Ken Jeong
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Ken Jeong is an American actor, comedian, and physician. He is known for his roles as Ben Chang on the critically acclaimed NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community (2009) and gangster Leslie Chow in The Hangover (2009) Trilogy. He appeared in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain (2013), as Johnny Wu, a motivational speaker.
Ken was born in Detroit, to Korean parents. He completed his internal medicine residency at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans while developing his stand-up comedy. He is a licensed physician in California.
Ken was born in Detroit, to Korean parents. He completed his internal medicine residency at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans while developing his stand-up comedy. He is a licensed physician in California.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 15 nominations
Actor
- 2024
- 2024
- The 4:30 Movie
- Manager Mike
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2012–2022
- 2022
- 2019–2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
Producer
- 2024
Writer
- 2024
- Official sites
- Alternative name
- Dr. Ken
- Height
- 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Born
- Spouse
- Tran HoSeptember 2004 - present (2 children)
- ChildrenAlexa Jeong
- ParentsD.K. Jeong
- Other worksTV commercial for Coca Cola
- Publicity listings
- TriviaAs of April 13, 2023, 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, 2024. 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.
- 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.
- TrademarksHigh pitched voice
- Salary
- (2013)$5,000,000
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