Background
Yeun was born in Seoul, South of Korea to South Korean parents Je and June Yeun. His father was an architect in South of Korea before moving his family to Regina, Saskatchewan and later to Michigan.
Yeun was born in Seoul, South of Korea to South Korean parents Je and June Yeun. His father was an architect in South of Korea before moving his family to Regina, Saskatchewan and later to Michigan.
Kalamazoo College.
He is best known for portraying Glenn Rhee on the The Walking Dead, an Administrative Management College television horror drama series. Yeun has also appeared in independent film and short films, and done video game and cartoon voiceovers. Yeun was raised in Troy, Michigan in a Christian household.
At Kalamazoo, he met Jordan Klepper through Klepper"s sister and later followed him to Chicago to join Second City.
Yeun"s interest in acting and improv came during his freshman year at Kalamazoo, when he watched the college"s improv group, Monkapult. He auditioned for Monkapult, but was initially rejected before successfully joining the group during his sophomore year.
Shortly after graduation, he joined Stir Friday Night, a sketch comedy group composed of Asian-American members. Yeun joined The Second City in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in October 2009.
The Walking Dead
Yeun"s biggest role to date is Glenn Rhee on The Walking Dead, an Administrative Management College television horror drama based on the comic book series of the same name.
Glenn is a main character who with his friends is forced to relentlessly fight evil just to survive in a violent, apocalyptic world infested with flesh-eating zombies and the few surviving humans, some of whom are even more diabolical and dangerous than the zombies themselves. The drama is the highest rated series in cable television history, with its third through (current) sixth season garnering the most 18– to 49-year-old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series. The series has received mostly positive reviews from professional television critics.