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My Take
Ken Jeong's story fascinates me more than almost any comedy career out there. A physician with a Duke pedigree walked away from medicine and bet everything on getting laughs — and the bet paid off spectacularly with The Hangover and a string of beloved voice roles. What I love is that his comedy is fearless precisely because it is smart; the chaos of Leslie Chow is engineered by a genuinely disciplined mind. As a Korean American kid from Detroit who carved out space where none existed, he changed what a Hollywood comic could look like. That kind of courage deserves far more credit than it gets.
Overview
Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (; born July 13, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom Dr.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ken Jeong
- Name (Japanese)
- ケン・チョン
- Reading
- けん・ちょん
- Born
- July 13, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / physician / film actor / voice actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Walter Hines Page Senior High School
- University
- Duke University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Hangover | — | |
| Notable work | Scoob! | — | |
| Notable work | Penguins of Madagascar | — | |
| Notable work | Turbo | — | |
| Notable work | Wonder Park | — | |
| Notable work | Tom & Jerry | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.kenjeong.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kenjeong/
- Xhttps://x.com/kenjeong
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.