<Ul> <Li> Actor </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2013--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Keneti James Fitzgerald "KJ" Apa (born 17 June 1997) is a New Zealand actor . He is known for starring as Archie Andrews in the CW drama series Riverdale . Apa also starred as Kane Jenkins in the primetime soap opera Shortland Street and as teenage Ethan Montgomery in the comedy - drama film A Dog's Purpose . </P> <P> Apa was born in Auckland, the son of Keneti and Tessa Apa (née Callander). His father is half Samoan and is a Matai (chief) of his village in Samoa . He has two older sisters . He attended high school at King's College, Auckland before embarking on his acting career . </P>

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