A Dutch-Mauritanian actor, Samba Schutte grew up in Ethiopia until he was 18. He wrote for the video game Battlefield V and has performed on a number of games including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Additionally, he appeared in the Netflix film The Tiger Hunter.
Joel Kim Booster plays Jun Ho on the new comedy. His TV credits include Shrill, Search Party and BoJack Horseman, as well as his own stand-up special The Half Hour. He also recorded a stand-up album, Model Minority. He's also the co-host of Comedy Central's Unsend, a digital series about weird and shame-worthy stuff on social media.
Diana Maria Riva has an extensive Hollywood background, including Netflix's Dead To Me, the upcoming Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, Anna Kendrick's Noelle, What Women Want, 17 Again, The X-Files, The Drew Carey Show, Madam Secretary and many more. She was raised in Cincinnati and her family roots go back to the Dominican Republic.
Poppy Liu, Mei Lin on the series, is a first-generation Chinese-American actor. Liu made her network TV debut in NBC's New Amsterdam. In addition to acting, is a full-spectrum doula.
Kiran Deol plays Kal Penn's sister on the series and has an extensive TV resume. In addition to How to Get Away With Murder, she's popped up on The Mindy Project, Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood and Modern Family. Deol is also a director, her documentary Women Rebel, followed women rebel soldiers, and was nominated for an Emmy.
Moses Storm, a veteran of the UCB Theatre, previously appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing. His TV work includes Another Period and recurring roles on This Is Us and Arrested Development.
Kal Penn shot to fame with Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, but he didn't strictly stay in the comedy lane. In fact, he didn't strictly say in the acting lane. In addition to roles on House, Designated Survivor and How I Met Your Mother, Penn served a member of the Obama administration as an associate director in the Office of Public Engagement.