Ken Jong (David Kim) has established himself as one of today’s top comedic stars. Since his feature film debut playing the doctor in Knocked Up in 2007, Jeong has gone on to star in several memorable roles in a series of successful comedies.
This past summer, Jeong appeared in the Warner Bros. box-office sensation Crazy Rich Asians, which grossed over $150 million worldwide and earned multiple awards nominations, including Golden Globes, SAG, and People’s Choice. Crazy Rich Asians earned the Best Acting Ensemble award at the National Board of Review awards, as well as Best Comedy at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Upcoming projects include El Tonto, starring, written and directed by Charlie Day
In February 2019, Jeong returned to his stand-up roots for his first-ever hit Netflix comedy special, “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho.” Filmed at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, California, where Jeong got his start in comedy, the special reflects on how he went from being a doctor
Ken Jong (David Kim) has established himself as one of today’s top comedic stars. Since his feature film debut playing the doctor in Knocked Up in 2007, Jeong has gone on to star in several memorable roles in a series of successful comedies.
This past summer, Jeong appeared in the Warner Bros. box-office sensation Crazy Rich Asians, which grossed over $150 million worldwide and earned multiple awards nominations, including Golden Globes, SAG, and People’s Choice. Crazy Rich Asians earned the Best Acting Ensemble award at the National Board of Review awards, as well as Best Comedy at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Upcoming projects include El Tonto, starring, written and directed by Charlie Day
In February 2019, Jeong returned to his stand-up roots for his first-ever hit Netflix comedy special, “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho.” Filmed at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, California, where Jeong got his start in comedy, the special reflects on how he went from being a doctor to a comedy superstar.
In television, Jeong was most recently seen as a judge on the Fox hit celebrity reality singing competition “The Masked Singer.” Prior to that, he starred on ABC’s “Dr. Ken,” on which he was the creator, writer, and executive producer. He also was a series regular on the critically acclaimed NBC show “Community,” from 2009-2015, which won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy Series in 2012.
In 2015, Jeong directed an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, “Student Athlete,” and also starred in and produced the Sundance award-winning film Advantageous, which received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Jeong will return to television screens, with Shaquille O’Neal, in an unscripted TBS series pilot, “Unqualified,” for which he will also serve as an executive producer. Additionally, Jeong has been tapped as the lead of CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot “The Emperor of Malibu,” from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan.
Jeong’s career path started off on a different course. He earned his undergraduate degree at Duke University and went on to get his medical degree at the University of North Carolina. Jeong completed his Internal Medicine residency in New Orleans, all the while developing his comedy act. In 1995, Jeong won the Big Easy Laff Off. The competition, which was judged by former NBC President Brandon Tartikoff and Improv founder Budd Friedman, turned out to be his big break, as Tartikoff and Friedman urged Jeong to head to Los Angeles.
Once in Los Angeles, he began performing regularly at the Improv and Laugh Factory and was seen on a number of television shows, including “The Office,” “Entourage” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” It wasn’t until Jeong caught the attention of Judd Apatow, who cast him as Dr. Kuniin Knocked Up, that he solidified himself as a feature film actor. In 2008, Jeong had his first major role opposite Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott as the villain in David Wain's Role Models. That same year he also appeared in the cult comedy hits Pineapple Express and Step Brothers.
In May 2009, Jeong appeared as the Asian-mobster Mr. Chow in the sleeper-hit comedy The Hangover, also starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis, which earned Jeong an MTV Movie Award in 2010, with the film earning a Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical and Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy. The Hangover was the highest-grossing R-rated comedy to date, with over $467 million worldwide, only to be trumped by The Hangover Part II, which grossed $581 million worldwide. Jeong reprised his iconic role in The Hangover Part III.
His other credits include Wonderpark, Goosebumps 2, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, Despicable Me 2, The Duff, and Couples Retreat.
Jeong dedicates his spare time to volunteering with Stand Up 2 Cancer, which is a cause very dear to his heart. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and twin daughters.
