Henry Cho
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Henry Cho (Born December 30, 1962 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a Korean-American stand-up comedian.
[edit] Biography
He was raised in Knoxville and went into stand-up comedy in 1986. He moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to pursue his career, but always with the intent of returning to his roots in Tennessee. He draws much from his childhood experiences as an Asian-American in the South in his comedy. "I'm an Asian with a Southern accent," remarks Cho. "To a lot of people, that right there is funny." He frequently makes remarks about the church he goes to, however, not in a mocking way.
Cho appeared on many television shows in late-1980s and early-1990s including Bob Hope's Young Comedians Special, MTV's 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour and VH-1's Stand-Up Spotlight. His other TV credits include guest roles on various sitcoms such as Designing Women, Lenny, The New WKRP in Cincinnati and a starring role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation. In 1994, after he moved back to Tennessee, Cho got a call from NBC to host a revamped version of Friday Night Videos titled Friday Night. He commuted to L.A. weekly for two years. During this time, he also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Arsenio Hall Show.
He has appeared in three feature films. He starred opposite Tom Arnold and David Alan Grier in McHale's Navy. In 2001, he appeared in the Farrelly Brothers' movie Say It Isn't So with Heather Graham and Chris Klein. In 2006, he appeared in Material Girls starring Hilary and Haylie Duff.
In 2006, he had his own Comedy Central special titled Henry Cho: What's That Clickin' Noise?.
[edit] External links
- Henry Cho at the Internet Movie Database
