Actor profile

KJ Apa

17th June 1997 Auckland, New Zealand Acting

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.

9 Movies 6 TV Shows 1 In Production 24 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie poster

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie 10th November 2025 as Gene

The Map That Leads to You poster

The Map That Leads to You 19th August 2025 as Jack

One Fast Move poster

One Fast Move 7th August 2024 as Wes Neal

Songbird poster

Songbird 10th December 2020 as Nico

Dead Reckoning poster

Dead Reckoning 13th November 2020 as Niko

I Still Believe poster

I Still Believe 12th March 2020 as Jeremy Camp

The Last Summer poster

The Last Summer 3rd May 2019 as Griffin

The Hate U Give poster

The Hate U Give 19th October 2018 as Chris Bryant

A Dog's Purpose poster

A Dog's Purpose 19th January 2017 as Teen Ethan

Riverdale poster

Riverdale 26th January 2017 as Archie Andrews

The Cul de Sac poster

The Cul de Sac 3rd April 2016 as Jack

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews poster

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews 1st March 2016 as Self - Guest

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards 1st August 1999 as Self - Presenter

Shortland Street poster

Shortland Street 25th May 1992 as Kane Jenkins

Jimmy poster

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Jimmy 6th November 2026 as Jimmy Stewart