Basic Information About Dat Phan
| Category | Celebrities › Comedians |
|---|---|
| Professions | Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter |
| Net worth | $500,000 |
| Date of birth | 1975-01-25 (49 years old) |
| Place of birth | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | Hi-energy with lots of facial expressions |
| Gender | Male |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Dat Phan win?
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 BAFTA |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dat Phan roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Kong: Skull Island | Bar Thug |
| The Hungover Games | Bao |
| Cellular | Vietnamese Artist |
| The West Wing | NVA Officer 1 episode, 2004 |
| Bones | Manager 1 episode, 2015 |
| StartUp | Daewon 4 episodes, 2016-2018 |
| Good Morning, Miami | Co-worker 1 episode, 2003 |
| The OA | Bao 1 episode, 2019 |
| Magnum P.I. | Vinh 1 episode, 2021 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Dr. Alvin Zhang 1 episode, 2019 |
| Danny Phantom | Kwan 5 episodes, 2004-2006 |
| The Last Ship | Tran Ha Binh 1 episode, 2016 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self 1 episode, 2003 |
Dat Phan's Quotes
- I knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school... who failed math.
- When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put.
- I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they called me to come in to try out for the show. The chances of me getting on a TV show and winning it is like one-in-a-million. I had only been doing comedy for six years at that point, so I was basically considered an open mic-er or maybe a feature act once in awhile.
- It's kind of funny how that happened. When I was a child, I had a dream of one day becoming very influential and being in the entertainment world. I really wanted badly for that to happen, and in the last couple of years, my manager told me I was nominated for the group of the Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals in the world, along with generals and ambassadors and surgeons. It's an honor. It's mind-boggling. I'm a college dropout; I'm a high school failure, someone who came from a homeless background, but I understand the American pop culture and doing comedy from my heart led me to be in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
Interesting Facts about Dat Phan
- Winner of Last Comic Standing (2003).
- Included in The Smithsonian Institution's exhibition of The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals.
- Started stand-up comedy after taking a speech class in college.
- Lived out of his car while homeless in Los Angeles/Orange County, before he made it on Last Comic Standing.
- Credits his mom for keeping him out of gangs as a child.
- Was inspired directly by Benny Hill and John Ritter. Indirectly, by Johnny Carson.
- Practices Northern Shaolin Green Dragon Kung Fu.
- Attended West Hills High School in Santee, California.
- Tours the U.S. as a headlining comedian.
- Has a star on Grossmont College's Walk of Fame.
- He is the first cousin of tv actor/ former comedian Bobby Lee.
