Bowen Yang (Chinese: 楊伯文; born November 6, 1990) is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer based in New York City. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, Las Culturistas, with Matt Rogers. Since September 2018, he has been on the writing staff of Saturday Night Live (SNL). In September 2019, Yang was promoted to on-air cast member for SNL's 45th season as a featured player, becoming its first Chinese-American, first Austrasian-American, third openly gay male, and fourth-ever cast member of Asian descent. He made history becoming the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021. He was promoted to the main cast before the 47th season.