- Born
- Birth nameKeneti James Fitzgerald Apa
- Nickname
- KJ
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- KJ Apa was born on June 17, 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an actor and producer, known for Riverdale (2017), The Hate U Give (2018) and The Last Summer (2019).
- ChildrenSasha Vai Keneti Apa
- RelativesTimena Apa(Sibling)Ari Apa(Sibling)Michael Jones(Cousin)
- He's not a natural red head. The actor, whose natural hair colour is a dark brown, admitted that it took 10 hours in the salon to get that perfect shade of orange.
- KJ Apa is Samoan & Kiwi (Kiwi= New Zealander). His father is Samoan & his mother is Kiwi.
- At 14 years of age, KJ recorded a solo guitar album.
- He has Samoan, Scottish, and English ancestry.
- In addition to acting, KJ sings, writes songs & plays guitar. He sometimes brings one of his guitars with him while he's off on location shooting movies/TV shows.
- [on getting attention from women based on his shirtless social media posts] I haven't had anyone come up to me and ask to lick or touch my abs in person but the thirst is very real, it's kinda narly.
- [on whether it is intimidating to be sexualized on screen as Archie] Not intimidating at all. When I do sexual scenes I'm always thinking that I have a lot of family back home watching this. When I read the pilot though, it wasn't difficult for me to see that's the direction they were taking. Every single episode I have my shirt off so inevitably, it's going to be gnarly.
- [on being inspired by any celebrity's physical transformation] Zac Efron! He got fully jacked and shredded for the movie Baywatch. It was insane. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I was like holy cow.
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