KJ Apa

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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Riverdale

Shortland Street

The Map That Leads to You

A Dog's Purpose

The Hate U Give

I Still Believe

Songbird

All Movies (16)

• Jimmy2026 · as Jimmy Stewart
• A Very Jonas Christmas Movie2025 · as Gene
• The Map That Leads to You2025 · as Jack
• One Fast Move2024 · as Wes Neal
• Songbird2020 · as Nico
• Dead Reckoning2020 · as Niko
• I Still Believe2020 · as Jeremy Camp
• The Last Summer2019 · as Griffin
• The Hate U Give2018 · as Chris Bryant
• A Dog's Purpose2017 · as Teen Ethan
• Let's Have Kids!— · as Rob
• Falling— · as Jack
• West Pointer—
• Untitled Sublime Biopic— · as Bradley Nowell
• White Elephant—
• Gable—

All TV Shows (5)

• Riverdale2017 · as Archie Andrews
• The Cul de Sac2016 · as Jack
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self - Presenter
• Shortland Street1992 · as Kane Jenkins