
KJ Apa
Department: Acting
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

Let's Have Kids!
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One Fast Move
2024

The Map That Leads to You
2025

Falling
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A Dog's Purpose
2017

Dead Reckoning
2020

The Last Summer
2019

The Hate U Give
2018

I Still Believe
2020

Songbird
2020

West Pointer
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Untitled Sublime Biopic
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Jimmy
2026

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025

Shortland Street
1992

Riverdale
2017

The Cul de Sac
2016

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Teen Choice Awards
1999