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My Take
What draws me to Bowen Yang is that he came up through the writers' room before stepping in front of the camera. Comedians who first learned to build a joke on the page tend to have sharper timing and a better sense of structure, and you feel that craft in his work. Brisbane-born and NYU-trained, carrying a Chinese-American identity, he never leans on impressions of someone else; he is funny as himself, which is the rarest and most durable kind of comedy. The 2021 Time 100 nod felt earned. I find irreplaceable performers far more interesting than merely skilled ones, and he is exactly that.
Overview
Bowen Yang (Chinese: 杨伯文; born November 6, 1990) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. Yang joined the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live as a staff writer in 2018, and was cast member for seven seasons from 2019 until his departure in 2025.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bowen Yang
- Name (Japanese)
- ボーウェン・ヤン
- Reading
- ぼーうぇん・やん
- Born
- November 6, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / podcaster / comedian / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Smoky Hill High School
- University
- New York University
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Time 100
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Podcaster — see all → · More people from Australia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.