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Jimmy O. Yang (Chinese: 歐陽萬成; born June 11, 1987) is a Hong Kong-born American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. As an actor, he is best known for starring as Jian-Yang in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley,[1][2] as Dr. Chan Kaifang in the Netflix comedy series Space Force, and as Josh Lin in the Netflix romantic comedy film Love Hard (2021).

Jimmy O. Yang
歐陽萬成
Yang in 2018
Born	Au-yeung Man-sing (1987-06-11) June 11, 1987 (age 35) British Hong Kong
Nationality	United States
Other names	Jimmy Ouyang Jimmy O'Yang
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego
Occupation	Actor, stand-up comedian
Years active	2008–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	歐陽萬成
Simplified Chinese	欧阳万成
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ōuyáng Wànchéng IPA [óʊ.jǎŋ wân.ʈʂʰə̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Āu-yèuhng Maahn-sìhng Jyutping Au1-joeng4 Maan6-sing4 IPA [ɐ́u.jœ̏ːŋ màːn.sȅŋ]
Website	jimmycomedy.com

Early life and education

Yang was born in Hong Kong during British rule. His parents were both from Shanghai and later moved to Hong Kong.[3] In 2000, when Yang was 13, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles, California.[4][5][6][7] His aunt and grandmother were already living in the US; his parents joined them primarily to allow Yang and his brother, Roy, access to better schools.[5] Yang enrolled at John Burroughs Middle School for eighth grade,[7] then later attended Beverly Hills High School.[6]

Yang graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in economics in 2009.[5] The commencement speaker at his college graduation was his future Silicon Valley showrunner and fellow UCSD alumnus Mike Judge.[7]

Career

Yang did his first stand-up set at 21 years old as "Lowball Jim" at the Ha Ha Comedy Club in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.[7]

After graduation, he interned at the financial consulting firm Smith Barney in Beverly Hills, California, but found it unfulfilling and turned down its return offer.[6][7] Instead, he returned to San Diego to finish his graduation requirements. He stayed in the city afterward, where he sold used cars, DJed at a strip club, and seated customers at a comedy club to support himself while doing stand-up sets for free at The Comedy Palace.[7] There he met his mentor, Sean Kelly, a stand-up comedian who ran the venue and later created the reality show Storage Hunters.[8][7]

When Yang moved back to Los Angeles, he signed up with Central Casting, due to their low barrier of entry, and with various casting websites. He was spurred to consider acting when a friend told him there was money to be made in residual checks from commercials. In the interim, he did stand-up sets around Southern California and signed up for acting classes. He eventually found acting representation through the Vesta Talent Agency.[7]

Yang made his television debut on the CBS series 2 Broke Girls in 2012, and his first late-night stand-up appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show in 2014.[7] He played Tang-See in season 9 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and appeared in an episode of Criminal Minds as Nathan Chow, a high-school student who suffered a psychotic break. He was a writer/consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters,[9] and voiced roles in the video game Infamous Second Son.[10]

He initially appeared on Silicon Valley in a guest role, making scale, then $900 per episode. He appeared in three episodes and spent the money on a Prius so he could drive for Uber to earn money between the show's first and second seasons. For season 2, he was promoted to series regular.[11] Prior to the announcement, he had landed a series-regular role on the Yahoo! Screen original television show Sin City Saints. He turned down the offer because it would have required him to quit Silicon Valley,[7] which ran from 2014 to 2019.

Yang's first dramatic role was as Dun "Danny" Meng, a Chinese immigrant who is carjacked by the Tsarnaev brothers, in the 2016 action drama Patriots Day.[12]

In 2018, he played Bernard Tai in the romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu.[13]

On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Yang was cast as Dr. Chan Kaifang in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.[14]

In 2020, he starred opposite Ryan Hansen in two films, Like a Boss and Fantasy Island, released a month apart. In the first film, their characters were business partners; and in the second, they were step-siblings who were strongly fond of each other.

Yang's comedy special Good Deal was released on Amazon Prime Video on May 8, 2020.[15] He stars opposite Nina Dobrev in Netflix's Love Hard, his first romantic film.[16]

How to American

Yang is also the author of How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents, a book where "he shares his story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant who pursued a Hollywood career against the wishes of his parents."[17] Mike Judge wrote the foreword.[18]

Yang has also continued doing stand-up comedy; in 2018, he appeared on a tour titled after the book.[19]

Personal life

Along with English, Yang speaks Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese.[7]

Yang's father, Richard Ouyang,[20] later signed with the same talent agency and has appeared in several films, including playing his son's character's father in Patriots Day.[6]

Yang became an American citizen in 2015.[7] He has a YouTube channel with a focus on cooking.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	2 Broke Girls	Person in Line	Episode: "And the Secret Ingredient"
2013	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Chinese Teenager #1	Episode: "Girl in the Flower Dress"
2013	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Tang-See	Episode: "Flowers for Charlie"
2014	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Phil	Recurring
	New Girl	Steve	Episode: "Dice"
	Criminal Minds	Nathan Chow	Episode: "Burn"
2014–2019	Silicon Valley	Jian-Yang	Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–6)
2015	Battle Creek	Chang	Episode: "Mama's Boy"
2016	Those Who Can't	James Chen	Guest, 3 episodes
	Broken	Donny	Guest, 3 episodes
2016–2017	American Dad!	Hisashi / Frat Guy (voice)	2 episodes
2018	Another Period	Eng Bunker	Episode: "Lucky Chang's"
	The Simpsons	Sun Tzu (voice)	Episode: "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"
	Drunk History	Genghis Khan	Episode: "The Middle Ages"
2018–2019	Fresh Off the Boat	Horace	3 episodes
2020	Good Deal	Himself	Standup Comedy Special
	We Bare Bears: The Movie	Joey Raccoon (voice)	TV Movie
2020–2022	Space Force	Dr. Chan Kaifang	Main role

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Internship	Wa Zao	Uncredited
2016	Patriots Day	Dun Meng
2017	El Camino Christmas	Mike the Cameraman
2018	Juliet, Naked	Elliot	Uncredited
	Life of the Party	Tyler
	Crazy Rich Asians	Bernard Tai	[21]
	The Happytime Murders	Officer Delancey
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part[22]	Zebe (voice)
2020	Like a Boss	Ron
	Fantasy Island	Brax "Tattoo" Weaver
	The Opening Act	Will Chu
2021	Wish Dragon	Short Goon (voice)
	Love Hard	Josh Lin
2022	Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe	(voice)
	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Henchman #1 (voice)
	Easter Sunday	Marvin
	Me Time	Stan Berman
TBA	80 for Brady		Filming

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Infamous Second Son	Male Pedestrian #5	Voice

References

External links

• Jimmy O. Yang at IMDb
• Jimmy O. Yang on Twitter
• Jimmy O. Yang at Instagram

На других языках

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[de] Jimmy O. Yang

Jimmy O. Yang, auch Jimmy Ouyang (chin.: 歐陽萬成; * 11. Juni 1987 in Hongkong als Au-yeung Man-Sing), ist ein chinesisch-US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Stand-up-Komiker und Buchautor. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch die Rolle des Jian Yang aus der Serie Silicon Valley.

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- [en] Jimmy O. Yang

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[es] Jimmy O. Yang

Jimmy O. Yang ( Chinese 歐陽萬成; 11 de junio de 1987) es un actor, comediante y escritor que trabaja en USA, nacido en Hong Kong, China. Ha interpretado a Jian-Yang en la serie de comedia de HBO Silicon Valley . [1] [2]

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