Sheng Wang | |
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Birth name | Sheng Wang |
Born | Taipei City, Taiwan | January 8, 1980
Medium | Stand-up, Television |
Nationality | Taiwanese American |
Education | University of California, Berkeley |
Years active | 2002–present |
Genres | Observational comedy |
Notable works and roles | Sweet & Juicy |
Website |
shengwangtime |
Sheng Wang (born January 9, 1980, in Taipei) is a Taiwanese American stand-up comedian and staff writer for ABC sitcom series Fresh Off the Boat from 2015 to 2018. [1] He grew up in Houston, Texas. [2]
Wang was born in Taipei [3] and grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Bellaire High School. [2] He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business at the University of California, Berkeley from 1998 to 2002. [4] [5] After graduating, Wang began practicing stand-up in San Francisco and New York City. [6]
Wang was a featured performer in 2007 at Montreal Comedy Festival. On January 28, 2011, Comedy Central Presents aired his first thirty-minute special broadcast on national television. In January 2011, he won top honors at NBC Universal's Seventh Annual "Stand Up for Diversity" comedy search, including a one-year talent holding deal with that studio. [7] Wang also appeared on Comedy Central's John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show in 2012. [8]
Wang also appeared on Comedians of Comedy, American Eagle's Campus Comedy Challenge and Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. [9]
He competed in the 2015 season of Last Comic Standing, earning a spot in the top 10 contestants. Wang released an album titled Cornucopias Are Actually Horrible Containers in 2015. [10]
From 2015 to 2018 he worked on ABC sit-com Fresh Off the Boat as a staff writer, story editor, and executive story editor. [11] He appeared as "Hank" in two episodes.
In 2019, Wang appeared on the HBO Special 2 Dope Queens. [12] He also performed at Clusterfest 2019 opening for headliner John Mulaney. [13]
In September 2022 he released his first Netflix special Sweet & Juicy. [14] It was the first comedy special directed by Ali Wong. It was released to wide praise: The New York Times noted that Wang "has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better." [15]
Sheng Wang lives in Los Angeles, California. [16] He cites Maria Bamford, Dave Attell, and Robert Hawkins as influences, and his work has often drawn comparisons to the stand-up of Mitch Hedberg. [17]
Sheng Wang | |
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Birth name | Sheng Wang |
Born | Taipei City, Taiwan | January 8, 1980
Medium | Stand-up, Television |
Nationality | Taiwanese American |
Education | University of California, Berkeley |
Years active | 2002–present |
Genres | Observational comedy |
Notable works and roles | Sweet & Juicy |
Website |
shengwangtime |
Sheng Wang (born January 9, 1980, in Taipei) is a Taiwanese American stand-up comedian and staff writer for ABC sitcom series Fresh Off the Boat from 2015 to 2018. [1] He grew up in Houston, Texas. [2]
Wang was born in Taipei [3] and grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Bellaire High School. [2] He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business at the University of California, Berkeley from 1998 to 2002. [4] [5] After graduating, Wang began practicing stand-up in San Francisco and New York City. [6]
Wang was a featured performer in 2007 at Montreal Comedy Festival. On January 28, 2011, Comedy Central Presents aired his first thirty-minute special broadcast on national television. In January 2011, he won top honors at NBC Universal's Seventh Annual "Stand Up for Diversity" comedy search, including a one-year talent holding deal with that studio. [7] Wang also appeared on Comedy Central's John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show in 2012. [8]
Wang also appeared on Comedians of Comedy, American Eagle's Campus Comedy Challenge and Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. [9]
He competed in the 2015 season of Last Comic Standing, earning a spot in the top 10 contestants. Wang released an album titled Cornucopias Are Actually Horrible Containers in 2015. [10]
From 2015 to 2018 he worked on ABC sit-com Fresh Off the Boat as a staff writer, story editor, and executive story editor. [11] He appeared as "Hank" in two episodes.
In 2019, Wang appeared on the HBO Special 2 Dope Queens. [12] He also performed at Clusterfest 2019 opening for headliner John Mulaney. [13]
In September 2022 he released his first Netflix special Sweet & Juicy. [14] It was the first comedy special directed by Ali Wong. It was released to wide praise: The New York Times noted that Wang "has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better." [15]
Sheng Wang lives in Los Angeles, California. [16] He cites Maria Bamford, Dave Attell, and Robert Hawkins as influences, and his work has often drawn comparisons to the stand-up of Mitch Hedberg. [17]