It seems every country needs a medical doctor-turned-comedian. The UK has Harry Hill, Monty Python’s Graham Chapman and the Goodies’ Graeme Garden. The US has Ken Jeong MD, who practiced as a physician of internal medicine in Los Angeles while trying to get his stand-up and improv career off the ground. (He maintains his medical licence and has assisted with medical emergencies since. He’s got some good stories on this!)
Jeong got his big break in Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up, and then went to on play a flamboyant gangster in The Hangover and two sequels. He’s since starred opposite Paul Rudd in Role Models, Brendan Fraser in Furry Vengeance and was in Crazy Rich Asians. He voiced Dynomutt the Dog Wonder in 2020’s Scoob! and plays a chef who hates mice in 2021’s Tom & Jerry.
On TV, he wrote and starred in the sitcom Dr Ken, and was a judge on the first UK series and all US seasons of The Masked Singer. He’s also in the advert for new mobile game Squad Busters with Chris Hemsworth, Will Arnett, Christina Ricci and more, which you can watch here to get you in the mood.
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