From scoring his very first Oscar nomination for Minari and becoming the all-powerful leading man on Amazon’s action-packed Invincible, Steven Yeun has reached his superhero moment.
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Yeun’s meteoric rise should come as no surprise to anyone who watched The Walking Dead, where Yeun starred for six seasons as Glenn Rhee.
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A pizza delivery driver turned zombie apocalypse veteran, Glenn was the heart of the Rick Grimes gang for six full seasons …
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...until he wasn’t.
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Yeun’s grim departure from Walking Dead was predicted by the comic books on which the show is based, but that didn’t make his onscreen death as Glenn any easier to stomach.
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Following Glenn’s demise, Walking Dead ratings dipped, all while Yeun’s reputation continued to rise due to his interesting career choices, such as starring in Bong Joon-ho’s Okja.
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In 2020, Yeun starred in director Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, a widely celebrated turn that netted Yeun his first Oscar nomination. He is the first Asian-American actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for best actor.
As Yeun gained award-worthy attention, he simultaneously returned to his pop-culture roots with a huge new superhero project from Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman...
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...Invincible, an hourlong animated superhero drama streaming March 26 on Amazon Prime.
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Invincible sees Yeun starring as Mark Grayson, the teenage son of the world’s most powerful superhero, who comes to possess powers of his own.
Yeun’s superhero debut is a coming-of-age tale, with a lot of aliens and buckets of blood to boot.
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What’s next for Yeun, beyond several more seasons as Invincible and a long career of prestigious award-worthy roles?
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If Minari and especially Invincible tell us anything, for Yeun, the sky is the limit — if not higher.