KJ Apa

KJ Apa at Comic-Con in San Diego in July 2018

Keneti James "KJ" Fitzgerald Apa (born June 17, 1997 in Auckland ) is a New Zealand actor .

Life

KJ Apa was born in Auckland in June 1997 to Tessa and Keneti Apa . He grew up with his two older sisters, Misraik and Timena. At the age of 14, he recorded and released a solo guitar album.

In his native New Zealand, Apa became known in 2013 for the soap opera Shortland Street . In it he played the role of Kane Jenkins from December 2013 to July 2015 . He then had a leading role in the television series The Cul De Sac . Since the end of January 2017 Apa plays the main role of Archie Andrews in The CW - Youth Series Riverdale , an adaptation of the Archie comic series . At the beginning of 2017 he was seen at the side of Britt Robertson and Dennis Quaid in the feature film Bailey - A Friend for Life .

Filmography

2013–2015: Shortland Street (soap opera)
2016: The Cul De Sac (TV series, episode 1x01–1x06)
since 2017: Riverdale (TV series)
2017: Bailey - A Dog's Purpose
2018: The Hate U Give
2019: The Last Summer
2020: I Still Believe

Web links

Commons : KJ Apa - collection of images, videos and audio files

KJ Apa in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ KJ Apa: Twitter post by @kj_apa . In: Twitter . June 16, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'Riverdale' Finds Its Archie & Josie: KJ Apa To Topline CW Pilot. In: Deadline.com. February 24, 2016, accessed January 22, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Apa, KJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Apa, Keneti James Fitzgerald (full name); Apa, KJ (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand actor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH	Auckland , New Zealand

[1] KJ Apa: Twitter post by @kj_apa . In: Twitter . June 16, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.

[2] Nellie Andreeva: 'Riverdale' Finds Its Archie & Josie: KJ Apa To Topline CW Pilot. In: Deadline.com. February 24, 2016, accessed January 22, 2017 .