- 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.
- 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.
- At 14 years of age, KJ recorded a solo guitar album.
- He's the youngest of three children in his family. He has two older sisters, Timena & Ari.
- When KJ was a kid, he would go play his guitar out on street corners around his house in Auckland. (While he's out on location shooting movies/TV shows KJ has joined other people performing music on the streets by playing guitar with them.*).
- He auditioned for Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016), but walked out on his audition knowing he wouldn't win the role. He also auditioned for Jason Scott/The Red Ranger in Power Rangers (2017), while his future Riverdale (2017) co-star Ross Butler auditioned for Zack Taylor/The Black Ranger. Another Riverdale co-star, Cody Kearsley, appeared in Power Rangers as Hawkeye.
- Became a father for the 1st time at age 24 when his girlfriend Clara Berry gave birth to their son Sasha Vai Keneti Apa on September 23, 2021.
- The actor's official first name is Keneti, which is the name "Kennedy" in Samoan and Maori. Interestingly, one of K.J.'s "middle" names is Fitzgerald, as in "John Fitzgerald Kennedy".
- He likes watermelon.
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