Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ken Jeong has been blending comedy & medicine all of his life. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Korean immigrants Young and Dong-Kuen Jeong, a professor at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. After graduating from Duke University & attaining his MD at the University of North Carolina, Ken completed his Internal Medicine ...
October 19, 1790, Burke County, Georgia, United States
Place Of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height
5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Profession
Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nationality
American, American
Spouse
Tran Ho
Children
Alexa Jeong, Zooey Jeong
Parents
Young Jeong, D.K. Jeong
Awards
MTV Movie Award for Best Jaw Dropping Moment
Nominations
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain, Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Male, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male
Movies
The Hangover Part III, The Hangover, The Hangover Part II, Ride Along 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Duff, Knocked Up, Despicable Me 2, Norm of the North, Role Models, Pain & Gain, Despicable Me, Zookeeper, Vampires Suck, Pineapple Express, Penguins of Madagascar, All About Steve, Turbo, The...
TV Shows
Community, National Lampoon's Funny Money, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Dr. Ken, Burning Love, 2011 Billboard Music Awards
[2016] A U.C.L.A. acting professor gave me good marks in my performance and [said]: "You're a good actor, which is why I'm telling you, stay the hell out of L.A. There's not much of a future for you. Go to Asia." I got an A. He was saying that out of respect. [in a February 2016 New York Times interview, commenting on the limited opportunities for Asian actors in the United States.]
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My favorite line in all three ['Hangover'] movies is 'Ha, ha, fat guy fall down. Funny!'
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[on his entrance in The Hangover (2009)] In the script, Chow had clothes on jumping out of the trunk, and I was thinking to myself the scene is screaming for Mr. Chow to jump out naked. I actually ran it by my wife, and she said, that's great, it'll be the feel-good movie of the summer because every dude will go home feeling good about themselves.
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[on working as an MD during the day and doing improv at night]: I was the funniest doctor in America who was an Asian, under five-foot-nine and living in Los Angeles.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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Fact
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As of March 30, 2015, the Medical Board of California lists his medical license (65869) as "Renewed & Current" (meaning he meets requirements for the practice of medicine in California) until July 31, 2016. 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.
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As of 4-11-13, 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, 2014. He is licensed to practice medicine under his birth name, Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong.
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Grew up in Greensboro, NC and graduated from Walter Hines Page High School in 1986.
TV Series created by - 32 episodes, 2015 - 2016 story by - 1 episode, 2015 teleplay by - 1 episode, 2015
1st Amendment Stand Up
2005
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Kims of Comedy
2005
TV Movie
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dr. Ken
2015-2016
TV Series co-executive producer - 2 episodes
Ken Jeong Made Me Do It
2015
TV Movie producer
Ktown Cowboys
2015
executive producer
Seoul Searching
2015
executive producer
Advantageous
2015
producer
Kims of Comedy
2005
TV Movie producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Hangover Part III
2013
performer: "Hurt", "I Believe I Can Fly"
Community
2011
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
performer: "More Than Words"
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
30 for 30 Shorts
2015
TV Series documentary short 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
30 for 30
2015
TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
I Like How It Feels
2011
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Today Live
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Talk
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2009-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Penguins of Madagascar
Access Hollywood Live
2016
TV Series
Himself
Good Morning America
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
The View
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Insider
2016
TV Series
Himself
@midnight
2016
TV Series
Himself
Harry
2016
TV Series
Himself
Today
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2016
TV Series
Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael
2011-2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Stand Up to Cancer
2016
TV Special
Himself
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Player
The Dr. Oz Show
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2016
TV Series
Himself
Sidewalks Entertainment
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Extra
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself
Drinking with the Stars
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Steve Harvey
2016
TV Series
Himself
The 47th NAACP Image Awards
2016
TV Movie
Himself - presenter
21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
Made in Hollywood
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2011-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
73rd Golden Globe Awards
2016
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Actress-Limited Series or TV Movie
Wheel of Fortune
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Soup
2010-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Conan
2011-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Talking Dead
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Real
2015
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2015
TV Series
Himself
2015 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2015
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming / Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming / Outstanding Interactive Program / ...
The 2015 ESPY Awards
2015
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
Ken Jeong Made Me Do It
2015
TV Movie
Himself
30 for 30
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Documentary short
Himself
Weekend Today
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Birds of Paradise: Bringing the Characters to Life - At the Recording Studio
2014
Video documentary short
Harmontown
2014
Documentary
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Queen Latifah Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
TV Special
Kelly's Manager
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2010-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
2013
TV Series
Himself
Pain & Gain: The A Game - Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain'
$500,000
