He was promoted to the main cast before the 47th season. Yang was promoted to on-air cast member for SNL's 45th season as a featured player, in September 2019, becoming its first Chinese-American, third openly gay male, and fourth-ever cast member of Asian descent. Since September 2018, he has been on the writing staff of Saturday Night Live ( SNL). He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, Las Culturistas, with Matt Rogers.
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.