KJ Apa

Actor

1997-06-17 · Auckland, New Zealand

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.

• A Dog's Purpose (2017) — Teen Ethan
• The Hate U Give (2018) — Chris Bryant
• The Last Summer (2019) — Griffin
• I Still Believe (2020) — Jeremy Camp
• Songbird (2020) — Nico
• The Map That Leads to You (2025) — Jack
• One Fast Move (2024) — Wes Neal, Executive Producer
• A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025) — Gene
• Dead Reckoning (2020) — Niko
• Let's Have Kids! (—) — Rob
• Jimmy (2026) — Jimmy Stewart
• White Elephant (—)