Ronny Chieng

Ronny Chieng

Born: November 21, 1985
in Johor, Malaysia
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.

Movies for Ronny Chieng...

Title: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Character: Self
Released: May 3, 2024
Type: TV
In six live installments, John Mulaney explores Los Angeles during a week when pretty much every single funny person is in town.
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Unfrosted
Title: Unfrosted
Character: Chuck
Released: April 30, 2024
Type: Movie
In a time when milk and cereal ruled breakfast, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Title: Kung Fu Panda 4
Character: Fish (voice)
Released: March 2, 2024
Type: Movie
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.
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Title: Grimsburg
Character: (voice)
Released: January 7, 2024
Type: TV
Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal clown or correctly identify a mid-century modern armoire. But there’s one mystery he still can’t crack — his family. Now that he's back in Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, Flute will follow every lead he’s got to redeem himself with the ex-wife he never stopped loving, even if it means hanging out with the son he never bothered to get to know.
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How to Ruin the Holidays
Title: How to Ruin the Holidays
Character: Phil
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
When a struggling comedian reluctantly returns home for the holidays, not only must she deal with her eccentric family, but she ultimately faces a life-changing decision about her special-needs brother.
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Vacation Friends 2
Title: Vacation Friends 2
Character: Yeon
Released: August 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Newly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. When Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese is released and shows up at the resort unannounced, things get out of control, upending Marcus’ best laid plans and turning the vacation friends’ perfect trip into total chaos.
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Shortcomings
Title: Shortcomings
Character: Mr. Wong
Released: August 4, 2023
Type: Movie
When his girlfriend leaves for New York City on a 3-month-long internship, a strongly opinionated Berkeley arthouse movie theater manager begins exploring life as a bachelor.
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Joy Ride
Title: Joy Ride
Character: Chao
Released: June 22, 2023
Type: Movie
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
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Title: American Born Chinese
Character: Ji Gong
Released: May 24, 2023
Type: TV
Average teenager Jin Wang juggles his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.
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Title: American Born Chinese
Character: 濟公
Released: May 24, 2023
Type: TV
Average teenager Jin Wang juggles his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.
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Title: Mulligan
Character: (voice)
Released: May 12, 2023
Type: TV
In this satirical comedy, when most of Earth is destroyed by aliens, can a few survivors rebuild what’s left of America and form a more perfect union?
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Title: History of the World: Part II
Character: Kublai Khan
Released: March 6, 2023
Type: TV
Explore different periods of human history through a variety of sketches.
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M3GAN
Title: M3GAN
Character: David Lin
Released: December 28, 2022
Type: Movie
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.
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Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill
Title: Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill
Character: Self
Released: June 6, 2022
Type: Movie
In a night of killer comedy, Bill Burr hosts a showcase of his most raucous stand-up comic pals as they riff on everything from COVID to Michael Jackson.
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Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy
Title: Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 2022
Type: Movie
Ronny shares his journey during the pandemic, race relations, cancel culture and some stories from his experiences as a comic.
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A Father's Son
Title: A Father's Son
Character: Detective Jack Yu
Released: April 1, 2022
Type: Movie
A Father’s Son is story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series featuring NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early '90s when local street gangs terrorized Manhattan’s Chinatown, our story centers on Detective Jack Yu investigating the murder of a teenage boy involved in a turf war. Amidst the broad distrust and racial divide between the Chinatown community and NYPD, our lone lawman searches for a nondescript immigrant family to deliver a shattering message that also brings forth his own conflicted relationship with Jack’s father.
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Ronny Chieng Takes Chinatown
Title: Ronny Chieng Takes Chinatown
Released: February 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Ronny Chieng and David Fung try and put together a charity event for a struggling restaurant in Chinatown that has deep ties to the community. First they need to raise their clout.
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Sam Morril: Full Capacity
Title: Sam Morril: Full Capacity
Released: September 16, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary about the comedy clubs reopening in NYC and getting back to some sense of normalcy.
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Title: Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
Character: Dr. Lee
Released: September 8, 2021
Type: TV
Lahela 'Doogie' Kamealoha, a 16-year-old prodigy juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. With the support of her caring and comical 'ohana (family) and friends, Lahela is determined to make the most of her teenage years and forge her own path.
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Title: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Character: Jon Jon
Released: September 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
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Godzilla vs. Kong
Title: Godzilla vs. Kong
Character: Jay Wayne
Released: March 24, 2021
Type: Movie
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.
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Trust
Title: Trust
Character: Adam
Released: March 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.
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Title: Young Rock
Character: Greg Yao
Released: February 16, 2021
Type: TV
As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid influential wrestling icons while his dad rose to fame in the business, his rebellious teenage years attending high school in Pennsylvania, and his football years teamed up with powerhouse players at the University of Miami. In his telling, Johnson explains that while his experiences have been larger than life, he remains a down-to-earth guy who still relates to the American people.
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Long Story Short
Title: Long Story Short
Character: Sam
Released: February 11, 2021
Type: Movie
Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he's jumped forward a year in his life to his first anniversary. Trapped in an endless cycle of time jumps, transported another year ahead every few minutes, he is faced with a race against time as his life crumbles around him.
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Bliss
Title: Bliss
Character: Kendo
Released: February 5, 2021
Type: Movie
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.
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Wish Dragon
Title: Wish Dragon
Character: Pipa God (voice)
Released: January 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.
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Title: Dish Granted
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: TV
Host & amateur home cook Steven Lim attempts to create the most extravagant dishes for his friends.
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Title: Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
Character: Himself (voice)
Released: November 11, 2020
Type: TV
Comedy trio Aunty Donna showcase their uniquely absurd and offbeat style through an array of sketches, songs and eclectic characters.
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Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
Title: Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: Movie
“Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries with Desi Lydic” follows Lydic on a journey through the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and… what's the opposite of the acceptance? —as she comes to terms with the passing of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and where to go from here.
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Howie Mandel's 5th Annual All-Star Gala
Title: Howie Mandel's 5th Annual All-Star Gala
Character: Himself
Released: February 19, 2020
Type: Movie
Hosted by Mandel from The JFL Festival in Montréal, featuring one-of-a-kind performances from some of the best stand-up comedians today.
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Title: Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
Character: Arthur
Released: January 22, 2020
Type: TV
Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.
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Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America!
Title: Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America!
Character: Himself
Released: December 17, 2019
Type: Movie
Ronny Chieng ("The Daily Show," "Crazy Rich Asians") takes center stage in this stand-up special and riffs on modern American life and more.
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Crazy Rich Asians
Title: Crazy Rich Asians
Character: Eddie Cheng
Released: August 15, 2018
Type: Movie
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.
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Title: Ronny Chieng: International Student
Character: Ronny Chieng
Released: June 7, 2017
Type: TV
Ronny is a Malaysian student who’s come to Australia to study law. Though smart, driven and competitive, he’s also blunt and barbed, so it’s not long before Ronny is at odds with most people on campus.
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Ronny Chieng - Chieng Reaction
Title: Ronny Chieng - Chieng Reaction
Character: Himself
Released: March 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Pun-based comedy show names are an automatic winner, and Ronny Chieng’s Chieng Reaction is a golden example of this. Coming off the back of record-breaking sold out shows at the last two Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, Chieng has had a smooth and well-deserved run into the forefront of Australian comedy.And he’s wasted no time in humorously exploiting this new-found fame - a big red sign spelling out “RONNY” complete with flashing lightbulbs serving as the backdrop for his MICF 2014 show.
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Title: The Katering Show
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2015
Type: TV
Fill the void in your life by joining celebrity chef, Kate McLennan, and her food intolerant friend, Kate McCartney, as they cook their way into the Food Culture Revolution with a series of edible recipes! Watch as The Kates create food intolerant-friendly meals and explore modern culinary trends like quitting sugar, food porn, food trucks and drinking shit out of jars! They road test everybody’s favourite culinary moneysuck, the Thermomix, and sample a range of libations like wine, whiskey and kombucha, the hot new drink that combines parasitical fungi with intestinal spasming! The Katering Show! Change your life through the power of good food and even better Friendship.
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Title: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character: Consultant 2
Released: April 27, 2014
Type: TV
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Title: This is Littleton
Character: Various Characters
Released: February 20, 2014
Type: TV
Littleton's Town Hall is the centre of activity for its community. In this 4-part Australian sketch comedy, we meet the lovable but flawed people of Littleton: council employees, councillors and a very grand Lord Mayor.
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Ronny Chieng: The Ron Way
Title: Ronny Chieng: The Ron Way
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 2013
Type: Movie
The debut one hour comedy special commedian Ronny Chieng performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013. It represents the best of his award winning material from the first 4 years of his career from 2009-2013, from that first small gig in a small room of the University of Melbourne, all the way to the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne's Town Hall, London's SOHO theatre and Montreal's Just For Laughs TV Gala. Thank you for reading this blurb and say no to drugs.
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The Agony of Christmas
Title: The Agony of Christmas
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Our Agony Uncles and Aunts are back to discuss all things Christmas. If Christmas is meant to be a time for peace and love, then why does it throw so many lives into turmoil?
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Title: Have You Been Paying Attention?
Character: Panellist
Released: November 3, 2013
Type: TV
Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.
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Title: Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2013
Type: TV
Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-travelling guests Carl Barron, Noeline Brown, John Safran, Alan Brough and Shane Jacobson will share with Julia where they stacked their first bike, stole their first kiss and learned the art of a withering comeback.
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Title: It's a Date
Character: Winston
Released: August 15, 2013
Type: TV
It's a Date is a comedy series exploring the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love. Each new episode features a different cast tackling a different set of situations and addressing a new question each week. Should you have sex on a first date? Does age matter? How accurate are first impressions? How important is honesty on a first date?
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self - Correspondent
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self - Guest Host
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self - Host
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Title: Interior Chinatown
Character: Fatty Choi
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A background character stuck doing work in a police procedural called ‘Black & White’ has no idea of his leading man status. When he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, Willis Wu begins to unravel a criminal web in Chinatown, revealing certain family secrets and what it feels like to be in the spotlight.