KJ Apa
Acting
June 17, 1997 (29 years old)
Auckland, New Zealand
16
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Falling
2026
as Jack
Jimmy
2026
as Jimmy Stewart
The Map That Leads to You
2025
as Jack
6.7
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025
as Gene
6.2
One Fast Move
2024
as Wes Neal
6.6
Dead Reckoning
2020
as Niko
5.7
I Still Believe
2020
as Jeremy Camp
7.6
Songbird
2020
as Nico
6.2
The Last Summer
2019
as Griffin
6
The Hate U Give
2018
as Chris Bryant
8.1
A Dog's Purpose
2017
as Teen Ethan
7.6
Riverdale
2017
as Archie Andrews
8.4
The Cul de Sac
2016
as Jack
5.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
5
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
9.1
Shortland Street
1992
as Kane Jenkins
5.3