Basic Information About Ken Jeong
Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
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Professions | Actor, Comedian, Physician, Voice Actor, Film Producer |
Net worth | $14,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1969-07-13 (55 years old) |
Place of birth | Detroit |
Nationality | United States of America |
Curiosities and Trademarks | High pitched voice Often plays eccentric, humorous characters |
Spouse | Tran Ho - (September 2004 - present)Β (2 children) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.66 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Ken Jeong win?
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Ken Jeong awards
Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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Razzie Award - Worst Supporting Actor | Nominee | The Hangover Part II | 2012 |
ACCA - Best Cast Ensemble | Nominee | The Hangover | 2009 |
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominee | Crazy Rich Asians | 2019 |
NBR Award - Best Ensemble | Winner | Crazy Rich Asians | 2018 |
Razzie Award - Worst Supporting Actor | Nominee | Zookeeper | 2012 |
Individual Award - Best Actor | Nominee | Dr. Ken | 2016 |
Ken Jeong roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Boss Level | Chef Jake |
Avengers: Endgame | Security Guard |
Couples Retreat | Therapist |
Over the Moon | Gobi (voice) |
Pain & Gain | Jonny Wu |
Pineapple Express | Ken |
The Hangover Part II | Mr. Chow |
The Hangover | Mr. Chow |
The Hangover Part III | Mr. Chow |
The Duff | Mr. Arthur |
Knocked Up | Dr. Kuni |
Tom and Jerry | Chef Jackie |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Jerry Wang |
Step Brothers | Employment Agent |
Scoob! | Dynomutt (voice) |
My Spy | David Kim |
Role Models | King Argotron |
Despicable Me | Talk Show Host (voice) |
Despicable Me 2 | Floyd Eagle-san (voice) |
Crazy Rich Asians | Wye Mun Goh |
Occupation: Rainfall | Bud Miller |
The Muppets | 'Punch Teacher' Host |
Lady and the Tramp | Doctor |
Penguins of Madagascar | Short Fuse (voice) |
Zookeeper | Venom |
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Mr. Chu |
Then Came You | Officer Al |
Turbo | Kim Ly (voice) |
Wonder Park | Cooper (voice) |
Ride Along 2 | AJ |
Furry Vengeance | Neal Lyman |
All About Steve | Angus |
Vampires Suck | Daro |
Extinct | Clarance (voice) |
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Teddy Dang |
Saving ZoΓ« | Dr. Gallagher |
The Office | Bill 1 episode, 2005 |
Party Down | Alan Duk 2 episodes, 2009 |
Community | Ben Chang / ... 109 episodes, 2009-2015 |
Made in Hollywood | Self 5 episodes, 2013-2020 |
The Simpsons | Korean Monks 1 episode, 2019 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self 2 episodes, 2020 |
Bless the Harts | Doug 4 episodes, 2020-2021 |
Sesame Street | Self 1 episode, 2011 |
Staged | Ken Jeong 1 episode, 2021 |
Glee | Pierce Pierce 2 episodes, 2015 |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Man in Jersey #1 1 episode, 2007 |
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self / ... 10 episodes, 2011-2020 |
The Masked Singer | Self - Panelist 62 episodes, 2019-2021 |
Entourage | Coffee Shop Manager 1 episode, 2006 |
Ken Jeong's Movie/Shows Salary
Movie / Series | Salary |
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The Hangover Part IIIΒ (2013) | $5,000,000 |
Ken Jeong's Quotes
- (2011, on landing his role in Transformers 3) Transformers 3 was really a recommendation from Todd Phillips, actually, to Michael Bay. Michael Bay had a role for me in mind and I met with him last spring. I play a co-worker of Shia LaBeouf and it was one of the greatest moments of my career because I saw how the big boys do it. This is sci-fi, this is action, this is fantasy, this is Steven Spielberg producing, and all my scenes were with Shia. And to work with CGI is the hardest form of acting ever, for me personally...I have to create that energy myself and then react off that energy. It's so much harder to do, so much harder mentally. That's why I have the highest respect for Shia, because he does that all the time. Three movies. Michael is a genius at finessing those reactions out and finessing that vision.
- (2011) I remember I heard an interview on NPR where Terry Gross had asked Denzel Washington, "Do you look for roles that are role models for the community?" And he said, and this is Denzel Washington talking, the icon, "No! If I'm following what other people want me to do, I wouldn't be doing my job as an artist, as an actor. That would be so boring." I'm very inspired by that. I think about that a lot.
- (2011, On the Hangover cast) I've known Zach (Galifianakis) for a decade, from doing stand-up. And I did a movie with Bradley (Cooper) prior to the first Hangover and a movie with Ed (Helms) prior to the first Hangover. So we're friends and we know each other, and on the second movie we got to be even better friends. Me and Ed went to Cambodia with his friends to go on a bicycle tour of Angkor Wat and the Buddhist temples there. I think people are always surprised to hear how mellow and close-knit we are. It's not like we're in character setting garbage fires in Bangkok in our off time! We're not crazy.
- (2011, on getting involved in The Hangover Part II) I got an e-mail from Todd saying, "We'll be requiring your services," and then he gave me the script and I was crying laughing. The script, actually, was better than the first one because in the first movie, the script had actually existed before all of us, including Todd, had been attached. So this is the first script that utilizes our voices uniquely. Basically, you're building on the characters the audience has loved and also the characters we kind of formed in the first movie, so it was actually creatively easier for me as an actor this time around. All the hard work had been done in establishing these characters.
- (2011, on director Todd Phillips) Todd gave me a career, and he's my favorite guy. He's family to me. We're bonded by our love of comedy and mayhem...I just trust everything about Todd Phillips, because all of my fame and success have been due to the first Hangover.
Interesting Facts about Ken Jeong
- Has twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey.
- Wife Tran is also a doctor.
- Grew up in Greensboro, NC and graduated from Walter Hines Page High School in 1986.
- As of October 27, 2020, the Medical Board of California lists his medical license (A 65869) as "Renewed & Current" (meaning he meets requirements for the practice of medicine in California) until July 31, 2022. He is licensed to practice medicine under his birth name, Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong. This means that despite his successful career as an actor in film and television, Jeong so far continues to maintain his ability to return to his first career as a medical doctor.
- Friends with Bradley Cooper.
- Friends with Ana Gasteyer.
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