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KJ Apa

Actor

KJ Apa

Born June 17, 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand17 films

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.

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The Hate U Give posterFirst watchThe Hate U Give20188.1as Chris BryantRaised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between…View film

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A Dog's Purpose poster7.6A Dog's Purpose2017I Still Believe poster7.6I Still Believe2020The Last Summer poster6.0The Last Summer2019Songbird poster6.1Songbird2020The Map That Leads to You poster6.7The Map That Leads to You2025One Fast Move poster6.6One Fast Move2024A Very Jonas Christmas Movie poster6.2A Very Jonas Christmas Movie2025

Filmography

17 films as actor
  1. TBAWest Pointer
  2. TBAUntitled Sublime BiopicBradley Nowell
  3. TBAWhite Elephant
  4. TBAInside JobReagan Ridley
  5. TBAObey
  6. 2026JimmyJimmy Stewart
  7. 2026Let's Have Kids!Rob
  8. 2026FallingJack
  9. 2025A Very Jonas Christmas MovieGene
  10. 2025The Map That Leads to YouJack
  11. 2024One Fast MoveWes Neal
  12. 2020SongbirdNico
  13. 2020Dead ReckoningNiko
  14. 2020I Still BelieveJeremy Camp
  15. 2019The Last SummerGriffin
  16. 2018The Hate U GiveChris Bryant
  17. 2017A Dog's PurposeTeen Ethan