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LOS ANGELES – AUG 7: Chieng at the “Crazy Rich Asians” Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on August 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA, kathclick /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Xin Yi Chieng (钱信伊)
Place of Birth: Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Date of Birth: 1984/85
Ethnicity: Chinese-Malaysian
Ronny Chieng is a Chinese-Malaysian-American comedian and actor. He is known for featuring on television’s Legally Brown , The Daily Show , Ronny Chieng: International Student , Scissor Seven , Young Rock , Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. , Interior Chinatown , and King of the Hill , and in the films Crazy Rich Asians , Bliss , Long Story Short , Trust (2021), Godzilla vs. Kong , Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , M3GAN , Shortcomings , Joy Ride (2023), Vacation Friends 2 , and Unfrosted , and, in voice performance, Wish Dragon , Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow , and Kung Fu Panda 4 .
He was born in Johor Bahru, to a Chinese-Malaysian family. He was raised in the city, as well as Singapore, and Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., the latter for five years. He was a Singapore Sea Scout. Ronny lived in Australia in the late 2000s and early 2010s. He moved to New York in 2015. He is married to attorney Hannah Pham. Ronny became a U.S. citizen in 2025.