Ken Jeong Biography

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NAME: Ken Jeong
OCCUPATION: Actor, Comedian
BIRTH DATE: July 13, 1969 (Age: 43)
EDUCATION: Duke University, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Walter Hines Page High School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, Michigan
Full Name: Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong
Nickname: "Dr. Ken"
AKA: Ken Jeong
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Ken Jeong is a Korean-American actor, comedian and physician, best known for his role as the comedic gangster Leslie Chow in The Hangover film franchise.

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Ken Jeong. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 01:50, May 19, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/ken-jeong-20996403.

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Ken Jeong. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/ken-jeong-20996403 [Accessed 19 May 2013].

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Other Projects

Jeong has also become a widely recognized face of advertising campaigns, including for Pepto-Bismol, Coke Zero and the American Heart Association.

In 2011, Jeong hosted the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Jeong’s Vietnamese-American wife, Tran Ho, also a doctor, practices family medicine. The couple has twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey. Because Tran Ho was struggling with a rare form of breast cancer when her husband was offered his role in The Hangover (2009), Jeong almost turned down the part.

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