Steven Yeun Parents: Meet Je Yeun, June Yeun

Steven Yeun is a talented Korean-American actor. Steven Yeun was born on December 21, 1983, in Seoul, to Je and June Yeun.

His father worked as an architect in South Korea before relocating his family to Canada in 1988, where they settled in Regina, Saskatchewan.

The family later relocated to the United States, settling in Taylor, Michigan, and then Troy, Michigan, where Yeun attended Troy High School until he graduated in 2001.

Steven Yeun grew up in a Christian home. His parents, who owned beauty supply stores in Detroit, started calling him “Steven” after meeting a doctor with the same name.

In 2005, he graduated from Kalamazoo College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience.

In Kalamazoo, he befriended Jordan Klepper’s sister, who took him to see Klepper’s improv show, which inspired him to take his first acting class and later follow Klepper to Chicago, where they joined The Second City.

Steven Yeun rose to prominence in “The Walking Dead” and then in “Minari.” Aside from films, Yeun has continued to work in television series and has done some voice work.