Person
KJ Apa
Acting · Born 1997-06-17 · Auckland, New Zealand
Biography
Keneti James Fitzgerald Apa (born 17 June 1997) is a New Zealand actor, singer, and musician. He began acting playing Kane Jenkins in the New Zealand primetime soap opera Shortland Street from 2013 to 2015. Apa is best known for portraying Archie Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale (2017-2023), for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.
Known for
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Riverdale
Archie Andrews
Shortland Street
Kane Jenkins
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Gene
The Map That Leads to You
Jack
A Dog's Purpose
Teen Ethan
The Hate U Give
Chris Bryant
Songbird
Nico
I Still Believe
Jeremy Camp
Filmography
- 2026JimmyJimmy Stewart
- 2025A Very Jonas Christmas MovieGene
- 2025The Map That Leads to YouJack
- 2024One Fast MoveWes Neal
- 2020SongbirdNico
- 2020Dead ReckoningNiko
- 2020I Still BelieveJeremy Camp
- 2019The Last SummerGriffin
- 2018The Hate U GiveChris Bryant
- 2017RiverdaleArchie Andrews
- 2017A Dog's PurposeTeen Ethan
- 2016The Cul de SacJack
- 2016WIRED's Autocomplete InterviewsSelf - Guest
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1992Shortland StreetKane Jenkins
- —Let's Have Kids!Rob
- —FallingJack
- —West Pointer
- —Untitled Sublime BiopicBradley Nowell
- —White Elephant
- —Gable
- —Inside JobReagan Ridley
- —Myron BolitarWin Lockwood
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