Hudson Yang

Yang was born Hudson David Yang to a Taiwanese American family on October 24, 2003, in New York City, New York. His parents are Jeff Yang, a Taiwanese American writer, journalist, businessman, and business/media consultant, and Heather Ying, a Taiwanese American physician assistant who worked in cardiothoracic surgery. Up until 2015, Yang attended NEST+M (New Explorations into Science Technology + Math) and The New York Performing Arts Academy's "FutureStar" Program. In 2021, he was admitted to the Harvard University class of 2025. ==Career==

On May 9, 2014, he was interviewed by the Angry Asian Man as the Angry Reader of the Week, where he joked "it's all about the bling — cha-ching, cha-ching". Fresh Off the Boat, adapted from the memoir by chef Eddie Huang, was picked up by ABC on May 10, 2014, and premiered on February 4, 2015, with the first of the two preview episodes garnering 7.93 million viewers, becoming the second highest rated comedy premiere that season. He appeared on The View on February 3, 2015, ahead of the show's debut and portrayed Henry in the mystery drama film The Sisterhood of Night. In 2018, Yang and his father invested in a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, California. In 2025, Yang documented his journey into the culinary world through his own National Geographic series Crash Course Cuisine With Hudson Yang. ==Filmography==