Ken Jeong has been blending comedy & medicine all of his life. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Korean immigrants Young and Dong-Kuen Jeong, a professor at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. After graduating from Duke University & attaining his MD at the University of North Carolina, Ken completed his Internal Medicine residency in New Orleans while developing a cult comedy following. While in New Orleans, Ken won the "Big Easy Laff-off". Late NBC president Brandon Tartikoff and "Improv" founder Budd Friedman judged the competition and advised Ken to move to Los Angeles. Once residing in LA, Ken began performing regularly at the Improv & Laugh Factory. Soon after he appeared on ABC's The View (1997) and was named "The Funniest Doctor in America". Subsequent appearances on Comedy Central & BET cemented his reputation as a comic who appeals to a wide variety of audiences. Ken's background in theater & improv has led to several television appearances including NBC's The Office (2005), HBO's Entourage (2004) and Larry et son nombril (2000), CBS' Mon oncle Charlie (2003) and Worst Week (2008), ABC's Boston Justice (2004), FX's The Shield (2002) and FOX's Pour le meilleur et le pire (2006) and American Dad! (2005) and Starz' Party Down (2009). Ken made his feature film debut in Judd Apatow's En cloque, mode d'emploi (2007). Subsequently, he has appeared in Délire express (2008), Les grands frères (2008), Frangins malgré eux (2008), All About Steve (2009), The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009), Thérapie de couples (2009) and Very Bad Trip (2009). He recently completed filming Furry Vengeance and The Zookeeper. He is a series regular on NBC's Community.
