Ronny Chieng

Ronny Chieng, born on 21 November, 1985 in Malaysia, is a comedian and actor. Chieng is currently a Senior Correspondent for The Daily Show, Comedy Central. Chieng is the creator and lead actor on the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student. It debuted on ABC Australia as well as Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born to an Malaysian Chinese couple in Johor Bahru (Malaysia). Chieng was born in Singapore as well as the United States. He lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, between 1989 and 1994. Chieng was a part of Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. Chieng was later asked to audition for the position as a correspondent for Noah's Daily Show two years after. Chieng was named one of the top 10 comics to watch by Variety in July of 2016. In October of 2016, Chieng appeared as a guest on The Daily Show to react to an interview with Jesse Watts on a Fox News segment that many thought was racist. Chieng is known for his expletive-laden criticism of the show on the network that is conservative. Chieng also visited New York City's Chinatown in which Watters had mocked the residents. The viral video was featured in Slate and the Washington Post. In his young years, Chieng was an Singapore Sea Scout. Chieng hasn't been able to gain citizenship or permanent residence status in Australia despite living in Australia for ten years. Chieng made an ad-lib about being an apologist for cynophobia on the 2018 Daily Show. But Chieng later said that he's "100 percent not scared of dogs" in an interview.