) and Murderbot.

28. Ashley Park

Actress | Joy Ride

Ashley Jini Park is a Grammy and Tony nominated actress born in Glendale, California and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she graduated from the famed Musical Theatre program at The University of Michigan.

After making her Broadway debut in Broadway's "Mamma Mia!", Ashley starred as 'Tuptim' ...

29. Sherry Cola

Actress | Joy Ride

Comedian, actress, and writer are all ways multi-hyphenate talent Sherry Cola could be described as she has emerged over the last year as one to watch in the entertainment industry. Named a "Fresh Face" at the world-renowned Laugh Factory, Cola has proved that from drama to comedy in the scripted ...

30. Stephanie Hsu

Actress | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Actress Stephanie Hsu (pronounced "Shoe") was born on November 25 in Los Angeles, California. She's known for her breakout performance as Joy/Jobu Tupaki in A24 & Daniels' "Everything Everywhere All at Once," as well as her work as Mei on Season 3 and 4 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," Joy on Hulu's...

31. Jake Choi

Actor | Single Parents

Jake Choi is an American actor born and raised in Queens, New York.

Choi received his training at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. He also studied with renowned teachers Bob Krakower and Ted Sluberski.

He has performed throughout New York on stage, film and TV. Choi currently resides in Los ...

32. Conrad Ricamora

Actor | How to Get Away with Murder

CONRAD RICAMORA is an award-winning actor-singer-writer. He will next be seen as a series regular in the Hulu comedy "How To Die Alone," created and co-starring Natasha Rothwell. He was a series regular for six seasons opposite Viola Davis on ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder." He was also a ...

33. Vincent Rodriguez III

Actor | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Vincent Rodriguez III was born on August 10, 1982 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). He has been married to Gregory Wright since August 2015.

34. Bowen Yang

Actor | High Maintenance

Bowen Yang was born on November 6, 1990 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for High Maintenance (2016), Isn't It Romantic (2019) and The Outs (2012).

35. Eugene Lee Yang

Producer | The Try Guys

Eugene Lee Yang is an actor, director, writer, producer, and one of today's most recognizable queer Asian-American performers. His digital work over the past seven years as a viral video producer has been viewed billions of times and he has been distinguished as one of the world's most culturally ...

36. Joel Kim Booster

Actor | Fire Island

Joel Alexander Kim Booster is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He co-produced and wrote for Big Mouth and The Other Two and as an actor has appeared on Shrill, Search Party, and Sunnyside. In 2022, he wrote, produced, and starred in the Hulu romantic comedy Fire Island, a modern ...

37. Telly Leung

Producer | Grind

Telly Leung was born on January 3, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Grind (2014), Glee (2009) and Godspell According to Telly: Backstage at 'Godspell' with Telly Leung (2011). He has been married to James Babcock since December 2016.

38. Sachin Bhatt

Actor | The Company You Keep

Born in Missouri, Sachin Bhatt trained in voice and played the lead (Akaash) in the first National Tour of "Bombay Dreams" and Chino in the Asian-European tour of "The Westside Story." Bhatt is listed on Actor's Access.

39. Rock M. Sakura

Actor | Bring Back My Ghouls

Rock M. Sakura is known for Bring Back My Ghouls (2020), Gina Chavez: She Persisted (Boy Sim Remix) (2021) and The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021).

40. Keita Machida

Actor | Imawa no Kuni no Arisu

Keita Machida was born on July 4, 1990 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Alice in Borderland (2020), Meet Me After School (2018) and Unknown (2023).

41. Devon Aoki

Actress | DOA: Dead or Alive

Born in New York but raised in California, Devon Aoki is no stranger to the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Her father is former Olympic wrestler and Benihana restaurant magnate Rocky Aoki and her mother is Pamela Hilburger, a jewelry designer. Devon is of Japanese (from her father) and German ...

42. Brandon Soo Hoo

Actor | Tropic Thunder

Brandon Soo Hoo was born on November 2, 1995 in Pasadena, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Tropic Thunder (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and Ender's Game (2013).

43. Ryan Potter

Actor | Big Hero 6

Ryan Potter is an actor, director, martial artist, and photographer. Ryan, though born in the United States, was raised in Tokyo until the age of seven.

Ryan got his start as the lead, "Mike Fukanaga" in Nickelodeon's "Supah Ninjas," (2011-2013) working with the legendary, George Takei, who played ...

44. Ty Chen

Actor | The Middle

Ty Chen is known for The Middle (2009), Shift and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

45. Daniel K. Isaac

Actor | Billions

Daniel K. Isaac was born on December 5, 1988 in Fullerton, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Billions (2016), The Other Two (2019) and Money Monster (2016).

46. Dale Song

Actor | Jin ji jiu yuan

Dale Song is known for The Rescue (2020), Project Fuse (2015) and Falling for Angels (2017).

47. Joshua Dela Cruz

Actor | Blue's Clues & You!

Joshua Dela Cruz is known for Blue's Clues & You (2019), Time After Time (2017) and Bull (2016).

48. Booboo Stewart

Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Booboo Stewart was thrust into the spotlight with his winning the coveted role of Seth Clearwater in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and reprising the role in both The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012). At age 10 Booboo began his...

49. Fivel Stewart

Actress | Atypical

Fivel Stewart was born on November 4, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Atypical (2017), Roar (2022) and Umma (2022).

50. Gong Yoo

Actor | Busanhaeng

Gong Ji-Chul (better known as Gong Yoo) was born in Busan, Korea on July 10, 1979. The actor is known for the movies Train to Busan (2016), Silenced (2011), Squid Game (2021), and The Age of Shadows (2016).

Gong Yoo graduated with a Bachelor's degree in theater at Kyung Hee University and worked as ...

51. Park Seo-joon

Actor | Ssam maiwei

Park was born on December 16, 1988 in Seoul as the oldest of three brothers. After graduation from An-Nam high school, he attended Seoul Institute of the Arts and enlisted for mandatory military service in 2008.

Park made his entertainment debut in 2011 by appearing in the music video of Bang ...

52. Lee Jung-jae

Actor | Heon-teu

Apart from being a top star in film and TV, Jung-Jae Lee also works as a highly successful fashion model. One year after his debut on television in 1993, Lee was cast in his first film, a feature by Bae Chang-ho. His breakthrough came in late 1998 in the award-winning film An Affair by E-J Yong. ...

53. Park Hae-soo

Actor | Yangjamoolrihak

Park Hae-soo was born on November 21, 1981 in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He is an actor, known for By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture (2019), Squid Game (2021) and Time to Hunt (2020).

54. Daniel Dae Kim

Actor | Insurgent

Daniel Dae Kim has made a career of creating multifaceted and stereotype-breaking roles as an actor, director and now, producer. Prior to his seven-season portrayal of Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawaii Five-0," Kim was best known for his role as Jin Soo Kwon on the hit TV series "Lost," for which he shared ...

55. Ken Kirby

Actor | Good Trouble

Ken Kirby was born on March 1, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Good Trouble (2019), Dynasty (2017) and The Gifted (2017).

56. Kekoa Kekumano

Actor | Aquaman

Kekoa Kekumano was born in Mililani, Hawaii, on June 16, 1998.

He is best known for acting as the younger version of Aquaman in the 2018 movie of the same name. He is also known for his acting roles in Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Inhumans (2017), and the TV mini series, The White Lotus (2021).

While he ...

57. Maxime Bouttier

Actor | Ticket to Paradise

Originially from Poitiers, France, Maxime Bouttier is an Indonesian actor, director, and musician. Maxime Bouttier started his career as a model in Bali, Indonesia. In 2010 he began his acting career with some notable appearances on, Matt and Mou (2019) Serendipity (2018) Remember When (2014). In ...

58. Tony Labrusca

Actor | ML

Tony Labrusca was born on August 7, 1995 in Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for ML (2018), Double Twisting Double Back (2018) and Here Comes the Groom (2023).

59. Ronnie Woo

Self | Food to Get You Laid

Ronnie Woo was born on March 1, 1985 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He started out as a fashion model in Los Angeles and signed to Wilhelmina at 19 years old. He has two masters degrees; the first one being Marriage and Family Therapy and the second being Business Administration. After graduating, he...

60. George Young

Actor | Falling for Christmas

George Young was born in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Falling for Christmas (2022), Malignant (2021) and Containment (2016). He has been married to Janet Hsieh since January 26, 2015. They have two children.

61. Jordan Mendoza

Writer | Dave

Jordan Mendoza was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dave (2020), Neon (2023) and Kaleidoscope (2023).

62. Sang-Young Shin

Actor | Eugene Lee Yang: I'm Gay

Sang-Young Shin is known for Eugene Lee Yang: I'm Gay (2019), Lipstick City (2016) and Smashed (2022).

63. Sasha Colby

Actress | Sasha Colby: Virgo's Groove

Sasha Colby was born on July 26, 1985 in Waimanalo, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress, known for Sasha Colby: Virgo's Groove (2023), Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Tongue Thai'd with Pangina Heals (2022).

64. Colton Tran

Actor | The Sex Lives of College Girls

Colton Tran is an award-winning director and producer. Since arriving in Hollywood, Tran has made his mark on many projects. He directed and edited a short film starring Jennette McCurdy & Matt Shively titled "8 Bodies," which is currently being adapted into a feature. Colton has also directed and ...

65. Manila Luzon

Actor | Manila Luzon: Hot Couture

Manila Luzon was born on August 10, 1981 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Manila Luzon: Hot Couture (2012), General Hospital (1963) and Manila Luzon-Super Gay Wedding Show (2018). He has been married to Michael Alvarez since December 24, 2017.

66. Jaremi Carey

Actor | Jaremi Carey: Play

Jaremi Carey is known for Jaremi Carey: Play (2016), Jaremi Carey: All Mine (2016) and Christmas Queens: Let It Snow (2018). He has been married to Mikhael Mikhol since January 2017.

67. Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Actor | Franklin & Bash

Mark-Paul Gosselaar was born March 1, 1974 in Panorama City, California. His father, Hans Gosselaar, who is from the Netherlands, is of German and Dutch Jewish descent, and was a plant supervisor at Anheuser-Busch. His mother, Paula (van den Brink), is of Dutch-Indonesian background; she worked as ...

68. Mackenyu

Actor | One Piece

Mackenyu was born in Los Angeles, November 16, 1996, and is the son of actor, producer, director, and martial artist Shin'ichi Chiba. Growing up in Los Angeles, he appeared in a few films and TV shows while he was in school and had many interests that included learning to ride horseback, Kyokushin ...

69. Karan Brar

Actor | Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Best known for his role as 'Ravi Ross' on Disney Channel's hit series "Jessie" and its spinoff, "Bunk'd," Karan Brar is taking Hollywood by storm and seeking to break cultural barriers in the entertainment industry. He stars in "Bunk'd" on Disney Channel and 2018 will be a major year for Karan as ...

70. Ceci Balagot

Actor | Girl Meets World

Ceci Balagot is an actor who is best known for playing 'Smackle' in "Girl Meets World" for Disney Channel, 'Grace' in "Desperate Housewives" for ABC and most recently as 'Clara' in "Dispatches From Elsewhere" opposite Jason Segel & Sally Field for AMC. Ceci graduated from the Orange County School ...

71. Nayah Damasen

Actress | Monster High 2

Nayah Damasen is known for Monster High 2 (2023), Monster High: The Movie (2022) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

72. Auli'i Cravalho

Actress | Moana

Aulii Cravalho is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the 2016 Disney 3D computer-animated musical feature film Moana. She went on to star in the NBC drama series Rise (2018), the Netflix drama film All Together Now (2020) and the Hulu ...

73. Nymphia Wind

Self | RuPaul's Drag Race

74. Tati Gabrielle

Actress | Uncharted

Tati Gabrielle, also known as Tatiana Gabrielle Hobson, was born in the Bay Area of California. She was raised by her Korean mother and African-American father.

Tati's acting and performing talents were recognized by the third grade when she starred in her first show, playing the role of Lemony ...

75. Darren Criss

Actor | Little White Lie

Darren Criss was born on February 5, 1987 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Little White Lie (2009), Glee (2009) and A Very Potter Musical (2009). He has been married to Mia Swier since February 16, 2019. They have one child.

76. Margaret Cho

Producer | Margaret Cho: PsyCHO

Margaret Cho was born on December 5, 1968 in San Francisco. Her grandfather was a Methodist minister who ran an orphanage in Seoul during the Korean War. Ignoring the traditions of her patriarchal culture, her mother bravely resisted an arranged marriage in Korea & married Margaret's father, who ...

77. Ali Wong

Producer | Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

Ali Wong was born on April 19, 1982 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016), Always Be My Maybe (2019) and Beef (2023). She has been married to Justin Hakuta since November 27, 2014. They have two children.

78. Young Mazino

Actor | Beef

Young is a Korean-American actor. While formally trained as a musician, he grew up with an interest in acting, dabbling in film & theater throughout his childhood and into college.

In 2014, Young moved to NYC to seriously pursue acting; after working on indie shorts and student films, he attended ...

79. Sofia Wylie

Actress | High School Musical: The Musical - The Series

Sofia Wylie will star in the upcoming feature directed by Paul Feig, 'The School For Good And Evil'.

Sofia also stars in the DISNEY + hit series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which debuted earlier this year. Sofia lead the 2020 Emmy Nominated series "Shook," produced by Mark Duplass ...

80. Ben Wang

Actor | Mean Girls

Ben Wang is known for Mean Girls (2024), American Born Chinese (2023) and Walter and France (2021).

81. Ke Huy Quan

Actor | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Ke Huy Quan, also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is a Vietnamese-born Chinese-American actor and stunt choreographer. Quan played Short Round in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and Data in "The Goonies" (1985). In 1990 and 1991, he co-starred as Jasper Kwong in the sitcom "Head of the ...

82. Michelle Yeoh

Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...

83. Daniel Wu

Actor | San ging chaat goo si

Daniel Wu, is a renowned Hong Kong- American actor, director, and producer. With a career spanning over twenty five years, Wu has made significant contributions to the Asian film industry, and gained recognition for his roles in martial arts and action films as well as drama, showcasing both his ...

84. Mahi Alam

Actor | Mean Girls

Mahi Alam is a Bengali-American actor, and singer/songwriter. He was born in Tangail, Bangladesh to a Bengali mother and father. At the age of 6, Mahi Alam came to America with his family in order to pursue the arts. His most notable roles are, as Anuj in the Disney Plus series "American Born ...

85. Jimmy Liu

Actor | Hua deng chu shang

Liu Ching was a taekwondo contestant between elementary school first grade and junior high school, and attained the highest ranking of champion of Taipei and New Taipei City. He switched tracks and entered the world of performing arts in ninth grade for his love of dramas, and went through a ...

86. Ronny Chieng

Actor | M3GAN

Ronny Chieng is a Chinese comedian and actor born in Malaysia and raised in New Hampshire and Singapore. He started performing stand-up in 2009 after graduating with a dual degree in Law and Commerce from The University of Melbourne, Australia. His act caught the attention of the esteemed Montreal ...

87. Rajiv Surendra

Actor | Mean Girls

Rajiv Surendra (born in Toronto in 1989) is a Canadian film and television actor and son of Tamil immigrants to Canada. He attended a special-arts high school, Wexford School for the Arts, specializing in painting, sculpting and pottery and continued his studies in University of Toronto. He ...

88. Sutan Amrull

Actor | Hush Up Sweet Charlotte

Sutan Amrull was born in Baldwin Park, California on the 14th June 1974. At the age of three, the family moved to Indonesia where his father is originally from and lived there until the age of nine when they moved back to the US.

Amrull became interested in the drag scene at the age of sixteen by ...

89. Olivia Liang

Actress | Kung Fu

Olivia Liang was born on May 11, 1993 in San Bernardino, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Kung Fu (2021), Legacies (2018) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

90. Kheng Hua Tan

Actress | Kung Fu

Tan Kheng Hua is a well-known and respected award-winning actress/producer in Singapore and Malaysia. Kheng has been seen in The Philanthropist (NBC), The Patriarch (UFA), and Serangoon Road (HBO Asia Original Series). Her recent role, as "Empress Dowager" in Netflix's Original Series, Marco Polo, ...

91. Tzi Ma

Actor | Rush Hour

For over four decades, Tzi Ma (pronounced "TIE MA") has blazed new trails for the representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in Hollywood with a groundbreaking career that encompasses virtually every genre across film, television and theater.

From big budget blockbusters like ...

92. Shannon Dang

Actress | Kung Fu

Shannon Dang was born on May 28, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Kung Fu (2021), Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison (2018) and Sorry for Your Loss (2018).

93. Jon Prasida

Actor | Kung Fu

Jon Prasida was born on October 20, 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor, known for Kung Fu (2021), Emo: The Musical (2016) and Tomorrow, When the War Began (2016).

94. Vanessa Kai

Actress | Kung Fu

Vanessa Kai is best known for her work on the CW's hit series "Kung Fu".

In theater, Vanessa was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Ruby" in the world premiere of "KPOP," an Off-Broadway, immersive musical event produced by Ars ...

95. Tony Chung

Actor | Kung Fu

Tony Chung is an American actor and model born in Texas, where his parents immigrated from Taiwan to pursue a higher education. Chung, along with his brother, was raised between Texas and Northern California before moving on to study Electrical Engineering on a full-ride scholarship. Upon ...

96. Yvonne Chapman

Actress | Avatar: The Last Airbender

Yvonne Chapman was born on October 7, 1988 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), Kung Fu (2021) and Family Law (2021).

97. JB Tadena

Actor | Kung Fu

JB Tadena was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Kung Fu (2021), The Cleaning Lady (2022) and Firebuds (2022).

98. Vanessa Yao

Actress | Durham County

Vanessa Yao is known for Durham County (2007), Kung Fu (2021) and Swallowtail & Dragonfly.

99. Ben Levin

Actor | Legacies

Ben Levin was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Legacies (2018), Time After Time (2017) and Arrested Development (2003).

100. Annie Q. Riegel

Actress | The Leftovers

Annie Q. Riegel is an American actress known for the role of Christine on The Leftovers, Winnie on Death and Other Details, and Juliette Tan on Kung Fu. She also starred as Erica Yang in the School Spirit installment of the Hulu and Blumhouse anthology series Into the Dark. She was the first Asian ...