(1938-05-24) May 24, 1938 (age 85) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Medium
Film, stand-up, television
Years active
1962–present
Genres
Character comedy, political satire, stoner comedy, sketch comedy
Subject(s)
Canadian culture, drug culture, everyday life, recreational drug use
Spouse
Maxine Sneed
(m. 1960; div. 1970)
Shelby Chong
(m. 1975)
Children
6, including Rae, Robbi and Marcus
Relative(s)
C. Thomas Howell (former-son-in-law)
Chong's voice
On Cheech & Chong
Thomas B. Kin Chong[1] (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, musician and activist. He is known for his role/inspiration in the marijuana industry, his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, and playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s.[2]
^Ove, Torsten (September 12, 2003). "Actor Tommy Chong gets nine months for selling pot pipes". Post Gazette. PG Publishing Co., Inc. Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016. Chong, whose full name is Thomas B. Kin Chong,...
^"Tommy Chong". NORML. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
Canada, the senior Chong had first lived with an aunt in Vancouver. Tommy had an older brother, Stan (1936–2018). As a youth, TommyChong moved with his family...
and the associate producer of four Cheech & Chong films. She is married to the comedian and actor TommyChong. Shelby (Sharon) Fiddis was born in Los Angeles...
and actor TommyChong. Chong was born on February 28, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first daughter of actor/comedian TommyChong. Her father...
recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with TommyChong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez...
referred to as Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke) is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Lou Adler and starring Cheech Marin, TommyChong, Tom Skerritt, Edie...
Vancouver, British Columbia, the second daughter of Maxine Sneed and TommyChong, an actor, comedian, director and writer. Both parents are biracial:...
1981 American action adventure comedy film directed by TommyChong and starring Cheech & Chong, in their third feature film. Released in 1981 by Columbia...
American action comedy film directed by Thomas K. Avildsen and starring TommyChong and Cheech Marin as two aging hippies, and additionally as Arab businessmen...
actor TommyChong, who was charged for his role in the financing and promoting of Chong Glass/Nice Dreams, a company started by his son, Paris Chong. Chong's...
Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, TommyChong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira. Taking place...
starring TommyChong. An aging hippie goes on a road trip in search of his long lost family. He meets up with his son (Paris Chong, Tommy's real-life...
song by Cheech and Chong from their 1974 album Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album. The skit is about a teenager (played by TommyChong) who wakes up and listens...
Elizabeth, Rosario Dawson, Val Kilmer, Melissa Benoist, Craig Robinson, TommyChong, Chris Hemsworth, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. It was theatrically released...
appearances from a number of his well known friends including Johnny Depp, TommyChong, Nick Stahl, "Freeway" Rick Ross, Simon Rex, and George Jung. On July...
comic and an actress, Marr served as a talent spotter. She discovered TommyChong, Cheech Marin, Pat Morita, and Sam Kinison. Sally Marr died on December...
older sister Maxine, who at the time was married to the musician-actor TommyChong. He was in a band called the "Calgary Shades" that included his pianist...
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