American comedian, actor, and physician (born 1969)
In this Korean name, the family name is Jeong.
Ken Jeong
Jeong in 2012
Birth name
Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong
Born
(1969-07-13) July 13, 1969 (age 54) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Medium
Stand-up
film
television
Education
Duke University (BS)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (MD)
Years active
1995–present
Genres
Improvisational comedy
sketch comedy
observational comedy
Spouse
Tran Ho
(m. 2004)
Children
2
Website
kenjeong.com
Korean name
Hangul
정강조
Hanja
鄭康祖
Revised Romanization
Jeong Gang-jo
McCune–Reischauer
Chŏng Kangcho
Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (Korean: 정강조, /dʒʌŋ/JUNG; born (1969-07-13)July 13, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.[1] He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom Dr. Ken (2015–2017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in the films Knocked Up (2007), Role Models (2008), Furry Vengeance (2010), The Duff (2015), Ride Along 2 (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Scoob! (2020) and Tom & Jerry (2021).[2]
Jeong is a licensed physician in California[3] but has since stopped practicing in favor of his acting career.[4] He appears as a panelist on the American version of the singing competition show The Masked Singer and appeared on the first series of the British version. He also serves as the host of I Can See Your Voice.
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