Steven Yeun
American/South-Korean actor Steven Yeun is a familiar face not only to those involved with nerd culture but the entire film industry. After establishing himself as a promising talent in AMC’s The Walking Dead, Yeun has gone to earn accolades for several other terrific performances, including The Burning, which earned him the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Most recently, a starring role in Minari earned Yeun a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor — the first time an Asian-American actor received the honor.
Clearly, Yeun has the acting talent to excel as Jin in Ghost of Tsushima, and though he isn’t Japanese, we’ve seen actors from other east Asian countries do a great job of playing Japanese characters in the past; for example, Philipino actor Joel de la Fuente, who played the role of Chief Inspector Kido in The Man in The High Castle. There’s no reason why Yeun couldn’t pull off a similar feat.
