Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang is a gay Chinese-American comedian and actor who became the first featured player to be promoted to repertory status in the same season on Saturday Night Live (1975), joining the cast in 2019. His arrival helped usher in a new era of queer sensibility on the long-running sketch institution, with characters and impressions that draw on gay culture, camp, and Asian American experience. Yang, who has spoken candidly about growing up gay and Chinese American, co-hosts the popular culture podcast Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers — a show beloved in queer communities for its unapologetically gay perspective on film, music, and celebrity. In 2022 he starred alongside Joel Kim Booster in the romantic comedy Fire Island (2022), a gay retelling of Pride and Prejudice that became one of the most celebrated queer comedies in recent memory. He remains one of SNL's most beloved and culturally significant cast members.