Ronny Chieng
Born: 1985-11-21 in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ronny Chieng is a stand up comedian. Ronny is a Chinese guy, born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, raised in New Hampshire, MA USA and Singapore. He went to Australia to attend the University of Melbourne, and he graduated with a Degree in Commerce and a Degree in Law in 2009. In 2012 Ronny was named by The Age as one of the Top 5 up-and-coming acts to watch and one of the Top 10 rising comedians in Australia by the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2012 Ronny performed his debut one hour comedy special, "The Ron Way", at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Sydney Comedy Festival, to rave reviews for which he was awarded the Best Newcomer at the MICF 2012, selling out his entire four week run, including the larger capacity extra shows that were added to cope with demand. Ronny has been invited to perform twice at the prestigious invitation-only Just for Laughs Comedy Festival (2012 & 2013) in Montreal and at the SOHO Theatre in London's West End, selling out his entire 2 week run. In 2013 Ronny was once again named one of the Top Ten Hottest Comedians by The Age and the Herald Sun, and performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2013's Opening Gala, which was broadcasted on Network Channel Ten, and the Sydney Comedy Festival Opening Gala 2013 at the Sydney Opera House. Ronny performed his second one hour comedy special "Can You Do This? No You Can't." and sold out his entire 24 show season after the first week, even after being moved to a larger 400 seat venue and doing an extra 1400 seat show at the Melbourne Town Hall Main Hall. 2013 also saw Ronny debut his show to rave reviews at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August then returned to London's SOHO Theatre where he once again performed to packed houses.
Filmography
2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Comedian
- '98 Honda ... (Executive Producer)
- Do No Harm as Hector
2024
- Kung Fu Panda 4 as Fish (voice)
- Interior Chinatown as Fatty Choi
- Unfrosted as Chuck
- Grimsburg as (voice)
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. as Self
- Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate It as Self
2023
- Krapopolis as (voice)
- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Big Big (voice)
- History of the World: Part II as Kublai Khan
- Joy Ride as Chao
- Vacation Friends 2 as Yeon
- American Born Chinese as Ji Gong
- Shortcomings as Mr. Wong
- Mulligan as Johnny Zhao (voice)
- How to Ruin the Holidays as Phil Poon
2022
- M3GAN as David
- Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy as Self
- Ronny Chieng Takes Chinatown as Self
- Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill as Self
- A Father's Son as Detective Jack Yu
2021
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Jon Jon
- Wish Dragon as Pipa God (voice)
- Godzilla vs. Kong as Jay Wayne
- Trust as Adam
- Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. as Dr. Lee
- Young Rock as Greg Yao
- Long Story Short as Sam
- Bliss as Kendo
- Sam Morril: Full Capacity
- Dish Granted as Self
2020
- Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Arthur
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun as Himself (voice)
- Howie Mandel's 5th Annual All-Star Gala as Self
- Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries as Self
2019
- Love, Death & Robots as Electric Toothbrush (voice)
- Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America! as Himself
2018
- Crazy Rich Asians as Eddie Cheng
2017
- Ronny Chieng: International Student as Ronny Chieng
2015
- The Katering Show as Self
- Ronny Chieng - Chieng Reaction as Himself
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Consultant 2
- This is Littleton as Various Characters
2013
- Have You Been Paying Attention? as Panellist
- Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery as Self
- It's a Date as Winston
- The Agony of Christmas as Self
- Ronny Chieng: The Ron Way as Himself
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1997
- King of the Hill as Kahn Souphanousinphone
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest Host